CHINO COMMUNITY THEATRE
upcoming productions and Events
Adapted by Joe Landry
Based on the story, The Greatest Gift by Philip Van Doren Stern
directed by Christopher Diehl
Our crowd-pleasing 40th season concludes with an adaptation of one of the most cherished holiday films, which comes to captivating life as a live 1940s radio broadcast!
With the help of an ensemble that brings a few dozen characters to the stage, the story of idealistic George Bailey unfolds as he considers ending his life one fateful Christmas Eve, until a friendly angel named Clarence steps in. Performed as a vintage radio show, with live special effects done right there onstage, It’s a Wonderful Life – A Live Radio Play takes a familiar story and presents it in a unique way that will be an enchanting trip back in time for the whole family!
December 6, 7, 13, 14, 20 & 21 at 8 pm
December 8, 15, 21 & 22 at 2:30 pm
join us for our 2025 season
Season tickets available by mail, at Seat Yourself above, or at the box office
CCT CIRCLE GATHERING • DECEMBER, 2024
From Where ARTS Thou? column by CCT alumnus Tim Smith
For: October 23, 2024
“Wanna Play?”
CCT: 1984-2024
Don’t you just smile when you see this week’s title?
Before offering the next installment in celebration of the November 23, 2024 40th Anniversary of the first production presented by the Chino Community Theatre, Chino, CA, a bit of history, especially for newer readers.
Founded in 1984, this “company of players” has produced 240 live theatre productions for the citizens of Chino and the Inland Empire of Southern California. The founders, Paul and Karen Larson, personal friends since that time, have, on numerous occasions, given their time and talents to assist me in establishing performing arts programming since we first met during the casting of the second CCT production, The Philadelphia Story in 1984.
The foundation was further set in motion, and they have never looked back. Introduced in that issue was one of the numerous ancillary programs that has grown from the theatre’s successful outreach. Here is the second part of that story:
Steps to the Stage: A Podcast Series: Looking to find an activity for his theater mentoring project, Steps to the Stage co-founder and Executive Producer (of this highly engaging and successful series), Kirk Lane, explained, in a recent email exchange/conversation, that his family discovered CCT and that over the course of just a few years, they became involved in nearly every one of the theatre’s operations, including production and management.
He said that they were “A soccer family that moved to being a theater family.”
One of the Lane children has recently earned a degree in theater. He proudly stated that a number of children who had cut their tee at CCT are now enjoying careers in theater; some have worked in Off-Broadway and Broadway productions.
In preparing for these column segments, he could not have been more effusive in his affection for the gifts provided to his family by the programming and friends made @ CCT. Steps to the Stage is, for him especially, a labor of love.
Please visit the CCT website where the podcast series is located, and give a listen. Next time: The current podcast’s evolution and its expansion.
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CCT Is proud to partner with Chino Community Children's Theatre. CCCT is a non-profit organization run by volunteers. They provide an opportunity for the children in the community and their families to become involved in the theatre arts. Their goal is to educate and entertain in an environment of mutual respect for all ages and abilities.