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Lakeside Players Dream Builds Vassar Junction Barn Theater
The Lakeside Players, a 25 to 30 member summer troupe, work at the Vassar barn to finish a promenade stage and back access as they transform the site into Vassar Junction. Co owners Veda and Bruce Rogers aim to create an artist community with railroad car structures looping the theater and a Whippoorwill Showboat on Lake Pomona. Actors and musicians from Topeka, Wichita, Manhattan, Lawrence, Baldwin, Williamsburg, St. Louis, and Wyoming converge, many hired through Kansas theater auditions, and residents share duties from cooking to sewing as they prepare for the June 6 opening and a fall 79 completion.
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Vassar
Lakeside Players
Veda ‘Rogers
Veda
Bruce
Rogers
Cripple Creek
Colo
Imperial Hotel
Quenemo
Winfield
Southwestern College
Lake Pomona
Leavenworth Ironworks
Playhouse Barn
Topeka
Wichita
Manhattan
Lawrence
Baldwin
Williamsburg
St. Louis
Wyoming
Association of Kansas
Kansas
Vassar Junction