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Community Circle Players

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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…

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The CCP production team has searched high and low, near and far, and looked to each other for ideas on how we can safely present live theatre in SaddleBrooke. Postponement of the fall production will help our actors, beloved audience members, plus SaddleBrooke TWO banquet staff remain healthy and stay safe. (Photo by Steve Weiss)

Theatre News from Community Circle Players in SaddleBrooke Shawne Cryderman As Shakespeare’s Falstaff observed, discretion is the better part of valor—and so he lived to fight another day. That is not an exact quote but it sums up Community Circle Players’ decision to abandon, for now, its plans to present a show this November. Not…

And Two More Make the Five Directors for CCP’s Fall Production An Evening of One Acts!

David Fuller and Carol Merlini are busy preparing for their new role as director. Each will direct one of the eight one-act plays in CCP's fall production “An Evening of One Acts.” (David's photographer: Susan Fuller; Carol's photographer: Richard Merlini)

Andrea Molberg Meet the other directors for this fall’s Community Circle Players’ (CCP) dinner theatre production. SaddleBrooke audiences have enjoyed David Fuller on stage in CCP’s dinner theatre performances, and this fall he will be in the director’s chair for one of the production’s one acts. David, who retired from his Bend, Ore., dental practice in…

Community Circle Players: Susan Sterling to Direct Two One-Acts this Fall

Wondering what Susan is doing in the photo? Susan prefers to design the actors’ blocking (movement on stage) before rehearsals begin. Starting with a diagram of the stage with the set pieces, she moves the “dominoes” with the characters' names around the diagram and then makes notes for each actor. (Photo by Terry Sterling)

Ande Molberg Start planning ahead for dinner theatre this fall! Community Circle Players’ (CCP) fun production An Evening of One Acts (plus dinner) will be held Nov. 13 through 19 at the MountainView (MV) ballroom. Watch for more information in August and September about the menu and ticket sales. What’s the backstory? Last April, CCP co-founder Susan Sterling attended…

The Veteran and the New Kid on the Block

Director Tim Morsani (Photo by Steve Weiss)

Ande Molberg Start planning ahead for this fall! Community Circle Players’ (CCP) An Evening of One Acts will be produced November 13-19 and directed by five different capable community theatre enthusiasts. Because one act plays appeal to a wide audience, they are fun to present. If you don’t care for one or two of them, you…

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Auditions Postponed Until September, but the Show Will Go On! Shawne Cryderman They say that in live theatre you have to be prepared for the unexpected. Well, no one expected the closure of SaddleBrooke TWO facilities, the six-foot social distance rule, and the stay at home government mandate. As a result, the auditions for An Evening…

Senior Village at Saddlebrooke – Neighbors helping Neighbors

Senior Village Looking for Computer Savvy Administrative Assistant Stephanie Thomas If you understand how to command a printer to issue mailing labels, create “merge mail, upload information to a website, or enter checks in an online register, you may be interested in this part-time, paid position offered by Senior Village. Responsibilities include: * Upload current…

Tickets Selling Fast for CCP’s New Play

Karen Schickedanz Don’t miss out on a great night of entertainment! Tickets for Community Circle Players’ dinner theatre show The Outsider, debuting next month, are going quickly. The play is a timely and hilarious political satire that skewers politics and celebrates democracy. According to director Tim Morsani, SaddleBrooke’s performances of Paul Slade Smith’s script, which…

CCP March Event

Tim Morsani This March the Community Circle Players of SaddleBrooke will present a very funny political satire in a dinner theater venue. What follows is another biography in a series about the actors who will be part of the production. This actor will play the camera-man who films an interview with the governor and, in…

Community Circle Players circle the wagons

Connie Ward in hospital; photo by Jim Ward

Jim Ward As many of you know, the recently completed fall play, Cooking with Gus was a tremendous success. What many don’t know is that another story was playing out in the background. Connie Ward, who played Carmen, had major back surgery in Reno, Nevada on Sept. 10. Luckily, one of the top neurosurgeons was…