As we continue to move forward in the hopes that the day that Stage Coach Players produces live shows again arrives soon, the organization has kept themselves busy during the COVID-19 pandemic.  In addition, individual Stage Coach Players members have also been spending time trying to keep busy without having a play or plays to work on over the past thirteen months.

With members of Stage Coach Players noticeably ready to return to the stage, the light booth, the director’s chair, and running props and costumes, we take a look at another of our fellow community thespians. This week we turn our attention to another long-standing member of the group, Kathy Cain.

Like a large number of its membership, Kathy Cain has been active with Stage Coach Players under many capacities.  She has been president of the organization and served on several board of directors.  She’s played on stage, directed a half dozen shows, and has been backstage doing one of a handful of things since she did props and worked backstage for the 1978 production, Invitation to a March. 

Cain has helped Stage Coach Players in some fashion every year since that first production and in 2020, worked backstage for Visiting Mr. Green, the last live play Stage Coach Players produced prior to shuttering its doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Being in the theatre and enjoying the variety of shows we do is something she misses dearly. 

“I look forward to being able to be in the theatre and putting together a performance,” Cain said.  “I like seeing a set take form and then painting it and decorating it.”

“I also miss spending time with my granddaughters and going places with them,” she added.

Cain has always kept herself occupied knitting, often performing the task deftly at the theatre.  But during the past year, she has been able to learn a new craft – Dotz, which are sparkly little dots that are placed on a sticky fabric using a stylus.   

“I have been watching too much mindless television and reading books – mostly mysteries,” she said.   

As for the theatre, Cain has been part of the team cleaning parts of the theatre on Saturdays and has participated in most of the food drives.  She is, of course, not alone in wanting to get together with her ‘theatre people’ and spending time with the Stage Coach Players’ family and doing so without having to wear a mask. 

“I can’t wait until we can be back together face to face.”