ATOI news

New LED lights at ATOI!

For the last  year, we have been searching for suitable energy efficient LED lights to replace our current incandescent lighting.

Early this year, we identified two fixtures that meet our needs and save about 90% of the  power of our existing lighting.  In April we applied for a $15,000 grant from the Orcas Island Community Foundation.  We have already invested  $3,000 received from donations so our balance was $12,000.

Last week we received a grant from OICF for $12,000 to enable us to finish this project in a few weeks rather than the years it would have taken otherwise.  We will have then installed and in operation by the time you  see our next full production at the Grange.  We will also use these lights in our summer Readers Theater program.

THANKS TO ALL WHO DONATED TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE!!!!

 

 

Workshops

July Improv Workshop

We have an experienced Improv instructor coming to Orcas in early
July.  Let us know if you want to attend a three or four session
training program.  The program will focus on Improv for actors but will be equally valuable for people who just want to learn Improv.  No lines to memorize!!!!
Contact us for more information
Readers Theater

Reader’s Theater 2018

We expect have our Summer Readers Theater program again this
summer.

Our Readers Theater productions are quick and easy: No
memorizing lines, very few rehearsals, and just a couple of performances over one weekend. We are looking for people to direct two of the three productions we plan to do this summer. If you have experience directing but haven’t found a play you want to direct, let us know and we can help you find a suitable play.

As in the past, we do not hold auditions for our Readers Theater program. If you want to be considered for a role in one of our Readers Theater productions, let us know.

Contact us for more information.

ATOI news

Learn About Our New Lighting

It has been many years since the Actors Theater has raised funds for a project. In 2017 we received two significant donations that let us purchase a number of state-of-the-art LED theater lights. We spent most of 2017 trying the available fixtures and finally narrowed our list down to two fixture types. In early 2018 we purchased a total of six of these new LED fixtures to gain some experience.

For those who had the opportunity to see our production of “Barefoot In The Park” got to see the difference the few new lights made. First, a single LED theater light can replace several incandescent lights. LED Theater lights can generate several light colors while incandescent lights are limited to a single color. Most importantly, LED Lights are FAR more energy efficient than incandescent fixtures exceeding in some cases 90% or 95% savings.

Our original plan was to purchase additional LED fixtures as funds became available but the savings are so significant that we decided not to wait. We applied to the Orcas Island Community Foundation for a $12,000 grant which was approved.   It is now up to The Actors Theater to raise the money with the help of OICF.

OICF will accept donations for this project between May 1st and May 18th.   OICF accept cash or checks (made out to OICF)  or by credit card by clicking on this link.

https://oicf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/create?grant_id=5109

For more information on our LED Lighting program click here:

2018 Grant Application To OICF

Playfest 2018

Playfest 2018 opens this Friday

The 13th Annual PlayFest opens Friday, May 4 on The Grange stage. The following seven short plays will be brought to life—the culmination of local Orcas playwrights, Orcas directors, and Orcas actors. This year brings several new faces out to share their talent.

Nonviolent Gulch  by Evan Wagoner-Lynch
Director: Melinda Milligan
Cast: Travis King, Larry Hampel, Liz Doane, Rick Markov, and Lisa Spesard
What happens when Gunstone, the gunslinging desperado, the devil of Nevada, wanders into his favorite bar in Rattlesnake Gulch and finds that the town has renamed itself  Nonviolent Gulch, the bar is the Namaste Saloon, and they don’t serve whisky anymore… ?

Camelot by Nancy Reas
Director: Carie Lou Gottschaldt
Cast: John Mazzarella and Annette Mazzarella
Through foggy recollections of the past, Fred struggles to make sense of the present as Nancy ponders the end of a dream.

Dust by Mary Bayley
Director: Lisa Spesard and Isabella Schermerhorn
Cast: Leslie Liddle, Don Yerly and Hayley Thompson
A family drama set in the 1930’s. From Philadelphia ballrooms to dusty country farming.. a family relocates with hopes of innovation, but it’s a rougher business than expected.

Moira by Kat Blucker
Director: Madeline Olson
Cast: Susie Shipman
For 25 years, Moira’s life has been consumed by the whims of her violent husband. But one night, everything changes. With startling imagery, clarity, and sensory detail, she recalls the many experiences that have led her to this moment.

Thirteen This Way by Miguel Villarreal
Director: Evan Wagoner-Lynch
Cast: Kevin Doyle, Jessie Gonzalez, Frank Michels, Travis King, Stephanie Wright
Two buddies find themselves working a neverending job with a difficult client, a fellow named Thomas Jefferson. Just when it seems the end is in reach, Jefferson and his friends come up with a new job for the duo–something that will send them down a very perilous path, indeed.

Coming Out by Heather Thomas
Director: Lynda Sanders
Cast: Stephanie Wright, Gus Klueber , and Isabella Schermerhorn
It’s all well and good to raise your kids to be independent and think for themselves, until they do…

The Adventures of Jack Armstrong by Hank Pollard
Director: Frank Michels
Cast: Larry Hampel, Rick Markov, Margot Van Gelder, Alia Hynek, Lesley Liddle
and Frank Michels
Presented in the genre of a 50’s radio drama, the play follows a family on an action adventure archeological roller coaster ride through jungle habitat and ferocious animals, including the natives.

Tickets are $10 and all performances begin at 7:30 p.m., with doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at the door, at Darvill’s Bookstore, or online at BrownPaperTickets. No one is ever turned away from an Actors Theater performance at the Grange for inability to pay.

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