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Alan Thompson has been President of the Werribee Theatre Company (WTC) for about 10 years and has been involved with the club since 1990. He has personally been involved in performances such as My Fair Lady, Wizard of Oz, Jesus Christ Superstar and Pride and Prejudice. WTC will be 50 years old next year. Their first production was a one-act play performed for Werribee LIons in 1968. Since then, there have been 1300 productions involving 2500 cast and crew and entertaining 25,000 local residents. The first home of WTC was the theatre at Werribee Park. They shared the dressing rooms with the local possums. Later, the construction of the Wyndham Cultural Centre enabled them to move to a more central location (without possums). For smaller plays, they use the Crossroads Theatre at the Uniting Church. The mission of WTC is to create opportunities for community participation in amateur theatre. Some of the opportunities include onstage acting or backstage support such as set designing and building, lighting, audio, stage management and production. In their 50th year, they have already planned to perform a number of one-act plays including Calendar Girls and Point of No Return. Alaine Beek works closely with Alan. She is the Vice President and Artistic Director. She is also runs an after-hours drama club at Werribee Secondary College. In addition she is the creator of the popular play Point of No Return and has been running shows at Werribee Park each weekend for the past 15 years under the Essence Productions banner. Her motto is Live Local, Think Local, Act Local, Dream BIG.
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