Congratulations to our 2015 ITL nominees!

The Inland Theatre League recognizes excellence in theatre throughout the Inland Empire. We’re thrilled to congratulate our nominees from performances in 2015! Go to the complete list of winners and nominees. I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change Mia Mercado for Director Catherine Soto as Performer Eliot Knight as Performer Jessica Bridgeman as Performer Sarah Pearce as Performer The Bad Seed Dani Hernandez as Christine Penmark Madyllyne Vaca as Rhoda Penmark Judy Vander Lugt and Kim Lombard for Women’s Costumes Rumors Christopher Diehl for Director […]

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Congrats to Our 2013 ITL Award Winners!

The Inland Theatre League recognizes excellence in theatre throughout the Inland Empire. We’re thrilled to congratulate our winners from performances in 2013! Go to the complete list of winners and nominees.

Heritage Patio Dedication Ceremony

On Thursday, September 12th, 2013 at 7:30pm a dedication ceremony was held for the newly completed Redlands Footlighters Patio. The patio was named the “Heritage Patio” as part of the City of Redlands 125th anniversary celebrations, and to honor the heritage of the theatre and it’s volunteers, most notably Joe Camp and Carol Steele.  Appropriately the patio overlooks the newly created Heritage Park by the City. Footlighter’s president Vicki Janis started the ceremony off by talking about the history of Footlighters, and how the money […]

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Footlighters Awards Scholarships to Redlands Seniors

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

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

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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