California Suite

Posted on April 4, 2012 by admin

The Theater League of Clifton is proud to present its spring production of “California Suite” by the award-winning Neil Simon. This annual spring show will be held at a new venue, the Theresa Aprea Theater in the TLC Community Center in Clifton.

California Suite follows the hilarious misadventures of four groups of guests at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Visitors from New York, Philadelphia, London and Chicago take the audience on a wild ride through their very unique, and very human, personal dramas. The New York Times called California Suite “Neil Simon at his best.” Hotel rooms would have colorful stories to tell if walls could talk – now you can get a glimpse inside. Leave the kids at home and treat yourself to an evening of comedy praised by the NY Times!

Kathleen Kellaigh is director; Mark Peterson and Barbara Novak are co-producers; Tara Freifeld is stage manager; costumes are by Maryann Irizarry; and set design is by Ken Kida and Julie Chrobak.

The cast hails from the greater Bergen, Essex and Passaic county communities and includes: Dave Arts of Wyckoff, Peggy Cioce of Little Falls, Luis Encarnacion of Passaic, Beth Margey of Rutherford, Susan McDonald of Clifton, Danielle Petrucelli of West Orange, Jack Pignatello of Bloomfield, Chris Robertson of Clifton, Geoff Waumans of Clifton, and Irene Yalicki of Wayne.

The Theresa Aprea Theater is a 500-seat theater, also home to the NJ Opera, guaranteed to provide the Theater League of Clifton audiences with a state of the art theatrical experience.
Plus, the Theater League will also offer advanced reserved seating in this new venue.

Performance dates are May 11, 12, and 13th & May 18, 19, and 20th.
8:00 pm Fridays & Saturdays and 2:00pm Sundays.

Tickets are $20 for adults, and $15 on Senior/Student Sunday, May 13th with a valid ID.
Tickets may be reserved online, by phone or mail.

Payment Online or by Phone
Purchase tickets online or by phone at (973) 928-7668.
Tickets may be emailed or held at will call.

Payment by Check
Payment by check is also accepted, make checks payable to Theater League of Clifton, send to P.O. Box 4072, Clifton, NJ 07012, and indicate the show date you are reserving.
Tickets will be held at the door. Seats will be assigned to patrons as payment is received.

Please call if you require special arrangements.

TLC Scholarship Recipients

Posted on June 7, 2011 by admin

Congratulations to the 2011 TLC Scholarship recipients! The Clifton High School Scholarship Award ceremony was held on June 2, 2011 at Clifton High School.

Pictured above is Clifton High School Senior Paige Sciarrino receiving her scholarship from TLC President Mark Peterson.

Paige is shown above with her parents and Mark Peterson, the President of TLC.

The Joanne Mazzarisi Memorial Scholarship was presented to Melanie Ciappi.

Letters to the Editor – May 16

Posted on January 8, 2010 by admin

“A jewel in Clifton
I recently had the privilege of attending the latest production of Theater League of Clifton’s “You Can’t Take It With You.” I found [it] to be a truly enjoyable evening in the theater. The cast had talent equal to Broadway actors and the set design was so impressive that you knew it had to be professionally done with all the period furniture and costumes from the 1930s.
Clifton should be grateful that this group has put so much effort into giving back to its community. How fortunate we are to have this jewel in our own backyard. There were many residents participating in this wonderful production. From the ushers, to the people selling refreshments at intermission and the lighting was operated by students learning the ropes, as were the back stage hands at each of the six shows. And the majority of the proceeds go towards awarding two scholarships to high school students each year.
I have never seen a collaboration of a community come together for a group or organization with such enthusiasm as I have seen for TLC. Sometimes it takes years to build a community theater and TLC has done a wonderful job in less than 3 years. My hat goes off to them. I urge everyone to support this wonderful organization.
Clifford Martin
Clifton”