Artistic Director / President’s Message In 1995, my Elly award-winning friend, the late

Chris Goetzke, recommended I go see BerkeleyRep’s Journey to the West. He even asked themfor the script. At that time, Community Asian The-atre of the Sierra (CATS) was just a small organiza-tion, and I didn’t feel we were ready to take on sucha huge project. Fast forward to 2013, I dusted offthe script, reread it, saw the potential, and showedit to Director Diane Fetterly, and the rest is history.

CATS received 11 Elly nominations and 5 wins for Journey to theWest. This is a record for CATS!!! Sacramento Area Regional TheatreAlliance (SARTA) says it is rare to receive a nomination in every cate-gory. If you saw Journey, you will agree with the judges that the nomina-tions are truly deserved.

Nominated for an Elly award in the Comedy division were: DianeFetterly – Director - Winner, Teresa Shea – Set – Winner, Teresa Shea– Costume - Winner,Tim Dugan – Lighting, Tynowyn Woolman –Sound - Winner, Michael Baranowski – Lead Actor, Trish Adair – LeadActress, Kimberly Wellman – Lead Actress, Brett Torgrimson – Sup-porting Actor, Kate Tobie – Supporting Actress, Journey to the West –Best Overall Comedy - Winner.

Congratulations to our winners, nominees and EVERYONE involvedfor bringing this magical show to life. Go to our website at www.cat-sweb.org for photos of the Elly awards event.

More exciting news:To celebrate CATS 20th Anniversary in 2014, we will produce the

Broadway musical and Tony award-winning Miss Saigon at the NevadaTheatre from April 10 to May 10.

We had a wonderful turnout for auditions. Our fantastic cast and pro-duction team include: Director- Susan Mason; Co-Music Directors -Susan Mason and Jeffrey Mason; Set Designer – Pamela Hodges;Costume Designer – Jill Kelly; Lighting Designer – Erin Beatie; SoundDesigner – Chris Christensen; Choreographer – Haven Caravelli;Properties Designer - Katherine Scourtes; and Hair and MakeupDesigner – Sara Quay.

Cast members are: David Holmes, Jared Lee, Jay Barker, SilasBrown, Tinley Ireland, Bernadette Garcia, Olivia Pritchett, AllisonChan, Jennifer Murray, Erin Cummiskey, Heather Druktenis, LisaMoon, Melissa Rosprim, Susan Schimmel, Brett Torgrimson, Chris-tian Burke, Jake Dabis, Kevin Freeman, Kevin Lucas-Ross, CornellVanity, Virgil Wong, Aneka Torgrimson, and Ava Pritchett.

For more news on CATS, look inside this newsletter for upcomingevents.

Thank you for your continued support and encouragement to makeCATS what we are today.

Volume XIX - Number 1 2013-2014

✬ Final Dress: All Tickets $15 ❖❖❖❖ Preview: All Tickets $20

� Opening Night with Gala Reception

✿✿✿✿ Benefit for Friends of Nevada County Libraries

Thursday Evenings:Advance: $23 $15 (17yrs & under)

Door: $28 $15 (17yrs & under)

Friday, Saturday Evenings & Matinees:Advance: $28 $15 (17yrs & under)

Door: $30 $15 (17yrs & under)

For ticket information: www.catsweb.org or call Jeannie Wood 530-265-2990

Tickets available in December 2013at

www.catsweb.org, the Briar Patch

Book Seller in Grass Valley

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at The Nevada Theatre401 Broad St., Nevada City, CA

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24 7pm

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Community Asian Theatre of the Sierra (CATS)presents

Directed bySusan Mason

Musical Direction bySusan Mason

& Jeffery Mason