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Bringing Live Community Theater
  and
scholarships
To Okinawa!

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POPs Board
President .............................Jamey Pellegrini
Vice President ...................... Melanie Bales
Treasurer .............................Jessica Stamper
Membership Secretary .......... Lee Romero
Recording Secretary ............. Christine Smith
Sgt. at Arms ........................ Cory Slater
Artistic Director ................... Todd Hyson
Publicist .............................. Leah Harrel
Historians ............................ Shawna Hopp, Lindsay Bethea
Army Ent. Liaison ..................Brenda & David Jones
Technical Dir/Webmaster....... Gary Hughes

POPs Constitution & Bylaws
 
Theatre Code of Ethics

Mailing Address:
Pacific Okinawa Players
PSC 556 Box 765
FPO AP 96386-0765
POPs Meeting Minutes
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POPs Membership
Annual Dues:
$5 for Children 8 to 15
$10 for Adults

Benefits:
-Free admission to one POPs production.
-Free admission to Friends of the Theater
(Final Dress Rehearsals) performances.
-Voting privileges at the monthly POPs meetings.
-You can be added to our mailing list to receive notifications of meetings, auditions, Friends of the Theater nights & Performance reminders, and our handy monthly newsletter.
-Receive a POPs Bumper Sticker!

Eligibility:
Membership is open all year to anyone with SOFA status
See our constitution & Bylaws for more details

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The Pacific Okinawa Players is an all volunteer non-profit community organization dedicated to providing high quality live theater to all military and SOFA status personnel stationed on Okinawa, Japan. We strive to promote education and continued development of the performing arts through the POP's, Ed Kirsten Scholarship Fund.

We put on 4-5 shows a year. Show ideas are submitted and voted on in the Summer by members of the club (but, if you are willing to be the director, your submission will probably be approved).

All money raised is used to put on more shows and annually award an
Ed Kirstein Memorial Scholarship
to deserving High School seniors who wish to pursue "the arts" in college.

2009 POPs Scholarship Winners!
Kendra Andrews- KBHS 
Rebekah Bradley- KDHS 
Takiah Coleman-  KDHS
Cassidy DeVries- KBHS 
Justin Fernandez- KDHS
Jacob Miller- KBHS
Audry Padgett- KDHS

2010 Scholarship Application .DOC

2010 Scholarship Application .PDF

       
Much of the tech stuff (set, lights, sound, props, ect.) has fallen onto the backs of the same (too few) dedicated volunteers. Be a part of the most important & exciting aspect of any production (sorry actors, it's true!). Set construction, Stage effects, Sound effects, Microphone/Speaker placement, Lighting effects, Fog/smoke, Custom built props...  Making magic takes talent, craft and teamwork. Not sure how? We happily train newbies.
  

Bring your ideas. Bring your friends. Bring your enthusiasm to Okinawa's Community Theater!  POPs.

If you want to become a member of POPs just download the membership form below, fill it out, then:
--Bring it to the next POPs monthly meeting. Get a cookie, maybe win a prize.
Or Bring it to the next POPs production. Meet the cast and crew. Get a tour.
Or Bring it to a rehearsal. We are at the theater (when we can) after 6pm and volunteer to help with the show!
(It is baffling why it's so hard for the only performing arts group to get time in the only Performing Arts Auditorium!)
But DON'T just send it to us. Bring it yourself. We want to MEET you!

POPs Forms

Printable Membership Form

Sample show proposal guide

POPs Audition Form

2010 Scholarship Application .DOC

2010 Scholarship Application .PDF

Volunteer Hours Tracker & Form

Expense Reimbursement Form
(.doc)

Deposit Form .doc

POPs Secure site

 
Here are 2 sources if you want to buy your own intercom headset.
These headsets are only $10 but the shipping is $11. It is a ripoff but they ship to APOs.
http://www.thetwistergroup.com/    product #53725

These headsets are $14. The shipping is $9.75. They ship to APOs.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/
 
Goodbye, Ed
Ed Kirstein was a dedicated, hard working member of POPs. He worked lights and sound for many shows, was co-historian with his wife Carol, and volunteered to be on the scholarship board.
We have renamed our scholarship fund in honor of ED



We will all miss you, Ed.