Roundhouse grant boosts theater group

Silent Echo Theater Company got a financial boost from a grant by The Roundhouse Foundation.

"We formed our theater company last year in November," troupe member Leslie Newbold told The Nugget. "We did 'Look Who's Talking' last year at The Belfry, which was a collection of one-act plays that featured local talent. This year we start our next season with a generous $1,000 grant/donation from The Roundhouse Foundation. 

"We begin our theater season in November with a play reading by a local playwright, David Finch, at Hood Avenue Art in Sisters. A Piano Bar, a night of local singing talent set up cabaret style will be in December. In February the second production of our one-act plays, 'Look Who's Talking, Two,' will feature writers, actors, and directors from Sisters and all around Central Oregon."

The theater company board consists of Marla Manning, president/creative director; Joan Upshaw, vice president and acting secretary; Leslie Newbold, treasurer; and Scout Miller in charge of publicity/social media. The company is a nonprofit organization.