Community theater group plans to get "back in action" in 2001

Alleghany Community Theater (ACT) is beginning to plan for its next production this spring, with a meeting scheduled for later this month.

"We are going to get rolling again," said ACT President Paula Joines. The organization was formed last year - the first community theater in Alleghany County in 12 years - and presented "Where the Lilies Bloom" at Sparta Auditorium in July. ACT Treasurer Kelaiya Davis said the group has not met since last summer. "We're regrouping, trying to get started for the new year."

ACT has scheduled its first monthly meeting of the year for Jan. 25. The group plans to meet the fourth Thursday of each month from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the classroom where Joines teaches, located upstairs in the auditorium building at Sparta Elementary School.

Joines said ACT's second production will probably be in March or April. The exact dates and location are yet to be determined.

The next play has not yet been chosen, either. "We have a few people who have some ideas, but we do not have anything definite," said Davis. Joines said one play being considered is "Amateurs," which she described as a comedy "about a community theater group putting on a show."