Who Invited Falstaff?, dinner theater August 2017. Cast: Linda Browning Callendar, Doug Abbott, Wendy Spurgeon, Liz Mikols, Robin Santa Teresa, Melvyn Gelb, Thomas Leeper. Author, Frost McGahey.The idea of forming a community theater in Silver City began in series of acting classes at the Western Institute for Lifelong Learning. Several class members with acting and community theater experience worked to create Silver City Community Theatre (SCCT). SCCT formed as a 501(c)(3) non-profit in 2014 and our inaugural production was an original 1-act play, A Twilight Christmas, written by three SCCT members, according to Phyllis McQuaide, SCCT founding and current SCCT Board Member.
“The Mission of SCCT is to enrich, educate and entertain the Silver City and Grant County communities by providing a broad range of live theater experiences on a recurring, seasonal basis.” said McQuaide. “And, since 2014, we have been very active in pursuit of that mission.”
SCCT has produced full stage plays including Over the River and Through the Woods, Days are as Grass, Then There Were None, Don’t Drink the Water, A Murder Is Announced, and Death Trap. SCCT has presented dinner theater with Silver City Rotary (three times) and with Silver City Food Co-op including Spies Like Us, Next of Kin, and Who Invited Fallstaff?. Love Letters, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, and A Question of Sex were staged readings, according to McQuaide.
SCCT has been very active in 2019, according to Thomas Leeper, SCCT Board President. “We’ve had a staged reading, two nights of monologues, and two workshops—“Monologues” for actors and “Playwriting for Everyone!” In August, SCCT presented “Shakespeare in Gough Park: A Story Told in Sonnets,” by SCCT member Frost McGahey.” And, our final 2019 production was “6 10-Minute Plays,” which grew out of the playwriting workshop. We received more than 20 submissions and selected six short plays—three by out-of-town authors and three by local authors: William Knuttinen, John Little, and Frost McGahey.”
“In December,” Leeper said, “SCCT will announce an ambitious 2020 schedule featuring two major productions, three workshops, and more. There will be many acting, educational, and entertainment opportunities and SCCT membership benefits. Be on the lookout! Follow SCCT on Facebook, Instagram, and at www.silvercitycommunitytheater.”