STANDING OVATION

I am writing this note to give special recognition to three very dedicated volunteers who have given a sterling effort on behalf of Lakeland Players and the Performing Art Center.

over the last several months (The long, hot summer). Please take a few minutes to stop by the theater. Jeff & Barb Downing and Brian Wales have created some pleasant surprises for anyone who has ever participated with LPL.

Take a tour up the steep old steps to the once incomprehensible costume department. If that isn’t enough, take a peak under the stage or go behind the sets and up to the loft. “This can’t be the same place!” These three deserve accolades of all and any kind. THEN: Take a look at the set for Bus Stop.  They did that in their spare time. “Standing O’s to you all!”

Mike Bell (Lakeland Players Board of Directors)

Walworth County Performing Arts Council

In 1990, a shuttered and decrepit Sprague Theatre was nearly torn down before Lakeland Players purchased the old building with the help of some generous donations.  Lakeland Players formed a unique entity, the Walworth County Performing Arts Center, to take on the task of renovating the theatre into a performing arts center.

Under the leadership of Steve and Jim Hay, Don Johnson, Mike Bell, and now Mike Cha and Jake Los the old building has come to life again.  

Major projects accomplished include a new roof, new stage, new furnaces, reupholstering the auditorium seating, and a complete power washing and painting of the walls and ceilings.  Once dim from years of smoke and dust, the colorful wall decorations sparkle again.

Notable recent projects include new side and stage doors and new glass in the marquee.

Our latest project:  brand-new stage curtains.  Click here for more information on the fundraising drive.

Still to come:  finishing the upholstery project (everyone is invited to stop by and tackle a seat!) and a deck over the inner lobby.  The new second floor space would be used to store costumes and as a workstation for lighting technicians.

The WaCPAC Director also coordinates usage of the theatre by other organizations.  For more information, contact WaCPAC at  lakelandplayers@yahoo.com.

Lakeland Players is proud to call the Sprague Theatre our home.

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