About Us

Letter from the President

2023 marks the beginning of big changes for the Seneca Community Players. As we embark on our next half century of community theater, we will be doing it in our own home for the first time since our earliest years at Eisenhower College.  We will still perform in other locations across Seneca County but most of our productions will be in our new home at Lafayette Theater 202 W. Main Street in Waterloo.  This is the culmination of years of dreams and hard work and we are looking forward to you joining us for years to come. 

Please, come play with us!

Eric Jansen  ~ President

Mission Statement

To foster, arouse, and help broaden the interest, availability, and appreciation of the theatre arts in Seneca and the surrounding counties.

Board of Directors

Eric Jansen

President- Leland Dewey Chair

• • Hometown: Clifton Springs, NY
  • Craziest thing you have ever done:  Community Theater
  • Favorite theatre moments:
    Gramps – “On Borrowed Time” (Gown Theatre~Stillwater, OK)
    Donald Waldman – “Hearts” (SCP~Seneca Falls, NY)
    Director – “Driving Miss Daisy” (SCP~Seneca Falls, NY)
  • Favorite quote:
    “Whether you think you can, or think you can’t-you’re right”~Henry Ford

Chris  Boulter
Executive Vice President & Season Planning

• Born: Watertown, NY  
• Resides: Waterloo, NY
  
• Craziest thing you’ve ever done:
  Got my motorcycle license on Friday and drove from Watertown to Zenia Ohio on Monday
• Favorite production seen on stage:
  
  First professional summer I played Billis in south pacific and the reaction of the opening night audience
  when I came on in the coconut bra was awesome. I was so nervous and not sure of the whole thing,
  but the audience made all the difference.
• Favorite quote:
  “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.”

Seth  Kennedy

Treasurer

• • Hometown:  Fredonia, NY
  • Lives in: Seneca Falls, NY
  • Craziest thing you have ever done:
    Built and performed a 20 ft long puppet for Shrek  the musical
    
  • Favorite theatre moments:
    Performing in Avenue Q
  • Favorite Actress/Actor:
    “Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” Dr. Seuss

Lynn Patti

Secretary
Business & Communications/Historian

• Born: Buffalo, NY
• Resides: Seneca Falls, NY
• Craziest thing you’ve ever done:
  Climbed the Leaning Tower of Pisa
• Favorite quote:
  “Be kind, always be kind”
  
• Favorite Actress/Actor:
  Diane Lane and Nathan Lane

Becky Bly

Board of Directors

• Born: Des Moines, IA  
• Resides:  Seneca Falls, NY
  
• Favorite stage production you’ve ever seen:
  “The Children’s Hour”
  
• Favorite theatre moments:
  Act 2 curtain opening for “Enchanted April” was enjoyable in that the set and lighting got applause. (SCP-Seneca Falls, NY)
• Favorite quote:  “Comfort the disturbed, disturb the comfortable”

Deborah Bly 

Board of Directors

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  Born: Des Moines, IA

• Hometown: Seneca Falls, NY
  
• Craziest thing you ever 
  I do nothing crazyFavorite theatre moments:
  Sweeney Todd on Broadway 
• Favorite Quote:“The definition of acting is reacting to others on stage, their words and actions” Ted Kehoe 

 Katie Hockey

Fundraising Chair

• Hometown: Watertown, NY 
• Lives in:  Seneca Falls, NY
• Craziest thing you have ever done: We don’t talk about my college days at Plattsburgh
• Favorite Theater moments: Playing Mona in Chicago, Anita in West Side Story, and Morticia in The Addams Family with SCP
• Favorite Quote:  “Though she but little, she is fierce!” Midsummer Shakespeare

Dawn Jansen

Board of Directors 

• Hometown: Phelps, NY
• Resides: Clifton Springs, NY
• Craziest thing you’ve ever done:
  Being on stage rather than backstage.
• Favorite theatre moments:  Watching the three men in my life on stage (Eric, Josh, Mike)
• Favorite Actress/Actor:
  Bette Midler, Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke

Krista  Serrett

Properties Chair

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Wendy Varricchio-Fletcher

Board of Directors 

• Hometown:
  Seneca Falls, NY
• Lives in:  Seneca Falls
• Craziest thing you’ve ever done:
  Ha! I served in the Navy, and let’s just say this, I’m glad that part of my life occured before cell phones and social media! 
• Favorite theatre moments:
  
  Playing alongside and earning a TANYS award with the person I  most admired watching in our HS musicals when I was in Junior
  When a grade school girl asked to come to the theatre to meet me after she watched my portrayal of Grandma Addams in The Addams Family.
•  HS (Sheri Bleiler Del Favero).
• Favorite Quote:
  “It’s better to light a candle than to curse the darkness” Eleanor Roosevelt 

Tim Hoster

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John Lechner

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Kaylee Millerd

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Chad Meyer

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