COACHELLA VALLEY REPERTORY
January, 2010

Dear Theatre Lover,

The CV REP Board of Trustees would like to extend a Happy New Year to you and your family.

The new year is a positive turning point for CV REP. First, we have presented a proposal to a local company as a potential partnership on our next Children’s Outreach Production. We are waiting for their response with great anticipation and hope. I look forward to announcing the details of that production that must stay in the wings for the moment.

In order to begin our first LUMINARY LUNCHEON, it was important for the Board and I to have everything in place in just the right way, therefore we have decided to begin the series in February instead of January. There is an article below with all the exciting details.

We look forward to you support and participation throughout the coming year.

Sincerely,
Ron Celona
Artistic Director

In The News

Anne Jeffreys, Stage, Film & TV star to be the first Guest Artist at our
LUMINARY LUNCHON at the BLU Ember on Wednesday, February 24th!

The first CV REP LUMINARY LUNCHEON is set for February 24th at noon. CV REP is forming a new monthly social group called the “LUMINARIES”. This group will help light the way to CV REP’s future. With the support of our sponsor, the Rancho Las Palmas Resort and Spa, the monthly events will be held at the BLU Ember. Each luncheon will include a Luminary of the Theatre who will share their life experience working as an actor.

A portion of the fee will pay for your meal, refreshments, entertainment and the remainder will go to CV REP. The fee is only $25.00! A bargain for this fine restaurant! Tickets will be sold in advance since the room holds only 50 people. To assure your place at the table, please call the Luminary’s Social Secretary, Audrey Provan at (760) 341-7442.

This will be a fun way for people to meet, have fun, be enlightened and support CV REP.

College of the Desert ( C.O.D.)
 New Playwright’s Festival

The College of the Desert is presenting its first New Playwright’s Festival on January 22, 23 & 24th.

On January 23rd at 3pm at the Pollack Theater, CV Rep’s Artistic Director Ron Celona will be facilitating a panel of prominent Directors from Los Angeles and other places to discuss the role of the Director in developing NEW plays for the stage. The public is welcome to this event Free of Charge!

Wish List
There are numerous ways that the public can help support our growth. If we don’t ask, we don’t receive! So we decided to create a wish list each month that will include large and small ways that you can help us achieve our goals.

• We are still looking for a donated public space to operate our business out of. At present we have been doing business from a home based office. If we had a public space we could start to staff it with volunteers who are waiting in the wings.

• Grant Writer, although the Board are hard at work writing grants, they could use the support of other volunteers that have this skill under their belt.

• Committee Members, each Board member is steering a committee on different development opportunities. If you would be interested in serving on one of these committees, please contact Gary Hall at Gary.D.Hall@wellsfargo.com for more information.

Board Member Profile
Greg Barton, CPA

Greg moved to Palmdale in 1998. The Antelope Valley, with a cumulative population of around 450,000, presented a great business opportunity to build a dynamic and successful practice meeting many of the professional accounting needs of the Antelope Valley. In 2007, the Greg moved to Palm Springs, where he opened his second office.

Prior to this practice Greg served as a CFO and IPO specialist for an environmental manufacturing company in Long Beach. He owned and built another accounting firm, Barton and Associates from 1985 through 1992. Greg received his bachelor's degree in Accounting from Cal State Fullerton in 1979 and received his certification in Public Accounting in 1985.

Greg takes pride in having built his business from the ground up. He values the ability to run a successful company while helping other individuals and businesses to prosper financially.

Greg has two daughters, three dogs and a dozen parrotfish. You can learn more about Greg and his accounting practice at: www.gregbartoncpa.com.