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Langley Players is an amateur theatre group founded in 1969.
We host three productions a year
- fall, winter and spring. The plays are chosen by club members throughout the year. We hold several play reading evenings, where a group has fun reading a play, then they critique it. Lately, we have been reading the plays after our general monthly meeting. Our general meetings are at the theatre on the first Tuesday of each month from September to June, gathering at 7:00 for coffee and the meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. In June the productions are chosen for the coming season and crew and production people are encouraged to plan which shows they would like to work on. We have educational opportunities throughout the year, offering tutorials and workshops on various theatre based subjects.
Affiliations
The Langley Players are affiliated with two theatre
associations:
 Theatre BC
(TBC) has been one of Canada's liveliest
grassroots arts organizations, providing member clubs with an opportunity to
showcase their achievements. The province is divided into 11 zones,
with several clubs in each district. Each member club chooses a play from
their season to compete in a zone festival and the best production from the zone
festival then goes on to the provincial level festival, known as
Mainstage. Each zone in the province takes turns
hosting. To find out more details log onto Theatre BC's website - www.theatrebc.org.
 Community Theatre Coalition
(CTC)
CTC was formed in 1992 "to honour
outstanding achievement in community theatre". It is comprised of a
maximum of 10 community theatre clubs from Vancouver to Langley.
Each member group selects a member from their club to represent them as a
'nominating representative'. The nominating reps are required to attend
all of the approximately 30 plays entered annually. Much like the "Tony" awards
of New York's theatre scene, at the end of the season, each rep casts their
votes on a nomination ballot. Those ballots are tabulated with the
resulting 5 nominees in each of 14 categories including both performance
(acting) and technical (lights, sound, set, etc.) being announced at a casual
Nominations Announcement wine & cheese party. The nominees make up the final
ballot, again voted by the nominating reps, after which they are tabulated
again by an accounting firm. The results are sealed in envelopes for each
category to be opened and revealed at a glamorous Gala Awards night where the
winners in each category are presented with the coveted CTC Trophies.
Play Selection
Suggest a
Play for the Langley Playhouse!
Do you know of a play that you would like to
see the Langley Players perform? If so, we want to hear from you! Our Play Selection
Committee considers several plays every year for selection in the next season
and we are always on the lookout for new shows and classic shows that we may not
have considered.
If you would like to submit a play, please email the following
information to Angela Bell ~ Play Selection Chair at LPwebmistress@yahoo.ca:
- your name
- your email address
- your phone number
- play title
- play author
- publisher
- If you are submitting as the Director, please include your Bio
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