Broadwater Community Theater and Dinner
 | Author:
Nancy Marks
Nancy Marks: MT43 News Secretary and News Editor |
Broadwater Community Theater and Dinner Nancy Marks Christmas without theater is not Christmas in Townsend. The Broadwater Community Theater board welcomes you to its second annual Christmas Dinner at The Lodge with entertainment on Friday, Dec. 16 and Saturday 17. Chairperson LaRinda Spencer told of ballet dancers and skits with local actors. “The night will be full of folks in formal dress fit for dancing afterward. It will be fun for everyone,” she explained.
Tickets are on sale at Reading Leaves, 401 Broadway. Reservations will close Friday, Dec. 09 at 5:00 PM. Ticket price is $40 per person. All tickets will be sold in advance, with none offered at the door.
County Creek Caterers, a new catering family in Townsend, will cook the three-course dinner. Kathy and Marvin Schaefer have recently moved to Townsend from Washington State and built a new home with a commercial kitchen. The dinner will be served by members of the STOKE group, who did such a good job serving last year.
According to LaRinda, the board decided to put on the dinner-theater evening for two nights since last year’s event sold out. Broadwater Community Theater has this event as its fundraiser for the year.
This season the theater group has sponsored Shakespeare in the Parks troupe performing ”The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged and Revised”. In April two Helena Actors performed “The Ghost Talk Society”. This October Karen and Neal Lewing of Pt. Polson Players entertained with “Meagher of the Sword”. The highlight of the year was the “Aladdin” play directed by Carla Amundson and LaRinda, who miraculously transformed nine middle schoolers into singing actors.
In addition to the performances, the theater group has sponsored workshops for Townsend individuals who were interested in learning to act as well as learning theater arts and technical skills which involved setting up and running the lighting and sound systems at the Lodge. Errol Koch of the Virginia City Players led the workshops. In February the theater group sponsored Townsend Rotary’s Speech and Drama Showcase. Broadwater High School students participated in that event.
Broadwater Community Theater board members in addition to LaRinda are Tina Homann, Carla Amundson, Pat Plantenberg, Nancy Marks and STOKE representative Jim Domino. Errol is the group’s consultant. The theater was formally organized in June of 2021 and is underwritten by the Ryland KM Foote Memorial Trust.
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Image 1 Caption: Ruby Hohn Taylor and Bob Saxby provide comedy at the Christmas Dinner and Play Dec 18, 2001
