Sunday, March 31, 2013
New Director of Education and Group Sales Coordinator announced.
Surflight Theatre officials have announced the appointment of Waretown’s Jessica O’Brien as Director of Education and Manahawkin’s Stacey Schnepp-Stoops as Group Sales Coordinator. “We welcome Jessica and Stacey and look forward to a successful season and the growth of departments,” said Surflight Theatre Executive Director Ken Myers in a prepared statement. Jessica O’Brien joins Surflight as its new Director of Education. Jessica has an M.A. in Theatre from Villanova University, and a B.A. in Theatre Performance/Musical Theatre from Marymount Manhattan College. She recently received the BroadwayWorld.com(Philadelphia) Best Actress in a Musical Award for her portrayal of Julie Jordan in Carousel. She is a five-time New Jersey Perry …
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Also, 2013 Surflight schedule announced this week.
Shortly after Sandy, a group of fairly recent Surflight Theatre alumni, spearheaded by Michael Blackmon-Ham - who worked at Surflight over the course of several seasons - joined forces via Facebook, and banded together to help the LBI community. The group of organizers reached out to the Southern Ocean County Community Foundation (www.soccfoundation.org), a non-profit organization that supports the seven food pantries located in Southern Ocean County. Since the storm, the food banks have been even more challenged to meet the needs of their local populations. The SOCC Foundation agreed to be the beneficiary organization of the benefit, as a conduit to distribute the proceeds to the seven local food banks including: The Barnegat Food Pantry…
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Theatre sustained water damage in the mainstage area, as well as costume and ice cream shops, dressing rooms and marketing area.
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Sunday, December 16, 2012
Surflight Theatre in Beach Haven this week received a $10,000 grant from the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation for the purpose of the remediation and restoration of equipment lost due to the effects of Sandy. Ken Myers, Executive Director said in a prepared statement: "We appreciate the support of the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation who responded immediately to our need with emergency post Sandy funding. This kind of prompt support illustrates their ongoing commitment to the arts." Surflight Theatre’s mainstage, theater seating, costume shop, dressing rooms and marketing office, along with the popular ShowPlace Ice Cream Parlour sustained water damage, and equipment will need to be replaced around the Surflight campus. Nevertheless, the…
Thursday, July 26, 2012
The Sound of Music will be showing on Thursday, July 26 at 8 p.m.
The hills are alive at the Surflight Theatre as "The Sound of Music" premieres at Ocean County’s oldest professional theater with two Lacey kids on stage. Emily Brennan and her brother Gavin will be starring in their first professional show, running from Thursday, July 26 through Saturday, Aug. 25. “It makes people laugh and people happy. It makes me happy,” Emily Brennan, an 11-year-old Mill Pond Elementary School student, said. Emily and Gavin auditioned for parts after their father Ed Brennan had seen a call for cast members. The children didn’t choose their parts but auditioned for parts requested by the director and were notified three weeks later that they earned the spots. "The Sound of Music" is based on the memoir of Maria von …
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Auditions on Friday will help fill casts of "Annie" and "The Sound of Music"
Boys who like to sing and dance are being sought for auditions this Friday for the Surflight Theatre’s 63rd season of Broadway at the Beach, for a season that includes “Annie” and “The Sound of Music.” Adult auditions are scheduled for this Friday as well, the producers said. Last Saturday, nearly 80 children ages 5 to 16 attended auditions for the two musicals, but nearly all of them were girls, most from Long Beach Island, Manahawkin, Barnegat, Little Egg Harbor and other surrounding towns, but some came from farther to audition because they spend their summers on LBI, the producers said. “We saw some really talented kids,” said Tchia Casselle, associate producer for Surflight Theatre, Ocean County’s oldest professional theater. But of …
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Events in and around Lacey Township
The St. Aloysius/St. Monica’s Summer Carnival begins today on Bennetts Mills Road in Jackson and will run through Saturday, June 4. There will be rides, games, and live entertainment. Click stlalscarnival.com for a full schedule and information. Register your children for summer programs at the Recreation Office from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Purchase Lacey Township Beach Badges today at the Recreation Office from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Recreation Department is hosting a senior outing to the Smithville Shoppes. A bus will depart from Gille Park at 9:30 a.m. The Surflight Theatre in Beach Haven presents Rent featuring Justin Guarini of “American Idol” and Paul Iaconno of MTV’s “Hard Times of RJ Berger” at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. For more …
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Still fighting for financial survival, the Beach Haven theater seeks to keep its old audiences, while going after new ones.
LBI’s Surflight Theatre threw open its doors Saturday night, kicking off its 62nd season with a production of “Rent” to a sold-out, enthusiastic audience. Television, film and theater stars like Justin Guarini, an American idol finalist, along with off-Broadway artists and young debut actors let loose their voices and their emotions. Eyes flashing with wild joy and faces glistening with sweat and tears, they performed the story of a group of New York Lower East Side artists who sought life’s meaning while battling with poverty and AIDS. "How are we gonna pay?” Justin Guarini sang as a young guitarist “Roger” in the beginning of the first act. Surflight Theatre was asking itself this very question just a few months ago, when drowning in $4 …
Events in and around Lacey Township
The Associate Humane Societies and Popcorn Park Zoo in Lacey Township are having a spay and neuter clinic for cats at 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Drop your cat off in a sturdy carrier between 8 and 9 a.m. Pick up is between 3 and 5 p.m. Spaying costs $100 and neutering is $50. For more information call 609-693-6551. Vaccines and FELV/FIV tests will be offered at discount prices. The Surflight Theatre in Beach Haven presents Rent featuring Justin Guarini of “American Idol” and Paul Iaconno of MTV’s “Hard Times of RJ Berger” at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. For more information call 609-492-9477 or visit www.surflight.org. There is a blood drive at Moose Lodge 399 in Seaside Heights from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Register your children for swim lessons at the Lacey …
