Regina Lyric Musical Theatre is now inviting applications for the $200 Bob Simons Memorial Scholarship.

To qualify for this scholarship, you must be a Lyric member in good standing; be a full-time or part-time student; and be (or plan to be) studying drama or music at a recognized post-secondary education institution.

Send an email or letter explaining how you would use the scholarship to lyric(at)reginalyric.com.

Deadline: July 31.

Bernadette Peters and Elaine Stritch will be taking over the roles of Desirée Armfeldt and Madame Armfeldt from Catherine Zeta-Jones and Angela Lansbury in the acclaimed revival of Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music at the Walter Kerr Theatre on Broadway. The production has been on a temporary hiatus since June 20; it will resume performances July 13.

Lyric produced A Little Night Music in 1999; the photo shows Jeff Tonita (playing Fredrik) and Marianne Woods (playing Desirée) in that production. It was the first show the company performed in the University Theatre at the Riddell Centre, which has been the home for every spring show since then.

Interestingly, Peters was last on Broadway in a 2003 revival of Gypsy, playing Rose.

Photo by Bryan Schlosser, Regina Leader-Post

The Golden Apple Theatre, Regina’s new professional theatre, was profiled in the Regina Leader-Post today. There’s a strong Lyric connection, since the artistic directors are Robert Ursan and Andorlie Hillstrom: Rob, of course, has directed the bulk of Lyric’s spring productions for many years, and Andorlie has both directed and performed (most recently in last year’s production of Follies) with Lyric.

It begins:

This fall, there will be a new professional theatre company in Regina. Andorlie Hillstrom and Robert Ursan — who long have been driving forces behind amateur and instructional theatre in the city — are teaming up once again, this time as co-artistic directors of The Golden Apple Theatre.

“We wanted to start a company that would be to some extent an extension of things that we’ve done up to this point, but we wanted to be able to take it into the professional realm,” said Ursan.

“We want to primarily be able to provide professional theatre opportunities for individuals who are from or living in the province,” Hillstrom added, noting that many young people the pair has worked with through the Do It With Class theatre company have had to go east or west to pursue careers.