Courtenay Little Theatre
2683 Moray Avenue Unit A & B V9N 8M9 Courtenay, BC, Canada

Courtenay Little Theatre and the Sid Williams Theatre are proud and excited to announce a co-production of a staged reading of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, just in time for the winter holidays! The pre-recorded hour long production will be aired online between Dec 24, 2020- Jan 1, 2021, and will be FREE to audiences. A CLT company of 7 actors will portray over 25 characters from this well known and much loved tale, adapted from Dickens' original text by director Cather...ine Hannon. Produced by Shari Jakubiec, the reading features the work of actors Wes Buckle, Andria Young, Larry Stevens, Jeannine Taylor, Jon Faris, Shannon Skender and Chris Taylor. Gail Limber will costume the actors, Lynn Hodge will be playing Christmas Carols, Terry Penney creating sound effects, and the Sid Williams production team will be doing lighting, recorded sound and camera work. Stay tuned for more information!

AUDITIONS FOR A STAGED READING OF A CHRISTMAS CAROL!!! CLT and The Sid Williams Theatre will be co-presenting a staged reading of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol abridged and directed by Catherine Hannon and produced by Shari Jakubiec. WE ARE LOOKING FOR 6 M/F ACTORS, ALL AGES, TO PLAY MULTIPLE ROLES and 1 MALE ACTOR, 50+ to play Scrooge.... We will be auditioning over Zoom, Friday Oct 30, 6.30-8 and Saturday Oct 31, 1-3. There will be 1 weeknight and 1 weekend rehearsal for the month of November, online using Zoom. (Wednesday or Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoon.) There will be in person 3 hour rehearsals at the CLT space Nov 21, 22 plus one 4 hour in person rehearsal and one 4 hour in person recording session at the Sid Williams Theatre, between Nov 23-26. All Covid safety protocols will be strictly observed at both CLT’s space and at the Sid. The staged reading performance will be recorded for camera (no live audience) at the Sid Williams Theatre and be released on CLT’s and Sid Williams Theatre’s websites on Christmas Eve. The performance will be 1 hour in length, and will be an abridged version of the novel. Roles will be rehearsed and performed using a script no memory work. No English accents (unless that is your native accent). Yes! There will be costumes and music! Please contact Catherine Hannon or Shari Jakubiec via the CLT email for more information, to ask questions, and to book an audition slot: [email protected]

Courtenay Little Theatre is pleased to present our October 20th Event Night, presented live via livestream from the Sid Williams Theatre. Courtenay Little Theatre presents a livestream play reading of The Savannah Sipping Society by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, and Jamie Wooten, directed by Camille Soper. You will need to sign on for a ticket to view this event.... This is set up as a free event and there will be no charge but you will need to sign up to view the event. Click on the link to sign up: https://www.showtix4u.com/event-details/41186 Livestream will begin at 7:00pm In this delightful, laugh-a-minute comedy, four unique southern women, all needing to escape the sameness of their day-to-day routines, are drawn together by Fateand an impromptu happy hourand decide it’s high time to reclaim the enthusiasm for life they’ve lost through the years. Randa Covington read by: Camille Soper Dot Haigler read by: Tracy O’Rourke Marlafaye Mosley read by: Michelle Sinclair Jinx Jenkins read by: Lily Lacroix This Livestream presentation is produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service and Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, and Jamie Wooten. This performance is authorized for non-commercial use only. WARNING: This video is not authorized to be recorded, copied, distributed, broadcast, telecast or otherwise exploited, in whole or in part, in any media now known or hereafter developed. Federal law provides severe civil and criminal penalties for unauthorized reproduction. Courtenay Little Theatre is grateful for the support from the Sid Williams Theatre Staff. We look forward to presenting more unique productions via Livestream and Recorded presentations over the next few months. Watch our website www.courtenaylittletheatre.comfor details on upcoming events and opportunities to get involved.

Courtenay Little Theatre Virtual AGM's are tonight (Tuesday September 15th) at 7:00pm We welcome all of our members to attend. ... A link to the Zoom meeting and instructions were sent out to everyone by email yesterday. If you did not receive the email please email Shari at [email protected] We will have two brief AGM's this year: As previously reported we have moved our year end to the end of June, effective June 30, 2020. (1) We will have a year end review for 2019 including financial report (January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019). (2) Followed immediately by a second AGM with more financial reports (January 1, 2020 - June 30, 2020). We will also hold our Election of our board members, anyone who would like to put their name forward as a board member for the next two years is welcome. It will be nice to see everyone! Courtenay Little Theatre Board of Directors