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…
Sun Lakes Community Theatre’s (SLCT) August Cool Down event was a blast! After a hot summer and a hotter hit show (The Last Round-Up of the Guacamole Queens), SLCT members got together to celebrate the upcoming lineup of comedies and more. There’s plenty to look forward to in the upcoming months and beyond. * The…
The Sun Lakes Community Theatre (SLCT) Board of Directors recently approved a joint project between SLCT and the students of Chandler High School (CHS). A musical production (as yet unknown) will be directed by CHS’s drama director Stephanie Likes and will be performed at the Chandler Center for the Arts. The cast will include members…
Sun Lakes Community Theatre’s Jo Birlin is the director for the fall show, Sex Please, We’re Sixty, a comedy written by Michael and Susan Parker. Auditions will be held at 5 p.m. on Aug. 23 and again at 1 p.m. on Aug. 27. Both will be conducted in the Phoenix Room (formerly Room A-9) in…
After COVID-19 prevented Sun Lakes Community Theatre (SLCT) from entertaining elementary children, the group is preparing to make their return with the Children’s Theatre’s production of Horton Hatches the Egg. SLCT has long been keeping smiles on the faces of students of Chandler elementary schools with their costumed characters. Actors have missed playing for the…
Sun Lakes Community Theatre (SLCT) is holding auditions for the fall production of Sex Please, We’re Sixty on Aug. 23 at 5 p.m. at Cottonwood Country Club ballroom. For those unable to attend Tuesday’s auditions, another audition will be held on Saturday, Aug. 27, at 1 p.m. Both auditions will take place in the Phoenix Room at…
Who doesn’t love a high school reunion? Especially if it’s the last one ever to be held, because your school is being torn down. But when the long-anticipated event nears, the venue suddenly disappears, there are several ruthless campaigns for the title of the “final and forever” Guacamole Queen, and the sheriff is hog-tied with…