June 11th - Elections for our 2013/2014 Season

Theatre Kelowna Society's monthly meeting Tuesday June 11th 7:30PM at our office upstairs at the Rotary Centre for the Arts:  421 Cawston Ave.  ELECTIONS for our new board and news of plans for our 2013/2014 season.  Everyone who loves "putting on plays" is welcome!  Refreshments and laughs!  Theatre Kelowna is Kelowna's oldest community theatre group established in 1949 and still going strong!  Come play with us!  www.theatrekelowna.org  Like us on Facebook!  250-862-8673

Theatre BC Okanagan Zone 2013 Drama Festival - Let's Celebrate

Caught in the Net - Coming Soon!

Theatre Kelowna Society Invites Directors and Script Writers to 1st Open House

Kelowna, BC - In celebration of 64 years of inspiring Okanagan residents to get involved in community theatre, Theatre Kelowna Society invites local amateur writers and directors to submit their talents to the stage for their 2013-14 seasons.

“Theatre Kelowna is made up of individuals and families with a passion for the arts, but we’re always on the look out for new directors and interesting scripts that should be on the stage,” said Board Director, Andrew Taylor. “We know they're out there and we want to meet them.”

Theatre Kelowna will host their 1st Annual Open House on February 12th from 7-9pm at the Rotary Centre of the Arts. Producers, directors and scriptwriters be on hand to explain submission criteria, the annual show schedule, volunteer opportunities, as well as offering the public a chance to tour their archives and costumes.

For more information on this Open House, submission deadline and more visit www.theatrekelowna.org. 

Caught in the Net - Theatre Kelowna Society's Next Production

If you think your life is complicated and you’d like to have some comic relief, mark your calendar to see Caught in the Net, the upcoming outrageously- funny comedy opening April 26th at the Black Box Theatre.  Written by Ray Cooney and directed by Stephen Jefferys, this fast-paced British comedy was nominated for the 2002 Olivier (Britain’s equivalent of the Tony Award) and for Best New Comedy the previous year.

The play follows the antics of Londoner John Smith, a two-timing taxi driver who keeps two separate families.  When his teenage children (a girl from one family and a boy from the other) happen to meet in an Internet chat room and want to meet, the hijinks begin as John tries to head off certain disaster.  Enlisting the help of his best friend Stanley, they invent multiple “cover stories” that grow until they get entirely out of control…and then when Stanley’s slightly crazy father arrives to go on holiday, things really get absurd.

Set to play the part of John Smith is Rod Shuttleworth, last seen in Shakespeare Kelowna's 2012 summer show as the clown 'Launce', best friend Stanley is Joe Welton, who won best supporting actor at last years Okanagan Zone Festival, and Stanley’s dad is TKS veteran, Roger Ward.  Rounding out the silliness are Hillary Omoe (Vicki, his daughter), Peter Macleod (Gavin, his son) and his two wives Barbara (Susanne Haslund) and Mary (Ruby Bullock).

Caught in the Net runs April 25-28 and May 2-5, (Wednesday to Saturday evenings at 7:30 pm and matinees Saturday and Sunday at 2:30 pm).  Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door and are currently on sale at the Prospera Place Box Office and at www.selectyourtickets.com.  Visit us online at www.theatrekelowna.org