The Souris Valley Theatre offered an evening of entertainment for about 90 people who attended a fundraiser at the Estevan Elks building on Saturday night.
They enjoyed a meal, catered by Mr. Mike’s, and then the music started, with Amanda Trapp, Miranda Hughes and Felix LeBlanc performing, and Nathan Coppens serving as the accompanist.
The 90-minute show was named I’ll be Here, and it featured a variety of show tunes.
“They put their spin on everything,” said Lyn Vilcu, who is the theatre’s general manager. “We have some really talented people who frequent our theatre who came and did the show.
“The audience loved it. There was a little bit of laughter. There were some tough, hard moments. But it was lots of fun.”
Trapp, LeBlanc and Coppens have been at the theatre in the past, while Hughes was appearing at a theatre-related event for the first time.
“It was kind of a new thing for her to perform for some of our regulars, but she did a fabulous job and we hope she’ll be back,” said Vilcu.
A raffle basket also raised money during the evening.
An estimate for how much money was raised hasn’t been determined, but Vilcu said some money was raised for the theatre’s youth drama camps.
The theatre is also continuing to plan for the upcoming season. The two main stage shows have been booked. Homecoming, written by Griffin’s Leeann Minogue, will be performed from July 10 to 14 and July 17 to 21.
Pirate Heart by Lampman’s Maureen Ulrich will be on stage from Aug. 8 to 11 and Aug. 14 to 18.
The theatre is working on auditions and determining who will be part of the cast. A couple of interim artistic directors, Mark Flaxton and Kaitlyn Semple, have been hired for the summer. Both have been part of the theatre’s cast in the past.
“They are people who are familiar with our theatre and our group and all that they do,” said Vilcu.
Kenn McLeod, who has been the artistic director since 2014, will still be involved, but commitments this summer will keep him from being present for the main stage shows.
