Courtenay Little Theatre
General Meetings are scheduled four times per year.
Our next meeting will be
PLAY CLUB
2025-2026
WINTER PLAY CLUB READINGS
All readings are Sundays, 2-4 at The Studio at the Views, accessed via the old hospital parking lot in Comox, on Comox Ave.
Readings are followed by a discussion and written feedback. ALL WELCOME.
If you are interested in being a presenter or reader in forthcoming Play Club readings please contact Catherine Hannon c/o info@courtenaylittletheatre.com to be added to our roster.
March 29th at The Studio, Comox, BC
presented by Michael Bach
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Temporary archive
Courtenay Little Theatre’s
Christmas Production
Sleeping Beauty: the panto
written & directed by MANDY TULLOCH
Join Dame Nanny Hugwell – the palace’s loudest, proudest and most overprotective nanny/housekeeper as she juggles raising the spirited Princess Aurora and her own gentle son Buttons along with her rambunctious triplets. It’s a joyous celebration at the palace until the uninvited and fabulously fierce Maleficent crashes the party and placesa wicked curse on baby Aurora. On her 16th birthday she will prick her finger on a spinning wheel and fall into an eternal sleep! Thankfully, the three slightly scatterbrained but well-meaning fairies, Flora, Fauna and Merryweather soften the curse, and Aurora is hidden away in the forest under the watchful eye of Nanny Hugwell and Buttons. Years later, as Aurora blossoms into a brave young woman and Buttons tries and fails to keep up with Royal life, the handsome and kind-hearted Prince Stephan stumbles into their lives. But Maleficent along with her side kick Diablo hasn’t finished her wicked games. With true love, mistaken identities, outrageous costumes, catchy songs, magical mayhem, and possibly a dragon that might just need a hug….will the prince break the curse or will Maleficent have the last laugh! Packed with laughs, love and lashings of panto fun, Sleeping Beauty is the magical adventure the whole family will love ——Oh yes you will!
SLEEPING BEAUTY Cast List
Makena Ram – Aurora
Anika Barrias Langhelt – Principal Boy (Prince Philip)
Alex Schwalm – Dame Nanny Hugwell
Halo Phye – Buttons
Hannes Smitt – Bows
Lucia Ma – Fairy Flora
Olivia Craig – Fairy Fauna
Yve HOSELTON – Fairy Merriweather
Pamela Tessman – Malificent
Vjeida Boisvert – Fairy GodmotherIan MacLean – King Hubert and Grandfather Victoria Rigdon – Queen Leah
Philip Adam’s – King Stefan
Skye Rigdon – Diablo
Vanessa G. – Odette
Madeleine Thomas – Charity (Older Grandchild)
Ruth Hoselton – Ella (Twin #1)
Sage Rigdon – Poppy (Twin #2)
Janet Sheppard – Baron Von Rothbottom
Selen Tiryarioglu – Court Jester
Jessie Hargreaves – Grunge (Malificent’s Sidekick)
Victor Lutick – Morton (Malificent’s Sidekick plus understudy for Diablo)
Charlie Norman – Edna (Queen’s Ladies Maid)
Henry Hoselton, Marshall Lacasse, Lyric Rigdon – Larry, Larry and Larry Castle Triplets (Dame’s Boys)
Alexandra Ma – Young Aurora
Cedar Rigdon – Daisy the Maid
Ensemble – Charlie Norman, Audrey Leung, Isla Ferguson, Ocea Ferguson, Lola Rouzan
KIMBERLY AKIMBO by David Lindsay-Abaire
DIRECTED by Lisa Williams
PRODUCED by Shari Jakubiec and Nicole Bergot
PRODUCTION DATES: October 1 – October 5, 2025
At the Sid Williams Theatre
Get tickets at:
https://www.sidwilliamstheatre.com/events/kimberly-akimbo/
Set in the wilds of suburban New Jersey, KIMBERLY AKIMBO is a hilarious and heartrending play about a teenager with a rare condition causing her body to age faster than it should.
When she and her family flee Secaucus under dubious circumstances, Kimberly is forced to reevaluate her life while contending with a hypochondriac mother, a rarely sober father, a scam-artist aunt, her own mortality and, most terrifying of all, the possibility of first love.
Cast List:
Kimberly – Kirsten Harris
Pattie – Anthea Moritt
Buddy – Max Wallace
Debra – Allyson Leet
Jeff – Henry Waite
MYTH OF THE OSTRICH
by Canadian Playwright Matt Murray
Directed by Kirstin Humpherys
This comedy opens at the home of Holly, a self-help writer and single-mom to teenager, Jodi. Holly’s morning is interrupted when Pam shows up unannounced. Having found a letter from Jodi to her teenage son, Evan, Pam deems the letter inappropriate and is eager to discuss matters. What starts a pleasant enough visit between two moms meeting for the first time, quickly becomes a complicated bizarre and hilarious roller-coaster ride of misunderstanding, as Holly soon realizes Pam has no idea what’s actually going on between their kids. The mess and confusion of this precarious situation launches into orbit with the arrival of Holly’s outrageous and filter-less best friend, Cheryl. One lie leads to another and another, and another as Holly and Cheryl do everything in their power to try to keep Pam in the dark. Little does either of them know, Pam may not actually be the head-burying ostrich they think she is…..
Review: “…. a hilarious roller coaster ride of twists and misunderstandings, and the result of what happens when two opposing values collide. You will be kept laughing until the end and then you realize that it is really about a mother’s love and how to navigate the different values and opinions that we all face in the world today.” from our own Marianne Harris who saw the play in PEI
CAST
Holly – Erin Malin
Pam -Nicole Bergot
Cheryl- Laura Marshall
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
Alice in Wonderland
December 22 to 31, 2024
At the Sid Williams Theatre
Book, Music, & Lyrics by Janet Yates Vogt & Mark Friedman Based on Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
Courtenay Little Theatre is excited to be presenting Alice in Wonderland as our family production this Christmas. This brand-new musical version of the timeless classic takes you down the rabbit hole with the ever-curious Alice to a land of zany adventures where nothing is as it seems. The White Rabbit, Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dum, the Mad Hatter, the Caterpillar, the Mock Turtle, the mysterious Cheshire Cat, the Queen of Hearts and all of your favourites from Lewis Carroll’s beloved books make this a magical, tuneful, and over the top entertaining musical for the whole family!
Cast
Alice: Airlie Eason
Mother/Ensemble: Victoria Rigdon
Loreena/Ensemble: Olivia Craig
White Rabbit: Nicole Bergot
Mad Hatter: Alex Schwalm
Queen: Katharine Kimmins
Doormouse: Skyla Gorman
Tweedle Dum: Allyson Leet
Tweedle Dee: Cedar Hilberry
Cheshire Cat/ensemble: Josh Langhorn
Caterpillar/King: Ian Mclean
March Hare/ensemble: Andria Young
Knave of Hearts/ensemble: Piper Frawley
7,5 and 2 of Hearts: Skye Rigdon, Finley Gorman, Chloe Perez
Mock Turtle: Pamela Tessman
Mock Turtle Junior: Toby Jadaong
Dodo Bird: Henry Hosleton
Ensemble, who play, Flowers, Cards, Wonderland characters,
Caucus Race animals, Queen’s Court, door and window frames, and much more.
Anika Barrios-Langhelt
Yve Hosleton
Ruth Hosleton
Lillian Kimmins
Marshall Lacasse
Izzy Lefebvre
Victor Lutick
Madeline Maclean
Cedar Rigdon
Lyric Rigdon
Sage Rigdon
Maddie Thomas
Jocelyn Van Giesen
Alice in Wonderland is presented through special arrangement with, and all authorized performance materials are supplied by Theatrical Rights Worldwide 1180 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 640, New York, NY 10036. www.theatricalrights.com
Directed by: Susan Bradsaw and Kymme Patrick
Vocal Coach: Carrie Lemke
Live Band: Dagmar Killian, Nancy Cox, Corijn de Roo