Tag: Community Circle Players

CCP’s November Dinner Theatre Treat: An Evening of One Acts

Andrea Molberg A dining and theatrical treat is coming in November! Community Circle Players (CCP), our very own dinner theatre troupe, will be performing in a new format—a series of eight short, stand-alone plays interspersed with a delightful meal. These one-act plays, not merely skits or vignettes, are thought provoking, tender, and hilarious. The performance format…

CCP Dinner Theatre Is Back in The Brooke

Andrea Molberg In November, SaddleBrooke’s theatrical group, Community Circle Players (CCP), will once again bring us six nights of live dinner theatre. The long-awaited show is going on! The call for cast and crew members is official. CCP co-founder Susan Sterling and four other CCP directors—Carol Merlini, David Fuller, Tim Morsani (coordinating director), and Connie…

Auditions! Rehearsals! Performances!

Andrea Molberg Wonderful activities are returning to SaddleBrooke, including six November nights of live theatre by SaddleBrooke’s Community Circle Players (CCP). It’s official! Finally, SaddleBrooke TWO has been able to give CCP the go ahead for its long-awaited, Covid-postponed production An Evening of One Acts. CCP co-founder, Shawne Cryderman, said, “I can’t tell you how…

Lights, Staging, and Costumes

Andrea Molberg SaddleBrooke’s theatre group, Community Circle Players (CCP), is eagerly getting ready to bring back live theatre performances. Not only has CCP been dressing up the MountainView stage with new paint, curtains, and lighting, CCP directors and crew tried dressing up themselves with new items in CCP’s costume collection. Thanks go to Sheila Muehling,…

Community Circle Players Have Not Been Idle!

An Evening of One Acts directors, Carol Merlini and David Fuller, dancing up a storm in the mini stage area created by the wing curtains. (Photo by Steve Weis)

Andrea Molberg Spring brings new beginnings and fresh looks. In the MountainView ballroom and performance space, SaddleBrooke’s live theatre group Community Circle Players (CCP) has been getting ready for when audiences can return. Significant MountainView Country Club improvements have been finished. As co-founder Susan Sterling remarked, “The upgrades are done and even paid for!” CCP’s…

Community Circle Players: Working Behind the Scenes

The newly painted MVCC stage will spotlight performers. (Photo by Shawne Cryderman)

Andrea Molberg While nothing has been happening on stage in MountainView because of the virus, a lot has been going on behind the scenes. SaddleBrooke’s theatrical group Community Circle Players (CCP), who are committed to both producing quality entertainment and giving back to the community, recently made significant upgrades to the performance space. MVCC Ballroom…

Community Circle Players

Picture taken by Steve Weiss

As the Producer Ponders—CCP’s Fall Production, An Evening of One Acts, Is Not Canceled! Shawne Cryderman, Producer Community Circle Players’ (CCP) fall show is postponed, not canceled. All the tasks that have been completed can just be delayed like the show, right? I mean, all the “behind the scenes” organizing and orchestrating for the production…