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   Surflight TheaterTheater

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   History of Surflight 1950: Surflight Theatre is born in Beach Haven Crest, on Long Beach Island, in a shaky 2, 200-seat...

   MoreHistory of Surflight 1950: Surflight Theatre is born in Beach Haven Crest, on Long Beach Island, in a shaky 2, 200-seat tent with a cast of 60, a 12-piece orchestra and a season only 3 weeks long. Joseph P. Hayes, Producer. 1951: A second season is presented with a smaller company and a tighter budget, allowing the season to be extended to 9 weeks. 1958: Schoolteacher Eleanor C. Miller is introduced to Joe Hayes. She offers to "give him a little help" with the growing theatre. 1959: A rainy season. Actors learn to constantly shout their lines to be heard over the rain drumming on the tin roof. The storm sewers back up, forcing patrons to wade to the theatre in hip boots and galoshes. 1961: Eleanor Miller's offer of "a little help" has grown to the position of Company Manager. 1967: Joe Hayes decides to purchase the former mechanic's garage as Surflight's permanent residence. A new costume shop is built adjacent to the theatre. 1975: Show Place Ice Cream Parlour opens next to the theatre, a collaboration between Joe Hayes and his friend Scott Henderson, and a local banker. Food, ice cream AND a floor show! An immediate hit. 1976: Joe Hayes suffers a fatal heart attack. Surflight is rocked and saddened by his untimely passing. Knowing that Surflight and its continuation meant everything to Joe, his friends declare that the show must go on! A new corporation, HML Productions, is formed with Scott Henderson as President, Eleanor C. Miller as Surflight's Producer and Joseph N. Lane, III. 1977: A former boarding house at the corner of Dolphin & Bay Avenues in Beach Haven is purchased for use as the primary cast housing facility. The house has 16 bedrooms and 9 bathrooms. 1979: Surflight's season is extended to 14 weeks - 14 full-stage musical productions produced in 1-week stock, with 7 performances a week, and featuring a cast of 15. Less

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   201 Engleside Ave, Intersection of Beach and Engleside Avenues Beach Haven, NJ 08008-1764 465.90 mi

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