{"id":38,"date":"2019-05-14T14:11:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T14:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.courtenaylittletheatre.com\/?page_id=38"},"modified":"2026-04-06T15:20:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:20:46","slug":"events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.courtenaylittletheatre.com\/index.php\/events\/","title":{"rendered":"EVENTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">Courtenay Little Theatre<br \/>\nGeneral Meetings are scheduled four times per year.<br \/>\nOur next meeting will be<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong style=\"font-size: 1.3em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">PLAY CLUB<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.courtenaylittletheatre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_7738-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.courtenaylittletheatre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_7738-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.courtenaylittletheatre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_7738.jpeg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>2025-2026<br \/>\n<\/b><b style=\"font-style: inherit; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><u>PLAY CLUB READINGS<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">All readings are Sundays, 2-4 at The Studio at the Views, accessed via the old hospital parking lot in Comox, on Comox Ave.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Readings are followed by a discussion and written feedback. ALL WELCOME.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"elementToProof\"><strong>Next PlayClub reading TBA<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><b>Play Club:<\/b><\/div>\n<div>is a play reading club that operates without charge by and for CLT members. We read plays aloud together, just for the fun of the learning experience, and discuss our responses to these plays.<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\">CLT directors can present a play reading and receive oral and written feedback from listeners before they submit it to the Selection Committee for consideration.<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\">If you are interested in being a play presenter, reader or listener, please come out to a Play Club meeting and\/or contact Catherine Hannon, Play Club coordinator, c\/o \u00a0<span dir=\"ltr\">info@courtenaylittletheatre.com<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.courtenaylittletheatre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_7739-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.courtenaylittletheatre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_7739-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.courtenaylittletheatre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_7739.jpeg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: center;\">ALL Welcome!<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courtenaylittletheatre.com\/index.php\/playclub\/\">Click here to go to Playclub Page<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Temporary archive<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Courtenay Little Theatre&#8217;s<br \/>\nChristmas Production<\/strong><br \/>\nSleeping Beauty: the panto<\/h4>\n<p>written &amp; directed by <strong>MANDY TULLOCH<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Join Dame Nanny Hugwell \u2013 the palace\u2019s loudest, proudest and most overprotective\u00a0 nanny\/housekeeper as she juggles raising the spirited Princess Aurora and her own gentle son Buttons along with her rambunctious triplets. It\u2019s 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\u2019t 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\u2026.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 &#8212;&#8212;Oh yes you will!<\/p>\n<p>SLEEPING BEAUTY Cast List<\/p>\n<p>Makena Ram \u2013 Aurora<br \/>\nAnika Barrias Langhelt \u00a0\u2013 Principal Boy (Prince Philip)<br \/>\nAlex Schwalm \u00a0&#8211; Dame Nanny Hugwell<br \/>\nHalo Phye &#8211; Buttons<br \/>\nHannes Smitt &#8211; Bows<br \/>\nLucia Ma &#8211; Fairy Flora<br \/>\nOlivia Craig &#8211; Fairy Fauna<br \/>\nYve HOSELTON &#8211; Fairy Merriweather<br \/>\nPamela Tessman &#8211; Malificent<br \/>\nVjeida Boisvert &#8211; Fairy GodmotherIan MacLean &#8211; King Hubert and Grandfather Victoria Rigdon &#8211; Queen Leah<br \/>\nPhilip Adam\u2019s &#8211; King Stefan<br \/>\nSkye Rigdon &#8211; Diablo<br \/>\nVanessa G. \u2013 Odette<br \/>\nMadeleine Thomas &#8211; Charity (Older Grandchild)<br \/>\nRuth Hoselton \u2013 Ella (Twin #1)<br \/>\nSage Rigdon \u00a0\u2013 Poppy (Twin #2)<br \/>\nJanet Sheppard &#8211; Baron Von Rothbottom<br \/>\nSelen Tiryarioglu &#8211; Court Jester<br \/>\nJessie Hargreaves &#8211; Grunge (Malificent\u2019s Sidekick)<br \/>\nVictor Lutick &#8211; Morton (Malificent\u2019s Sidekick plus understudy for Diablo)<br \/>\nCharlie Norman &#8211; Edna (Queen\u2019s Ladies Maid)<br \/>\nHenry Hoselton, Marshall Lacasse, Lyric Rigdon &#8211; Larry, Larry and Larry Castle Triplets (Dame\u2019s Boys)<br \/>\nAlexandra Ma &#8211; Young Aurora<br \/>\nCedar Rigdon &#8211; Daisy the Maid<br \/>\nEnsemble &#8211; Charlie Norman, Audrey Leung, Isla Ferguson, Ocea Ferguson, Lola Rouzan<\/p>\n<p class=\"s3\"><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"><strong><br \/>\nKIMBERLY AKIMBO<\/strong> by David Lindsay-Abaire<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s6\"><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">DIRECTED by Lisa Williams<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">PRODUCED by Shari Jakubiec<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> and Nicole <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Bergot<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">PRODUCTION DATES:\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">October 1<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> \u2013 October 5, 2025<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">At the Sid Williams Theatre<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Get tickets at:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sidwilliamstheatre.com\/events\/kimberly-akimbo\/\">https:\/\/www.sidwilliamstheatre.com\/events\/kimberly-akimbo\/<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s8\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Set in the wilds of suburban New Jersey, KIMBERLY<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s8\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s8\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">AKIMBO is a hilarious and heartrending play about a teenager with a rare condition causing her body to age faster than it should.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s8\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s8\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">When she and her family flee Secaucus under dubious<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s8\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s8\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">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.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s8\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s11\"><span class=\"s10\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Cast List:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s8\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Kimberly<\/span><\/span>\u200b\u200b\u200b &#8211; <span class=\"s8\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Kirsten Harris<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s8\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Pattie<\/span><\/span>\u200b\u200b\u200b &#8211; <span class=\"s8\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Anthea Moritt<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s8\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Buddy<\/span><\/span>\u200b\u200b\u200b &#8211; <span class=\"s8\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Max Wallace<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s8\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Debra<\/span><\/span>\u200b\u200b\u200b &#8211; <span class=\"s8\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Allyson Leet<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s8\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Jeff<\/span><\/span>\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b &#8211; <span class=\"s8\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Henry Waite<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">MYTH<span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> OF THE OSTRICH<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><strong><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">by Canadian Playwright <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s3\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Matt Murray<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Directed\u00a0 by Kirstin Humpherys<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">This comedy opens at the home of Holly, a self-help writer and single-mom to teenager, Jodi. Holly\u2019s morning is interrupted when Pam shows up unannounced. \u00a0Having found a letter from Jodi to her teenage son, Evan, Pam deems the letter inappropriate and is eager to discuss matters. \u00a0What 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\u2019s actually going on between their kids. \u00a0The mess and confusion of this precarious situation launches into orbit with the arrival of Holly\u2019s outrageous and filter-less best friend, Cheryl. \u00a0One 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. \u00a0Little does either of them know, Pam may not actually be the head-burying ostrich they think she is&#8230;..<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">Review:<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\"> \u00a0\u201c<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s7\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">&#8230;. 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\u2019s love and how to navigate the different values and opinions that we all face in the world today.\u201d <\/span><\/span><span class=\"s6\"><span class=\"bumpedFont15\">from our own Marianne Harris who saw the play in PEI<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h6>CAST<\/h6>\n<p>Holly &#8211; Erin Malin<br \/>\nPam -Nicole Bergot<br \/>\nCheryl- Laura Marshall<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h4><strong style=\"font-size: 1.3em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><br \/>\nALICE IN WONDERLAND<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Alice in Wonderland<br \/>\nDecember 22 to 31, 2024<br \/>\nAt the Sid Williams Theatre<\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-Default\">Book, Music, &amp; Lyrics by Janet Yates Vogt &amp; Mark Friedman Based on Alice\u2019s Adventures in Wonderland &amp; Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll<\/p>\n<p>Courtenay Little Theatre\u00a0is 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\u2019s beloved books make this a magical, tuneful, and over the top entertaining musical for the whole family!<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Cast<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Alice: Airlie Eason<br \/>\nMother\/Ensemble: Victoria Rigdon<br \/>\nLoreena\/Ensemble: Olivia Craig<br \/>\nWhite Rabbit: Nicole Bergot<br \/>\nMad Hatter: Alex Schwalm<br \/>\nQueen: Katharine Kimmins<br \/>\nDoormouse: Skyla Gorman<br \/>\nTweedle Dum: Allyson Leet<br \/>\nTweedle Dee: Cedar Hilberry<br \/>\nCheshire Cat\/ensemble: Josh Langhorn<br \/>\nCaterpillar\/King: Ian Mclean<br \/>\nMarch Hare\/ensemble: Andria Young<br \/>\nKnave of Hearts\/ensemble: Piper Frawley<br \/>\n7,5 and 2 of Hearts: Skye Rigdon, Finley Gorman, Chloe Perez<br \/>\nMock Turtle: Pamela Tessman<br \/>\nMock Turtle Junior: Toby Jadaong<br \/>\nDodo Bird: Henry Hosleton<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Ensemble, who play, Flowers, Cards, Wonderland characters,<br \/>\nCaucus Race animals, Queen&#8217;s Court, door and window frames, and much more.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Anika Barrios-Langhelt<br \/>\nYve Hosleton<br \/>\nRuth Hosleton<br \/>\nLillian Kimmins<br \/>\nMarshall Lacasse<br \/>\nIzzy Lefebvre<br \/>\nVictor Lutick<br \/>\nMadeline Maclean<br \/>\nCedar Rigdon<br \/>\nLyric Rigdon<br \/>\nSage Rigdon<br \/>\nMaddie Thomas<br \/>\nJocelyn Van Giesen<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Alice in Wonderland <\/em><\/strong><em>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. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatricalrights.com\/\" data-linkindex=\"0\">www.theatricalrights.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Directed by: Susan Bradsaw and Kymme Patrick<br \/>\nVocal Coach: Carrie Lemke<br \/>\nLive Band: Dagmar Killian, Nancy Cox, Corijn de Roo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtenay Little Theatre General Meetings are scheduled four times per year. 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