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President’s Message
Happy Spring to all! I hope that you’ve been enjoying the sunshine and
appreciating the spring rains. We’ve also enjoyed two lovely productions in
the 2014/15 season with A Snow White Christmas (directed by Jackson
Mace) and Salt-Water Moon (directed by Arlene Spearman). We can now
look forward to The Diviners, directed by Monty Hughes, which will also be
Powerhouse’s entry in the Okanagan Zone Theatre Festival. Six plays will
be presented from May 24 to May 29 and, with the Festival taking place at
Powerhouse Theatre, we won’t have to go far to celebrate community theatre from
across the Okanagan/Shuswap. I hope you will take the chance to see as many of the
plays and Adjudicator Critiques as you can…they are always a great learning
opportunity.
Where has the year gone?! Elections for the 2015/16 Powerhouse Theatre
Executive will take place in May. Please look for further detail regarding the election
date and process coming your way in the near future. Even if being a Board member is
not an ambition, I hope that you will attend the election and register your votes for who
you would like to see on the Executive. Do think about what might interest you as there
are plenty of additional ways to contribute to the theatre. Often, no previous experience
is necessary and we would love to help you try something new!
Kristine Larsen
Next Executive Meeting: Tuesday, April 7h at 6:00 PM
2014/15 Powerhouse Theatrical Society Directors
President
Vice President Productions
Kristine Larsen
Sarah McLean
Vice President Facilities
Secretary
Willem Roell
Cara Nunn
Treasurer
Jennifer Goodsell
Communications & Marketing Barb Keith
Powerhouse
Executive
meetings are held the first
Tuesday of the month at
6:00 pm.
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E-mail the Executive at:
[email protected]
Membership
John Lomas
Director at Large
Sandra Simao
Director at Large
Jessika LaFramboise
Director at Large
Jackson Mace
Zone Rep
Sarah McLean
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THEATRE BUSINESS
an inside peek
Notes from Barb Keith:
After almost 7 months work artsVest™ British Columbia 2014-15 Grant Update
and beyond involving all of our major sponsors who, in some cases, had to revise
their accounting system to accommodate the Arts Vest cut off of Feb.2 2015, as Director of Marketing, I have finally received the following
message from Kathleen
Speakman:
Hi Barb,
I have advised Toronto to issue a cheque to Powerhouse for $5,000.
Congratulations on attracting these great partnerships.
You are eligible for up to an additional $1435.43,
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Notes from Jennifer Goodsell: My main task as Treasurer has been
keeping the rest of the Executive appraised on all matters financial. We
have wonderful bookkeeper, Laura who keeps everything ticking over
beautifully. Having said that, she was away for the first month of my
incumbency so I had a more hands on experience but learned a lot about Powerhouse finances in the process! Not only Laura, but we also have Ron & Ann who
look after the foyer & bar so Powerhouse finance department is very well supported,
the Treasurer really couldn’t manage without these wonderful people. I am enjoying
learning about other aspects of Powerhouse through our monthly meetings and I
hope I get to serve for another year, now that I think I have learned the ropes a little!
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Notes from Jackson Mace: I have had a busy year at the theatre. I
was asked to step in and direct the Fall show so was at the helm for “A
Snow White Christmas.” As a Director at Large on the Board, I have taken
on, with Val
Heuman’s assistance, the specific challenge of conceptualizing and
launching a bid to create a heritage mural for the outside theatre wall. This is progressing well. I have also helped reorganize the foyer binder and chaired a small
committee of three directors who are revising the current Director's Job Description. I
am enjoying my involvement with the Board.
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Notes from Jessika LaFramboise: I create and maintain the social media
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outlets of Powerhouse Theatre. We currently have accounts with Facebook, Twitter,
Vine,YouTube, and FourSquare. I want to encourage members that have accounts
with any of these social media sites, to please go 'like,' 'follow,' 'check - in'
and 'share' so you can new updates on a regular basis.
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THEATRE BUSINESS Continued
Notes from Sarah McLean:
As VP Productions, I have been
kept very busy over the 2014-15 theatre season getting the scripts for
all the plays and making sure that the royalties were paid on time,
mentoring the directors for the “One Acts”, coordinating rehearsals
between the “One Acts” and the music rehearsals for “Snow White”,
attending rehearsals for that production as well as for “Salt Water Moon” and
giving artistic notes, chairing the Post Mortem meeting for “Snow White” and am
now finding the rights to the plays for the 2015-16 theatre season.
In addition to my duties as VP Productions, I have also actively participated in
the season’s productions as well. I helped to paint the set for “Snow White”,
painted the ocean side rocks for “Saltwater Moon”, and am the Administrative
Producer for our current production of “The Diviners”. On the administrative side, I
am a member of the Organizational Chart Committee, the Lighting Upgrade
Committee and am helping to organize the Zone Festival. In addition to these
activities, I have also attended seven board meetings since September and look
forward to another on April 7th. All in all it has been a busy season so far.
Elections will be held in May
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THE DIVINERS APRIL 29– MAY 9
DIRECTED BY:
MONTY HUGHES
PRODUCED BY:
SARAH McLEAN
Winner of the American College Theatre Festival, this marvellously theatrical play is
the story of a disturbed young man and his friendship with a disenchanted preacher in
southern Indiana in the early 1930s. When the boy was young he almost drowned.
This trauma and the loss of his mother in the same accident has left him deathly
afraid of water. The preacher, set on breaking away from a long line of Kentucky
family preachers, is determined not to do what he does best. He works as a mechanic
for the boy's father. The town doesn't have a preacher and the women try to persuade
him to preach while he tries to persuade the child to wash. When the preacher finally
gets the boy in the river and is washing him, the townspeople mistake the scene for a
baptism. They descend on the event and, in the confusion, the boy drowns.
CAST
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ERIK CHERKOFF
as C.C. Showers
A BOB
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BEV STEEVES
as Goldie
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FELISHA
ANDERSON
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THE DIVINERS APRIL 29– MAY 9
CREW
Producer……………………………..Sarah McLean
Set Design…………………………...Cara Nunn
Light Design………………………....Jessika LaFramboise
Costume Design…………………....Bernadette O’Donnell
Sound Design……………………....Monty Hughes
Stage Manager………………….….Raven Campbell
Assistant Stage Manager………….Trish Bennett
Lighting Operator…………………...Sherry Moir
Sound Operator……………………..Tonisha Kroeger
Properties…………………………….Carol Jenkins & Amanda Sudo
Set Construction…………………….Head Ron Lavoie &
Sabastien Lacroix
Program……………………………...Sarah McLean
Photography…………………………Cara Nun
Foyer Design………………………..Jalaine Kroeger
Poster & Marketing………………….Barb Keith
Preview……………………………….Val Heuman
House Manager……………………..Catherine Hansen
Foyer Bar…………………………….Ron Heuman
Opening Night Reception………….Pip Jordan
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Final Night…………………………..Val Heuman
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