Kate King Turner Sun Lakes Community Theatre’s (SLCT) well-loved Children’s Theater is back in Chandler Unified School District 80 (CUSD80) elementary schools, and the reaction of students and teachers is overwhelmingly positive. Thank-you notes are piled up on the director’s desk, with brilliantly colored pictures of Horton the Elephant in a tree or the clown…
Sam Club, Private Eye, in the Case of the Malted Falcon, opens on March 15 in the Oakwood Country Club ballroom. The show will play five nights, closing on March 19, and it promises to be another great show. The menu for the dinner features a first-course plated salad, an entrée of delicious honey…
You may recall seeing Kate on stage in one of the three plays she’s been in during the last two and a half years. Or you may have seen her in a performance of The ImproVables. Since arriving in Sun Lakes in September of 2020, Kate jumped right into Sun Lakes Community Theatre (SLCT) activities.…
The Malted Falcon is missing, and Private Eye Sam Club (being played by Jim Janowski) is on the case! Who could have stolen the prized piece of chocolate sculpture? Could it be Robin Hawkins (Mark Wenz), the nephew of Gertrude Hawkins, the lady who created the sculpture and then died mysteriously? Or perhaps it’s Rachael…
Just days before the first rehearsal, the show’s director, Jo Berlin, underwent emergency major surgery. Two weeks into rehearsals, one of the original cast members had to drop out due to health challenges, and a replacement was quickly found. Another cast member joined the show only two weeks before the opening—but fortunately was a quick…
SLCT’s love of all things dramatic was on full view at the Sun Lakes Open House at the Cottonwood clubhouse. The very talented Mary Vandergriff designed and constructed the magnificent creation, which won first place in the competition held at Cottonwood. She built the 5-foot-tall scarecrow, dubbed Miss Diva, to represent SLCT at all the…
Kate King-Turner Recently, I sat down with Sun Lakes Community Theatre (SLCT) Board of Directors President Gregory Posniack. It was an enjoyable chat. Greg came here from Brooklyn, N.Y., in March of 2017, just four to five months after retiring from an insurance career of 54 years as a property casualty underwriter. He and his…
Most women will tell you it’s difficult to find much humor in menopausal episodes, but authors Michael and Susan Parker managed to put a twist on them that elicits laughs aplenty in Sun Lakes Community Theatre’s production of Sex Please, We’re Sixty. Opening Tuesday, Nov. 8, at Cottonwood’s San Tan Ballroom and playing through Saturday,…
Trick and treat time is coming to Cottonwood! Sun Lakes Community Theatre’s own comedy improv company will be performing at Cottonwood Country Club in the Saguaro Room on Friday, Oct. 28. The evening is filled with laughter as this hilarious comedy troupe performs skits and games based on the audience’s ideas and suggestions! Therefore, every…
We’ve been introducing you to newer members of Sun Lakes Community Theatre (SLCT), but this month, we’re highlighting a veteran of SLCT. A member since 1996, Barbie Bergerson has been a mainstay in many productions, but you might not have seen her much. That’s because her favorite place is backstage, especially if she is the…