The 41st-annual Inland Theatre League Awards Ceremony, honoring performances from 2015, was held Sunday, March 20. Isis Theatre Company, now Idyllwild Actors Theatre, received two wins for a performance in February 2015: Howard Shangraw as Andrew and Suzanne Avalon as Melissa in “Love Letters.” The Stratford Players won three awards for the September 2015 production…
A photo of singer Marja Kay of Idyllwild made it into the Dec. 15 issue of The New Yorker magazine. The photo represented a multi-cast performance “Hopscotch” in Los Angeles earlier this year and made the top list of “Notable Performances and Recordings of 2015” by Alex Ross.
Town Crier received word that Geri Peterson, long-time Fairway Foods employee, is losing her partner, Karen, who is near death. Geri is taking a leave of absence from Fairway to care for her. Containers have been set up at the cash registers for anyone who would like to donate toward Geri’s costs … Idyllwild resident…
On Sunday, Nov. 15, four Idyllwild residents raced in the Geico Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon in Las Vegas with about 50,000 runners. From left, with their times, are Cheryl Vladika (3:32:12), Mila Davis (2:58:36), Annie Brook (2:12:32) and Chris Davis (2:58:34). Annie said she and her fiance, the late Scott Foster, used to run together…
Pine Cove resident Matthew Shaker won top honors in the 2015 Desert Theater League Awards for his role of Felix Unger in “The Odd Couple” by Neil Simon. The production also took top honor for Outstanding Production-Comedy – The Odd Couple- Palm Desert Stage Company. The play was directed by Jeanette Telders Knight, who was…
Erec VonSeggern, son of Paul and Merrie VonSeggern of Idyllwild, made the dean’s list at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. Students are recognized with dean’s list honors for maintaining a cumulative 3.4 grade point average or higher for the full academic year. Eric is a is 2013 graduate of Hemet High School … Alexae Visel,…
Max Singer, son of Dan Singer of Squaw Valley in the Sequoia National Park and Chris Singer of Idyllwild, graduated cum laude from the California State University, San Bernardino, on Sunday. The Idyllwild native majored in communication studies. Dan said it was the best Father’s Day gift he’s ever received. Chris said, “I was so…
Erec VonSeggern, a sophomore from Idyllwild, won the Wisconsin State Flute Festival held in Madison. He was awarded a first-place prize of $350. It was the third straight year a Lawrence University student has won the state flute festival competition. For his 15-minute finals performance, VonSeggern played Georges Hüe’s “Fantaisie Pour Flûte et Piano,” “Night…
Idyllwild resident actor and Town Crier columnist Conor O’Farrell has landed a major role in a new TV pilot, “Silence of Games.” He plays alongside Bre Blair and Demetrius Grosse as a corrupt lieutenant governor planning to make a run for Congress. O’Farrell has had many lead and co-starring roles throughout his 35-year career, including…
Monica Eileen Smith, daughter of Bob and Adele Smith of Idyllwild, passed the California State Bar exam and was sworn in recently by Northern California District Judge Edward J. Davila. She graduated from Hastings College of Law in San Francisco in 2013 and lives in Mountain View with her husband and two children. A frequent…
