About VCTS...

The Vanderhoof Community Theatre Society is a non-profit, volunteer-run society with the aim of supporting theatre production in Vanderhoof, British Columbia—a job that has been on-going, more or less, since the 1950s with the most recent incarnation of the Vanderhoof Community Theatre beginning in the 1992/93 season.

Read a Chronology of VCTS Performances or revisit our past performances on our past seasons page.

Purpose & Organization...

The purpose of the VCTS is to promote quality amateur community theatre in Vanderhoof. It seeks to ensure that theatre remains alive and well in the region. We will both produce and support community theatre productions.

The VCTS is a society under the BC Societies Act. Participants in the VCTS usually meet three or four times per year to review past productions, choose future productions, and make other decisions necessary for the functioning of the group. The work of the VCTS between meetings is carried out by an Executive consisting of a President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer, as well as other volunteers from time to time. There are no paid positions in the VCTS.

The vision of the VCTS is that each production—after a producer and director have been chosen—stands on its own. The VCTS is to be used as a resource to assist the production but it is expected that each production will be self-sufficient. Financial assistance and book-keeping, mailing lists, and helpful suggestions are available from the VCTS but the responsibility for the production clearly rests on the shoulders of the production team.

We have found that this style of organization has its advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that no volunteer associated with the VCTS is compelled to work on every—or even most—productions. New volunteers are being added regularly to our mailing lists. At the same time, those who wish to participate in most productions are free to do so. This system allows members to participate in as many or as few productions and in whatever capacity as suits them.

The disadvantage of this system is a lack of continuity between productions. Expertise available in one production may not be available in the next. We are finding that we have to rely upon detailed handbooks as a substitution for first-hand experience. Consequently, this sometimes limits the number of performances we can produce each year as it is sometimes difficult to find members willing to try their hand in 'behind the scene' positions such as producer/director/stage manager.