To celebrate theatre across the state, Theatre New Mexico is proud to present their first ever online festival. This collection of four plays represents companies from across the state. Each show costs only $2 and is available as an on-demand rental from June 25-27.

For tickets: https://www.showtix4u.com/events/22273

For more information: https://www.theatrenewmexico.org/upcoming-events

Hunker Down – Los Alamos Little Theatre

A Mystery Murdered: a Virtual Play – Artesia High School Theatre

Henry V – New Antiquities Theatre Company (Hobbs)

Reasons – Sandia Performing Arts Company (Albuquerque)

At the June 13 Annual Membership Meeting the LALT Board of Directors was elected for the 2021-22 season.

Linda Taylor – President
Tomas Farish – Vice-President
Eric Bjorklund – Treasurer
Megan Pimentel – Secretary
Gracie Caonelli
Beth Harrison
Suzy Kroesche
Paul Lewis
Jim Sicilian
Craig Taylor

Sunday June 13 at 2:30 pm – Annual Membership Meeting at the Performing Arts Center (aka Los Alamos Little Theatre). This event is open to all interested in joining LALT, even if only to find out what we are all about! As we are still under some COVID restrictions, no lunch will be served this year.  We will have soft drinks and packaged snacks. To be on the safe side, masks are required and seating will be arranged for a maximum of four people per group.  Annual dues $5.00.

Some items on the agenda:

• Meet Ursula Coe, this year’s recipient of the Warren Houghterling Memorial Scholarship.  Ursula will play her cello for us in anticipation of a career in cello performance.
• Vote for new board members for the 2021-2022 season.  Craig Taylor, Eric Björklund and Beth Harrison are holdovers. The following have graciously agreed to be on the slate, you will vote for a maximum of seven:

Mimi Adams, Wendy Caldwell, Gracie Cainelli, Tomás Farish, Kaki Kelly, Suzy Kroesche, Paul Lewis, Megan Pimentel, Jim Sicilian, Linda Taylor, Diana Torres

Finally, the current Board of Directors has immense gratitude for your understanding and support during this past year.  Unfortunately, even with a dark stage, infrastructure bills still need to be paid.  LALT is a 501 (c)3 charitable organization.  All donations are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.  Donations may be sent to P. O. Box 211, Los Alamos, NM  87544.

The Board of Directors is excited to present a full season!

September 2021: Director Mimi Adams brings us A Wrinkle in Time, based on the novel by Madeleine L’Engle and adapted for the stage by James Sie. From Stage Partners: One of literature’s most enduring young heroines, Meg Murry, is back — braces, stubbornness and all. Once again, she’s joining forces with Mrs. Whatsit, Charles Wallace, Calvin O’Keefe and more to battle the forces of evil so she can rescue her father, save humanity and find herself. In the end, we know two things for sure: 1. Love CAN overcome evil and 2. There IS such a thing as a tesseract.

The LALT Board of Directors is seeking show production proposals for the 2021-22 season.  Proposals must be submitted electronically to lalt-board@googlegroups.com by May 1, 2021.  If you are interested, please download the Request for Proposals here which describes the process.

Every two years Theatre New Mexico sponsors New Mexico’s state AACTFest theatre festival in the Spring as a part of the American Association of Community Theatre’s biannual festival cycle. But circumstances this year have forced the cancellation of inperson AACTFest state and regional festivals. To help keep New Mexico’s amateur dramatic arts alive,while we await the safe resumption of live theatre, TNM will be holding a virtual theatre festival June 25-27, 2021. This will not be a competition, but rather a celebration.  For information on how to participate, please download TNM’s Virtual Festival_Announcement.

LALT is updating and consolidating its general announcements email mailing list. An email was recently sent to all members on the list.  If you did not receive this message and would like to be added to our list please send an email to MailListRequest@lalt.org

We hope all of our patrons and members are staying safe and healthy. It is the LALT Board’s intention to assess the season when the Performing Arts Center (PAC) is able to reopen, and allow a three month lead time from announcement to production. In the meantime, if you have a memory or photo of a favorite LALT production, please post it in the LALT Facebook site!

The current Public Health Orders from the State of New Mexico and Los Alamos County still require that the PAC remain closed until further notice.  If you have keys, please do not enter unnecessarily.  If you no longer need your keys, send them to LALT P.O. Box 211, Los Alamos, NM 87544.  Include your name, address, phone number and email.  Eric Bjorklund will return your deposit.

As you do your holiday shopping you may donate to LALT through the Amazon Smile Program.  Choose LALT as your designated 501(c)3 charity and the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price from your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to LALT.  To register your Amazon account with LALT as your designated charity go to smile.amazon.com/ch/85-0279625.

The current Public Health Orders from the state of New Mexico indicate that close-contact recreational facilities (including performance venues) must remain closed. This guidance is in effect until at least the end of September. Therefore, the Los Alamos Little Theatre Board of Directors has voted to suspend the 2020-2021 season. When the Performing Arts Center is able to resume operations, we will notify the shows slated for the current season in order to determine which are able to go forward. We hope to allow a 3 month lead time from announcement to first production.

Many considerations went into this decision. Above all we’re trying to be safe and follow state guidelines. We all hope we can resume sooner rather than later.

Meanwhile, if you missed the theater, you can take a virtual tour of it with Ken Milder.  Jeremy Smith, the Curator and Events Manager of the Los Alamos Creative District hosted a walk through of the Performing Arts Center for Los Alamos Culture on Tap with Ken, Tomas Farish and Eric Bjorklund.  You can watch the episode in its entirety here.