Davenport Theatrical

Davenport Theatrical was established in 2008 by Karen & Steve Brewster and Drew Kowalkowski to provide high quality community theater for Lincoln County and the surrounding area of Eastern WA.

The first production was Little Shop of Horrors in July, 2008. The 5 performances, held in the Davenport High School Auditorium, were well attended and received great reviews! Photos available on Picassa

In the spring of 2009, Davenport Theatrical produced a musical revue titled Way Off Broadway! One show was in the historic Harrington Opera House, four other performances were on the home stage at the Davenport High School. The July 2009 production was Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods.

A non-musical, Death by Dessert, was produced in a dinner theater format in July 2010. Davenport Theatrical returned to a full-scale musical production, A Christmas Carol – the Musical, in December, 2010.  And in July 2011, our production of Irving Berlin’s Annie Get Your Gun received rave reviews!

Because of a number of interested young ladies in the appropriate age range, the production choice for the summer of 2012 was Annie. The production team had a good but difficult problem . . . over 45 girls turned out for auditions!!!

We are attracting new talent and supporters to join us in providing quality theatre opportunities for cast members, production team members, and audiences alike!

For information:
Chris Hoppes  509-725-1888

Karen Brewster 509-721-0677
karen@davenporttheatrical.org

or web master:
Karen Robertson
webmaster@davenporttheatrical.org

ABOUT THE DIRECTORS

KAREN BREWSTER is a 23-year resident of Davenport. Karen came here from Anchorage, Alaska, where she earned her Bachelor of Music Degree from the University of Alaska-Anchorage in 1982. Karen acted and sang in numerous productions in Anchorage before meeting her husband, Steve, and moving to the “lower 48”.  She performed with Uptown Opera in Spokane, playing principal roles in The Bartered Bride and A Little Night Music. She has also been seen in several K/P Productions and Wheatland Players shows and has dircetd many musicals at Davenport High School including Bye, Bye Birdie, Carousel, Oklahoma, South Pacific, Once Upon A Mattress, and several Davenport Junior high productions. Karen has been Musical Director in all of the Davenport Theatrical productions to date, except “Death by Dessert” and played the witch in “Into the Woods.”

LYNN HERNAS joined Davenport Theatrical in December of 2010 as stage director. She co-directed “Christmas Carol: the Musical” in 2011, directed “Annie Get Your Gun” in 2011, and is the stage director for this year’s (2012) production of “Annie.”  She is also a teacher and  the director of musicals & plays for Christian Heritage School in Edwall, WA.

DREW KOWALKOWSKI, co-founder of Davenport Theatrical and director of our productions when he was just a Junior in High School, is now the PR & Marketing Assistant for Central City Opera in Denver after studying  theatre at Eastern Washington University and Theatre and Nonprofit Administration at the Metropolitan State College of Denver. Drew still keeps in touch, offering his advice for our productions.