SOLANO COLLEGE THEATRE ASSOCIATION PRESENTS AN EVENING WITH THE STARS
An Elegant Night of Music Benefiting the SCTA Scholarship Fund
Fairfield, CA - October 29, 2008 - Solano College Theatre Association proudly presents An Evening with the Stars at the Campus Theatre December 4 - 7, 2008. The gala event will raise money to provide scholarships to SCT students.
An Evening with the Stars is an all star musical review of 28 years of Solano College Theatre's greatest hits, featuring many of the original performers. The live orchestra will be led by Joseph Anderson, himself a long time veteran of SCT and president of the Solano College Theatre Association. The evening will showcase many audience favorites, including musical numbers from The Sound of Music, Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Chicago, Peter Pan, Little Shop of Horrors and many, many more. A benefit for the SCTA scholarship fund, An Evening with the Stars is the brainchild of Mr. Anderson, who has long wanted to bring together the many talented performers who have made SCT's musicals such a treat over the years. The opening night gala on December 4th will include a post-performance reception with wine, hors d'oeuvres and the performers. Gala tickets are $160 to the general public, but only $100 for SCT Season Subscribers. Tickets for Dec. 5th, 6th and 7th are $100 for the general public and $60 for subscribers.
An Evening with the Stars performs at the Campus Theatre, 4000 Suisun Valley Road in Fairfield, opening December 4th and running through December 7th, Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.
For more information or to purchase tickets, please call the Solano College Theatre Box Office at (707) 864-7100 Tuesday through Friday, noon to 5 p.m.
SOLANO COLLEGE THEATRE HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR
Haunted House Suitable for all Ages
Oct. 30 and 31, 2008, 5-10 p.m.
Lawler House, 714 Main Street, Suisun City, CA 94585
$2 in costume, $5 not in costume
Fairfield, CA - October 2, 2008 - Mark your calendars for Solano College Theatre's first ever Halloween Spooktacular, a scary, but family appropriate, haunted house. The historic Lawler House, at 714 Main Street in Downtown Suisun City (next to the Harbor Theatre), will play host to childhood fears on Thursday, Oct. 30 and Friday, Oct. 31 from 5 to 10 p.m. From 5 to 6:30 each night, the haunted house will be rated G and appropriate for younger children. From 7 to 10 p.m., the haunted house will become PG-13 and not suitable for the faint of heart. Admission to the house is just $2 if you are wearing a costume and $5 if you are not. Be sure to visit the house on Friday evening as part of the Downtown Suisun City Halloween Parade, sponsored by the Suisun City Firefighters Association and the Suisun City Historic Waterfront Business Improvement District. Backpacks, bags and jackets will not be permitted into the house.
The haunted house will showcase the talents of Solano Community College Theatre Arts department students. The house is completely conceived, designed and executed by students from the Stagecraft class, which explores props, special effects and all other technical aspects of theatre. Students in the Stage Makeup class will create the ghastly appearances of the actors appearing in the haunted house. SCC Theatre Arts students, as well as students from Buckingham Charter Magnet High School Service Corps, Vacaville High School and Solano Youth Theatre's Teen Touring Company, will appear as the characters bringing childhood fears to life.
The Lawler house is the oldest surviving dwelling in Suisun City. Sometime around 1857, the large two-story ranch house was built on the Suisun prairie, south of what would become Highway 12. In 1947, John Lawler purchased the more than 2,000-acre ranch and had the old house remodeled to reflect the Italianate style of the 1875s, similar to that of Mount Vernon. Lawler died in 1960, but his sons took turns living in the house until 1976 when home builders The Hofmann Company bought the ranch for development. Not wanting to destroy the home, Hofmann offered the house, including a small amount of money to renovate it, to Suisun City. The city passed on the deal. Once it was known that the building was unoccupied, vandals, souvenir hunters and began the systematic destruction of the old house. In 1978, concerned citizens organized to save the house. Eventually, in June of 1979, the house was moved by barge to its current location on Main Street. A few years later, renovation of the house was complete, and small businesses took up residence in the new commercial property.
For further press information about the Halloween Spooktacular, contact Amy Lenahan, Marketing Associate, at 707-864-7000 x4541 or Amy.Lenahan@solano.edu.
Elly Award Wins!
Congratulations go out to our winners for the 08 Elly Awards! The competition was great and we're very proud of our winners and nominees.
Set Design: Comedy
Kate Boyd, A Comedy of Errors
Lead Actor: Musical
John Rivard, A Year with Frog & Toad
SCT's Arty Award Wins!
A huge congratulations to all of our talented award winners fo this year's Arty Awards!
Arty Awards `08:
Musical
Outstanding Musical:
A Year with Frog and Toad
Lead Actor:
Edward Hightower, A Year with Frog and Toad
Supporting actor:
John Rivard, Smokey Joe's Café
Supporting actress:
Vickia Brinkley, Smokey Joe's Café
Sound Design for a musical:
Michael Sweeney, A Year with Frog and Toad
Set Design for a musical:
Stephen Wathen, A Year with Frog and Toad
Lighting Design for a musical:
Jackie S. Hill, A Year with Frog and Toad
Drama
Outstanding Drama:
Intimate Apparel
Director:
Robin Stanton, Intimate Apparel
Supporting actor:
Justin DuPuis, Intimate Apparel
Stewart Evan Smith, Intimate Apparel
Supporting actress:
Stewart Evan Smith, Intimate Apparel
Leontyne Mbele-Mbong, Intimate Apparel
Youth Theatre
Choreography:
Staci Arriaga, Casey Dacanay and Jon Gourdine, Guys and Dolls, Solano Youth Theatre
Musical direction:
Tara Ell, Vivian McLaughlin and Allyson Paris, Guys and Dolls, Solano Youth Theatre
Sound Design:
Michael Sweeney, Guys and Dolls, Solano Youth Theatre
Set Design:
Kim Tolman, Wizard of Oz, Solano Youth Theatre
Lighting Design:
Chris Guptill, Guys and Dolls, Solano Youth Theatre
Costume Design:
Michael Coleman, Guys and Dolls, Solano Youth Theatre
Technical for comedy and drama
Sound Design:
Will McCandless and Chris Houston, Intimate Apparel
Set Design:
Eric Sinkkonen, Intimate Apparel
Lighting Design:
Chris Guptill, Intimate Apparel
Costume Design:
Rebecca Valentino, Intimate Apparel
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