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History of SSC
Co-Founders and Co-Artistic Directors Amy Alvino and Elyse Rodriguez met as undergraduate students in the BFA Acting program at Elon University in Fall 2004. They lived in the now demolished Jordan Center and remained friends throughout their tenure at the university. After graduation, they went their separate ways and reunited in 2021 when they found themselves living in the same place: Summerfield, NC.
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During a coffee meet up, Amy and Elyse discussed their experiences with the local theatre community and their wish that a closer theatre option existed. At that time, the closest community theatres were 20-30 minutes away depending where one resided in the northwest area, computing to 40-60 minute roundtrips for each night of rehearsal. This driving commitment on top of the 2-3 hour rehearsal was enough to stop potential talent from participating in productions or potential patrons from attending a show. That realization inspired them to create Summerfield Stage Company with a clear cut mission: bring community theatre to the northwest area.
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We launched our debut show in October 2023: Ichabod: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow to five sold out audiences. Since that time, we have steadily increased our reach and our offerings to the community always keeping our mission at the heart of what we do. We created a youth program in Fall 2024 when we found that access to the arts for youth in our area was limited by a family’s income. We also established a youth performance troupe, The Starlights, to bring the arts out into the community.
Summerfield Stage Company continues to grow each year and we hope to leave a lasting community theatre in this previously neglected area. The arts are for everyone and we are honored to serve our mission within the Northwest Guilford County community.
