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  • TCT Sets Date for Hopeful Directors to Pitch Their Play for Next Season

    David Reed|Nov 8, 2014

    Nov 14 and 15, 2014 The TCT Production Committee will be reviewing plays at "The Pitch" , November 14th and 15th The Tehachapi Community Theatre is taking proposals for plays to be produced in the next season (2015-2016), and the public is invited to come and give us your input! This will be an exciting opportunity for the public to watch and take part in our selection. Everyone attending will be allowed to ask questions about each of the proposed plays and we encourage your participation. We...

  • TCT presents The Curious Savage

    Oct 11, 2014

    With a cast made up of the best of the best, Tehachapi Community Theater’s holiday production of “The Curious Savage” is sure to be an audience favorite. The cast includes some old favorites, as well as some newcomers that are sure to become well-known faces after this production hits the stage. “The Curious Savage,” by John Patrick, is the warm-hearted tale of Mrs. Ethel P. Savage, a slightly eccentric, but extremely wealthy widow. Being the recipient of her deceased husband’s estate, she wants to make the best use of it, despite her greedy st...

  • Do You Frighten Easily?

    Oct 11, 2014

    TCT presents Wait Until Dark That’s the question asked by Tehachapi Community Theatre’s season opener Wait Until Dark. The 1967 film starring Audrey Hepburn was listed in the AFI top 100 suspense/thrillers, and terror lurks in this play. Susy Hendrix (Audriana Lathrop) lost her vision in an accident only a year before and is still learning to deal with her new reality. She has been helped in this by her new husband Sam (played by Joseph Lathrop in his TCT debut), who is firm but encouraging. And it is Sam’s basic goodness that gets them in tr...

  • Do You Frighten Easily?

    Sep 27, 2014

    That’s the question asked by Tehachapi Community Theatre’s season opener Wait Until Dark. The 1967 film starring Audrey Hepburn was listed in the AFI top 100 suspense/thrillers, and terror lurks in this play. Susy Hendrix (Audriana Lathrop) lost her vision in an accident only a year before and is still learning to deal with her new reality. She has been helped in this by her new husband Sam (played by Joseph Lathrop in his TCT debut), who is firm but encouraging. And it is Sam’s basic goodness that gets them in trouble. On a trip to Montr...

  • Local Teens Star in Treasure Island

    Karl Schuck|Jul 19, 2014

    Tehachapi Community Theatre's summer show for kids, performed by more than 20 Tehachapi teens, opens at the BeeKay Theatre on July 18 for six performances with Long John Silver, Jim Hawkins and the whole pirate gang of "Treasure Island". Directed by Karl Schuck, this Robert Louis Stevenson classic adventure tale is suitable for children of ages 5 and up. The story is carried by high energy performances, but nothing too scary for young children. "Our intention is to really celebrate the fun of fr...

  • Treasure Island Summer Entertainment

    Karl Schuck|Jul 5, 2014

    Tehachapi Community Theatre's summer show for kids, performed by more than 20 Tehachapi teens, opens at the BeeKay Theatre July 18 for six performances with Long John Silver, Jim Hawkins and the whole pirate gang of "Treasure Island." Directed by Karl Schuck, this Robert Louis Stevenson classic adventure tale is suitable for children of age 5 and up. The story is carried by high energy performances, but nothing too scary for young children. "Our intention is to really celebrate the fun of free...

  • TCT Drama Day Camp to the Rescue

    Monica Nadon|Jun 21, 2014

    Do you need to find a fun activity for your children this summer? Need to get them out of the house and away from the boob tube or the never ending hours on computer games? Never fear, Summer Drama Day Camp is here! Tehachapi Community Theatre will hold its Summer Drama Day Camp for children eight to 18 years of age for two weeks this summer. There will be two one-week sessions for you to choose from. Session A: July 7 through 11. Session B: July 14 through 18. Tuition is $125 per session....

  • TCT Presents 110 In The Shade

    Jun 21, 2014

    2 In The Shade is a musical adaptation of the well known movie "The Rainmaker" starring, Katherine Hepburn and Burt Lancaster. Show times are Friday, June 27 and Saturdays, June 21 and 28 at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, June 22 at 2 p.m. All seats only $18! Tickets available at these agencies: Johnny's Take n Bake, Tehachapi Furniture and Treasure Trove, or online at www.tctonstage.com Sunday, June 29 showing will be a fundraiser for AAUW for and ticket price will be $25 (includes dinner). Tickets for...

  • A Glimpse Into the Past: The Opera House, a Bank, a Hotel and a Bar!

    Pat Gracey|Apr 26, 2014

    The Opera House, an early Tehachapi building, was located on F Street in the place where the present College Community Service building now stands (113 E. F St.), next to the little yogurt shop. It was a focal point for dances, local entertainment, meetings and silent movie films. A 1915 newspaper announced a Charlie Chaplain movie, The Little Tramp, being shown at the local Opera House. Margaret Erbel, a young Tehachapi resident still in her teens, was known to play the piano for the silent fil...

  • TCT's Musical and Their Newest Director

    Ruthanne Jennings|Apr 12, 2014

    Chris Morales joined Tehachapi Community Theatre (TCT) when she make her debut in “Red Velvet Cake War”. Following that wonderful performance, Chris has agreed to direct TCT’s musical this year. “110 in the Shade” is a beautiful musical capturing the story of the movie, “The Rainmaker.” Chris brings a tremendous parade of talent from her past. Currently a member of Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and having been a performer since she was a child, Chris’ greatest enjoyment is bringing laughter into the hearts of her audience. She has also been a sta...

  • Fifth Annual Playwright's Festival

    Mar 1, 2014

    Tehachapi Community Theatre presents its fifth Playwright's Festival, featuring eight world premiere plays competing for the coveted "Audience Favorite" award, voted on by audiences during the festival run, which begins March 7 at the BeeKay Theatre. Forty-five plays were submitted this year from Los Angeles and Kern Counties. Although only nine originated in Kern, four of them made the finals. Plays are read "blind" by eight judges, four local and four out of town. None have access to the...

  • Letting Go

    Mark Fisher, Doc|Mar 1, 2014

    As you’re reading this some of your fellow Tehachapi area residents are getting ready to put on a show. Actually eight shows. That’s right, it’s time once again for Tehachapi Community Theatre’s Playwrights Festival. Starting March 7 and going through March 16 at the BeeKay Theatre TCT will be doing world premieres of eight 10-minute plays. These plays were selected from 45 that were submitted at the end of last year. Four of the plays selected were written by Tehachapi Playwrights (Yes, o...

  • Playwright's Festival

    Karl Schuck|Feb 1, 2014

    Playwright's Festival open auditions are Feb 1 and 2, 2014. There are eight ten-minute plays in competition, which makes a perfect opportunity for beginning actors of all ages to "give it a try" in a very safe environment. "Tehachapi Community Theatre has presented the fesival for several years to growing popularity. Of the playwrights selected, half are local and half are from Los Angeles County, although locals penned only one fifth of the 45 entries as observed by Executive Director Karl...

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    'A Company of Wayward Saints' Opens Feb. 7

    Karl Schuck|Jan 4, 2014

    Tehachapi Community Theatre continues it's all-comedy season with George Hermann's farce "A Company of Wayward Saints," about a traveling troupe of comedians who loose their way in multiple ways, leading to hilarious results. Since the show opens Feb. 7 and plays through Feb. 23, to bring out the romantic in everyone TCT is making a special Valentines offer: if you purchase your tickets on line at www.tctonstage.com before the end of January, you may write a message to your sweetie that will be...