Community theater alive and thriving in the Virgin Islands
New seasons in St. Thomas and St. Croix
Maura Curley
Community theaters in St. Thomas and St. John are testaments to the staying power of art- especially transforming the page to stage.
Caribbean Community Theater in St. Croix celebrated its silver anniversary season in 2010, while St. Thomas’s Pistarckle Theater is marking its 21st season. Both theaters recently raised the curtain for 2011-2012 moving toward a combined tally of 50 years of community theater in the Virgin Islands.
Both theaters set forth an ambition production schedule, enjoy a broad based spectrum of sponsors, and active participation from the community.
And both organizations appear to be blessed with women at the helm for whom failure is just not an option.
Eileen Des Jardins the managing producer of Caribbean Community Theater and Nicola Emerich producing director of Pistarckle (Niki) have nurtured their fledgling theaters into a cultural tour de force in two distinctly different island communities.
Click here for a list of Pistarckle productions for the 2011-2012 season.
Click here for a list of Caribbean Community Theater productions for the 2011-2012 season.
Maura Curley is publisher of virginvoices.com
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