The Uninvited opens Thursday, November 7th

Posted: November 4th, 2013

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Redlands Footlighters continues its sixty-eighth season with the stage version of Dorothy Macardle’s classic ghost story, The Uninvited. Adapted by Tim Kelly, this thrilling tale of ghosts and dark secrets was first famous as a novel in 1942. Audiences will remember it as a classic 1944 movie with Ray Milland and Ruth Hussey. Pam and Roddy Fitzgerald (played by Sabrina Foley and Costello Bryan) are siblings looking for a place where she can escape London and he can write. The house they find is badly […]

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Audition Information: Play On! November 11 and 12

Posted: October 21st, 2013

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Redlands Footlighters will hold open auditions for Rick Abbot’s Play On!, directed by Chris Diehl, on November 11 and 12 at 7 pm at the theater, located at 1810 Barton Road, in Redlands. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. Resume and headshot are recommended but not required. Rehearsals will be Monday through Thursday 7-9:30 pm starting November 13. There will be no rehearsals on holidays (and the entire week of Christmas). Performances will be January 9-26, 2014. Synopsis: Play On! is the hilarious […]

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Footlighters welcomes Women’s Theater Workshop’s The Clean House

Posted: October 1st, 2013

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Redlands Footlighters and the Women’s Theater Workshop of Riverside come together this weekend to present The Clean House, a whimsical and romantic comedy. The Clean House captures the bittersweet journey of growth and change that is often found in the lives of middle aged women. Lane, a well-loved doctor, can’t understand why her Brazilian maid, Matilde, would rather think up jokes than clean house. She’s even more baffled by the realization that her neat freak sister is doing Matilde’s work. This innovative play by Sarah […]

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Footlighters Begins Its 68th Season

Posted: September 9th, 2013

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Redlands Footlighters kicks off its 2013-2014 season on September 12 with The 39 Steps, a fast-paced comedy adapted by Patrick Barlow from the novel by John Buchan and the movie by Alfred Hitchcock. “It’s the entire Hitchcock movie performed with a cast of only four,” explains director Kellie McDonald. “It is a serious spy thriller, but played entirely for laughs.” Jeffrey Wymer of Riverside is the hero, Richard Hannay, Alexis Rafter of Redlands plays the three women with whom he has romantic entanglements, and Mia […]

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Audition Information: The Uninvited September 16 and 17

Posted: August 11th, 2013

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Redlands Footlighters will hold auditions for the classic thriller The Uninvited, written by Tim Kelly, based on Dorothy Macardle’s classic ghost story. Directed by Footlighters veteran Tom Hurst, auditions will be held Monday and Tuesday, September 16th and 17th, at 7:00pm at the Redlands Footlighters Theatre, located at 1810 Barton Road in Redlands. Running November 7-24, this tight and engaging show that is sure to please our audience. Casting four men and six women to play the following: Stella Meredith – Actress to play age […]

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Ushering at Redlands Bowl

Posted: August 4th, 2013

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Thank you to the great group who came out and helped pass the red bowls! Footlighters had the opportunity to help usher at the Redlands Bowl for the Friday, August 1, performance of The Sound of Music. It was a great opportunity to get together, have some food and wine, and watch a fantastic show! Congratulations to the cast, crew, director, designers, and musicians for giving us such a wonderful production.

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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