Summer Youth Theatre Workshop

Posted: July 30th, 2013

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For the 5th year, the Footlighters Theatre was excited to offer a Summer Youth Theatre Workshop, led by Pat Adeff. The children involved put on The Quest, a Celtic Medieval tale, with an original score by Derek Fiechter. The Quest took place in a magical, peaceful kingdom. The land was filled with colorful characters including dragons, magic trees, fairies, druids, a royal court, an evil family, and a sword wielding heroine. The cast consisted of actors from various schools in the area ranging in age […]

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Footlighters Awards Scholarships to Redlands Seniors

Posted: July 3rd, 2013

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At the annual awards banquette, the Footlighters were proud to award $1,000 scholarships to three students who have been active in theater arts programs at their high schools and in local community theaters. For the first time, the Footlighters gave a scholarship to a Citrus Valley High School graduate. Alexis Scanlon, who was unable to attend the ceremony, received the scholarship for Citrus Valley High School. Scanlon was most recently in the Footlighters’ production of “Southern Hospitality.” She plans to attend a four-year college and […]

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Footlighters Recognizes Outstanding Performances at Annual Banquet

Posted: July 2nd, 2013

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Members and guests gathered at Mill Creek Cattle Company on June 30th to celebrate another successful season. Cat Soto chaired the group that chose a black and white theme to set the tone to honor the great performances we enjoyed on our stage as well as all our volunteers. Ellen Schollenberger gave a brief summary of how the judging is done or our theater and introduced the judges, who were known only to Ellen and one Board member. The judges were Del Barrett, Dot Hallinan, […]

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Two New Faces for the Theatre

Posted: July 1st, 2013

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For the last year, the board has been discussing ways to improve the visibility of the theatre and the first stage of this was revealed at the Annual Awards. Tamara Lillibridge-Griffey, a long time Footlighter, was asked to design comedy and tragedy masks to place on the outside of the building. After months of work, she gifted the theatre with the masks. The masks are large enough to attract notice to the theater while being detailed to serve as a piece of art for theater […]

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