East Lynne Theater Company Presents HJSNA Scholarship

At East Lynne Theater Company's annual fundraising event in November at Aleathea's Restaurant, Grace Wright was named the fifth recipient of the Historic Jackson Street Neighborhood Association Scholarship Fund (HJSNA) in the Name of Bob and Toni Green. This fund was started in the fall of 2006 with a generous $5,000.00 donation from HJSNA, in honor of the Greens, who first owned The Puffin on Jackson Street. Bob Green was at one time President of ELTC's Board, and Toni came up with the idea for ELTC's "Tales of the Victorians." They currently live in Kentucky.

The $300.00 Scholarship is slated for those who are pursuing a professional career in theater and are either full-time or part-time residents of Cape May County. This Scholarship has been used to help recipients pay for theater-related classes in and out of the regular school or college environment, and to help make a payment on a college loan, if the degree is in theater. The decision by the Board of Directors to give the award to Grace was based on her ELTC debut in "He and She," and her desire to pursue theater as a career. Currently living in Palermo, NJ, she plans to work with artistic director Gayle Stahlhuth in March, guiding students at Glenwood Avenue Elementary School in Wildwood in playwriting and performing.

Grace is a native of South Jersey, where she's performed with local theater groups for years and has appeared in several independent films. Recent credits include playing Beatrice in "Much Ado About Nothing" at Patrick Henry College's Teen Camp, Cinderinsky in "The Inspector General" at Sojourn Productions, and the Queen of Hearts in "Alice in Wonderland" at The Absecon Academy of Performing Arts. She was the music director for Sojourn Productions' "The Sound of Music" and stage managed their "Annie."

For information about East Lynne Theater Company's mainstage season, touring shows, and educational outreach, call 609-884-5898 or write to the office at: 121 Fourth Ave., West Cape May, NJ 08204, or go online to www.eastlynnetheater.org.

ELTC's season would not be possible without the support of Curran Investment Management, La Mer Beachfront Inn, Aleathea's Restaurant, The Henry Sawyer Inn, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts; the New Jersey Department of State, Division of Travel and Tourism; and the generosity of many patrons.