Players
Want You for the Relay for Life!
Join the Silver Stage Players and the company’s Elko Relay for Life team, “Willy’s Walkers”, in the fight against cancer July 19 and 20 at the Elko Relay for Life. The event begins at 12 pm with set up at 9 am. The parade commences at 11 am. The relay goes through 8 am Sunday morning. The 2008 Relay is the signature event for the American Cancer Association. One day. One night. One community. The team event to fight cancer is about celebration, remembrance, and hope. By participating, we honor cancer survivors, pay tribute to the lives we've lost to the disease, and raise money to help fight it – all right here in Elko! You won't want to miss one moment of this life- and community-affirming event!
If you are interested in joining Willy's Walkers please contact Project co-Chairmen Tony Piper or Scott Roberts. Contact Tony at (c)775-247-8834. Call Scott at (775)388-0254.
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Theater
Group Partners with Local Girl Scouts in Support of their 2008 Spring
Break Day Camp: Lights, Action, Drama Event!
The Silver Stage Players has partnered with Girl Scouts of America members to assist in their 2008 Spring Break Day Camp: Lights, Action, Drama! event being held March 31st to April 4, 2008 at the Girl Scout House in Elko. The local theater company will help the scouts explore the world of theater while participating in plays and skits, making puppets, props, costumes, stage and scenery. The girls will work on the Brownie Puppet, Dolls, and Plays Try-It and the Theater Junior Badge. Members of Elko’s very own theater group will instruct the young starlets on such topics as theater history, an introduction to acting, creating a character, improvisation and other disciplines. So get ready all you theater fans for some lights, action, drama!
Girl Scouts of the USA is the world’s preeminent organization dedicated solely to girls- all girls- where, in an accepting and nurturing environment, girls build character and skills for success in the real world. In partnership with committed adult volunteers, girls develop qualities that will serve them all their lives, like leadership, strong values, social conscience, and conviction about their own potential and self-worth. Founded in 1912 by Juliette Gordon Low, Girl Scouts' membership has grown from 18 members in Savannah, Georgia, to 3.7 million members throughout the United States, including U.S. territories, and in more than 90 countries through USA Girl Scouts Overseas.
Silver Stage Players has a long history of giving back to the community which has supported it for nearly 75 years. Truly a community theater group, the company has always made a point to better Elko and the surrounding areas through community service. It has participated with such community service organizations as the American Cancer Society, Thomas Scott Foundation, Friends in Service Helping, Bright Path, Mountain View Care Center, the Elko Junior Chamber of Commerce, Spring Creek Elementary School, Ruby Mountain Riders for the Handicapped, CADV, the Boys and Girls Club of Elko, the Elko Festival of Trees, the Elko County School District, local region Girl and Boy Scouts of America, the city of Elko's Snowflake Festival and Celebrate Elko Days, Friends of the Eureka Opera House, the Eureka Museum Foundation, and others.
Celebrating its 72nd anniversary, the Silver Stage Players is dedicated to providing the finest theater, community service and educational opportunities to its members and the residents of northeastern Nevada. Its history is one of creativity and thought provoking theater. The company has challenged audiences, pushed the envelope of live theater and attracted the area's most talented actors, designers and directors since the 1930s. Recent productions include Quilters, Glengarry Glen Ross, Greater Tuna, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Man of La Mancha and Much Ado About Nothing.
For more information about the Silver Stage Players, please call company Chairman Erika Patrick at (775) 753-9768, e-mail the company at act@silverstage.org or visit us on the web at www.silverstage.org. The Silver Stage Players are proud members of the Elko Chamber of Commerce and The Theater Coalition.
Silver Stage Players and the local Girl Scouts of America- Changing a life. It’s forever. Be a Girl Scout volunteer!
Local
Theater Group Continues Tradition of Community Service!
Elko’s community theater company, the Silver Stage Players, have been busy this summer with a number of community service projects. The local group has a long history of giving back to the community which has supported it for nearly 75 years.
Projects got underway in May with SSP’s involvement with Jean Hart’s poetry and artwork project Jean Hart: Artwork from My Heart. Presented in the Northeastern Nevada Museum Theater, members of the local group recited Mrs. Hart’s poetry while prints of her artwork were displayed in theme with each poem. Featured in the poetry performance are Silver Stage Players' Board of Directors members Russ Smith, Tony Piper, Scott Roberts, Amy Nisbet, Frank L. Sawyer, and members Sharron Hughes and Caroline Bruno.
The Players followed that project by participating in this year’s Elko Relay for Life. The signature event for the American Cancer Association, SSP’s team, “Willy’s Walkers”, helped raise money before and during the Relay for the ACS. The company provided three entries in the annual Celebrity Pie Auction and raised nearly $600 for their confections. A ‘poker fun run’ was conducted during the Relay and prizes awarded for the top four hands and the worst hand. Robin Eardley was the top-hand winner netting her a ‘Relay Survival Kit’ featuring an mp3 player and other prizes. Las Vegas photographer Amanda Campbell was on hand to take souvenir photos for ACS donations. Donors were encouraged to use theater props and costumes to make a unique photographic experience. All proceeds from both events went to the American Cancer Society.
In addition to the company’s Relay event fundraisers, the Silver Stage Players invited everyone to the opening of their production of the small-town comedy, Greater Tuna. The fund raising effort called, “Comedy for a Cure”, featured the off-Broadway favorite with a portion of the opening weekend’s box office receipts benefiting the American Cancer Society! All totaled, the team was responsible for more than $2000.00 in donations.
Next stop for the Players was assisting in the 7th annual Thomas Scott Memorial Golf Tournament. This is the third year the theater group has partnered with the Thomas Scott Foundation to assist in the group’s primary fundraiser. Members of the theater group assisted in registration, hole management, and the tournament’s now famous luau lunch.
SSP is truly a community theater group. The company has always made a point to better Elko and the surrounding areas through community service. The company has participated with such community service organizations as; the Thomas Scott Foundation, Friends in Service Helping, Bright Path, Mountain View Care Center, the Elko Junior Chamber of Commerce, Spring Creek Elementary School, Ruby Mountain Riders for the Handicapped, CADV‘s Harbor House, the Boys and Girls Club of Elko, the Elko Festival of Trees, the Elko County School District, local region Girl and Boy Scouts of America, the American Cancer Society’s Elko Relay for Life, the city of Elko's Snowflake Festival and Celebrate Elko Days, Friends of the Eureka Opera House, the Eureka Museum Foundation, and others.
Celebrating its 72nd anniversary, the Silver Stage Players is dedicated to providing the highest quality theater, community service, and educational opportunities to its members and the residents of northeastern Nevada. Its history is one of creativity, innovation, and thought-provoking theater. The company has challenged audiences and pushed the envelope of live theater since the 1930’s. From Broadway musicals to the cutting edge of literature to radio-theater, the local group has continued a pursuit of offering the finest theater in the area. SSP is committed to creating the most complete, enveloping, poignant, and engaging theater experience possible. Recent productions include: Greater Tuna, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Man of La Mancha; Much Ado About Nothing; and Nunsense.
For more information about the Silver Stage Players, call (775) 753-9768, e-mail the group at act@silverstage.org or visit us on the web at: www.silverstage.org. The Silver Stage Players are proud members of the Elko Chamber of Commerce and The Theater Coalition of Nevada.
Silver Stage Players…a theater company of and for the community!
