Andrea Hummel Eighty-four members made the Sun Lakes Community Theatre Christmas party the best ever! Held at Palo Verde, with festive decorations made of local pinecones by Jo Birlin, the food and service were top notch. Something new this year was entertainment by T. A. Burrows, a professional singer, D.J. and celebrity impersonator. This festive…
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Generals, October 2016
SLCT to meet October 13
Roger Edmonds Come one come all, the first meeting of the Sun Lakes Community Theatre for the new season is October 13 in the San Tan Ballroom at Cottonwood. Cocktails are at 6:00 p.m., meeting is at 6:30 p.m. The different atmosphere that will be created in the Ballroom that evening will surprise you! In…
Generals, October 2016
SLCT presents “Dearly Departed”
Andrea Hummel For the November 8-12 SLCT play, Dearly Departed, Director Howard Hummel has pulled out all the stops. If you regularly attend Sun Lakes Community Theatre plays, you know to expect a bit of reasonably priced theater close to home, many times featuring your friends and neighbors on stage. You also know that the…
Generals, September 2016
SLCT’s fall play, Dearly Departed, runs November 8-12
Andrea Hummel The fall play in the Sun Lakes Community Theatre season will be Dearly Departed, a comedy by David Bottrell and Jessie Jones. Tickets will be sold October 8 at the Cottonwood Open House and online at slctinfo.org and will continue at sites to be announced in the Splash. Tickets are $16 and the…
Generals, June 2016
Theatre awards $500 scholarship
Andrea Hummel Sun Lakes Community Theatre is happy to announce the recipient of the group’s $500 scholarship. Alli Halliday, a graduating senior from Hamilton High School, was presented the scholarship check by Roger Edmonds, school liaison for the SLCT Board of Directors and Sandy Pallett, president of the SLCT Board. Halliday participated in theater for…
Generals, May 2016
Horton hears enthusiastic applause
Susan Schlesinger as Maisie and Jim Nielsen as Horton delighted the audience at the March 26 performance. This was the fifth year that Roger Edmonds has rounded up a cast, rehearsed and toured a play meant for area grade schools as a Sun Lakes Community Theatre (SLCT) educational outreach project. The troupe, consisting of about…
April 2016, Front Page
Murder on the Oriental Rug or better yet…Hot Flashes
You’ll have to come to the show to find out, but don’t come if you don’t want to spend the night laughing and enjoying yourself! We are bringing this funny play back because you asked for it. Probably because this show has it all – great cast, romance, music, humor and great food. Also, actors…
April 2016, Generals
Auditions for SLCT’s fall show, Dearly Departed, to be held April 16
Sun Lakes Community Theatre has announced that the audition date for the fall play will be April 16 in Room A-9 at 1:30 p.m. in Cottonwood. The play, Dearly Departed, directed by Howard Hummel, is a comedy by David Bottrell and Jessie Jones. It has parts for seven men and eight women. The play is…
Generals, November 2015
Excitement builds for SLCT’s annual fall show
Really, we are working very hard rehearsing for this show – and we are having a lot of fun doing it! Hence, the audience is going to have fun, laugh and get caught up in the drama. Remember, you will get a chance to solve the crime and maybe win a prize. During the play…
Clubs & Classes, October 2015
Murder on the Oriental Rug – Sun Lakes Community Theater’s Fall Mystery Dinner Show
Steve Schneck Move over—or roll over—Agatha Christie! This mystery dinner show spoofs old fashioned whodunits, the medical profession, theatre folks and those with hot flashes! It’s a play within a play. When half of the cast of Murder on the Oriental Rug bails out, the remaining performers are stuck playing all the roles. Now that’s an…