Andrea Hummel A trial can be a frightening thing. Imagine one poorly-educated young man facing 12 jurors, people from all walks of life and each with their own set of experiences, biases and prejudices. Can the young man possibly get a fair trial? Can 12 very different people reach consensus? We often take our American…
Andrea Hummel The air in the jury room is stifling. The door is locked, so the jurors can’t even step outside for a breath of fresh air. The foreman tries hard to keep the jurors focused; since this is a capital murder trial, the verdict must be unanimous. They can, and do, request to see…
Andrea Hummel The fall play produced by the Sun Lakes Community Theatre will be Twelve Angry Jurors. The play, a mixed gender version of Twelve Angry Men, will open November 7 and will close with a matinee performance on November 11. Watch the Splash for information regarding ticket sales. Director Howard Hummel announced the cast for…
Roger Edmonds On April 10, Sun Lakes Community Theatre presented their annual Theatre Arts Scholarship to Greyson Smith from Hamilton High School. Each year, SLCT awards a scholarship to a graduating senior from the Chandler School District who is majoring in theatre. Greyson will major in Performing Arts at Loyola University. Greyson has experience…
Marcia Stevic Sun Lakes Community Theatre has selected its Board of Directors for the 2018-2019 season. They are: President – Phyllis Novy, Vice-President – Jim Janowski, Secretary – Carol Horowitz, Technical Chairman – Rick Whitney, Mary Vandergriff – Program Chairman, Publicity Chairman – Bill Becker, and Budget – Cindi Decker. In addition, Kathy Jones serves…
Sandy Bocynesky Cottonwood Palo Verde Foundation recently granted the Sun Lakes Community Theatre, Children’s Theatre, a grant of $2,000. This money will be vital in order to support our ongoing productions of children’s shows which are performed for kindergarten and first grade students in the Chandler Unified School District. Children’s productions first started with the…
Marcia Stevic The Sun Lakes Community Theatre spring show will be Murder at the Tony/Lou Awards Show … an interactive mystery dinner show, running March 20-24, 2018. This all takes place at a prestigious awards ceremony … actually, a spoof on all award shows … however, no politics will take place … just fierce competition,…
Jerry Vance On January 6, the Sun Lakes Tennis Club hosted SunBird for a day of fun and tennis. We started at 8:30 a.m. and finished at 2:30 p.m. with lots of matches played. It appeared SunBird may have won a few more matches, but everyone had a great time. The Sun Lakes Club provided…
Marcia Stevic Congratulations are in order for our very own Sun Lakes Community Theatre upon receiving our first competitive grant, the Community Investment Grant, from the Arizona Commission of the Arts. The grant will provide $5,000 to support theatrical productions, presentations and educational programs within SLCT. The highly-competitive Community Investment Grants are awarded to arts…
Lots of tickets were sold, with two nights completely sold out! From the moment the stage lights came up, the audiences were mesmerized by the superb acting skills, unbelievable set, fantastic sound and lighting and great costumes. There was not a weak link in this production, and if you missed it, what a shame!