Theatre News
Our theatre awards a Youth Scholarship, to the value of $250, to a deserving junior member.
To qualify, applicants must be Year 7 to Year 13, and must be at school or home-schooled.
You must be a financial member of ORT for the previous year, 1 Sept 2022 to 31 Aug 2023, OR pay for the new year, 1 Sept 2023 to 31 Aug 2024.
Otamatea Repertory Theatre Inc, bank account number details below:
02-364-0284681-00
Current junior membership is $20
The funds may be used for any of the Performing Arts… singing lessons, dance lessons, music lessons, or for equipment such as a guitar.
The winner will have his/her name engraved on the Youth Scholarship board in the foyer.
If you would like to apply for the scholarship, write us a letter in your own handwriting. Tell us about yourself, your passions, goals and achievements. And tell us how you would like to use the money.
Get your letter to us before 10 November 2023. No late applications will be considered by the committee.
Applications may be scanned and emailed to info@ort.org.nz with the original application posted to:
The Secretary, Otamatea Repertory Theatre Inc, PO Box 35, Maungaturoto, 0547.
Or you may hand your letter to any of the following committee members
– Peter Flower, Sheri O’Neill, Maura Flower, Shar Schultz, Margaret Baker, Nicky Scrymgeour, Tanith Stephenson, Sam Hartles, or Josie Gritten.
All applications will be considered by the committee, and all applicants will be advised of the committee’s decision.
The show dates have been released for the 2021 season of Seussical Jnr at Otamatea Repertory Theatre.
COVID-19 lockdown caused the cancellation of our 2020 production of ‘Seussical Jnr’. So here we go again – the 2021 production – hopefully this time we will succeed.
Rehearsals have begun and the show dates are as follows.
Fri April 30 @ 7pm
Sat May 1 @ 2pm and 6pm
Sun May 2 @ 2pm
Fri May 7 @ 7pm
Sat May 8 @ 2pm and 6pm
Sun May 9 @ 2pm