Boquete Community Players Theatre Group

Boquete Community Players are a talented bunch of people living in Boquete, Chiriqui, Panama in the Highlands near the border of Costa Rica, who enjoy live theatre and events produced, directed and performed by people from all around the globe who have decided to make this mountain community their home.   Back in 2005 a group of ExPats formed BCP (Boquete Community Players) to provideresidents with some live entertainment and the opportunity to have fun acting in theatrical productions. The first play was performed in a meeting room upstairs from Banistmo (now HSBC) Bank on Main Street to an audience of about 75 people.

Then, BCP found a temporary home downstairs in the same building in which they began. Community volunteers donated time and money to renovate this facility. Unfortunately, this only lasted 9 months, and then BCP was homeless, but not helpless. Plays continued to be performed in various restaurant locations throughout town.

One fine day, luck smiled on BCP when Anayansi Menendez, a local business owner, offered BCP a virtually derelict building with a 5 year lease. It was perfectly located across the Feria bridge downtown. The venue had spaces with great potential that could be re-engineered into a theatre and event center, and it even had a parking lot! Another generous resident donated some fixed seating units and a design was under way. People in the community were very generous with their time, money and talents and after months of grueling work, the new BCP Event Center was opened in November of 2009.

Today, the BCP Theatre & Events Center is the hub of the ExPat community’s entertainment life. The Tuesday Morning Meeting is now held there….a weekly meeting that presents speakers who are authorities on subjects of interest to ExPats that providevital information to make living in our new home town even better. There is also a period where announcements are made about new businesses, activities and services that share information with us all. The TMM is held every Tuesday at the BCP Events Center beginning at 10:30 am and ends around 12 noon.

There’s a great deal of talent in Boquete, including professional actors, directors, producers, choreographers and musicians. And, for those without on-stage talents, there are lots of behind the scenes jobs to be done such as wardrobe, makeup/hair, set design and construction, sound and light technical, audio visual recording and editing, stage management, helpers, ticket takers, bartenders, ushers and every other kind of assistance to make things work well. We are fortunate that we have lots of people who want to get involved, but we always need more. Join in the fun, and get involved with BCP Theatre & Events Center.

April 10th - 14th Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire Winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize.
Rabbit Hole is a transcendent and deeply affecting play, which shifts perfectly from hilarity to grief and back again. This is the some of the most beautiful dialogue ever written.

May 22nd - 26th Bench Warmers New One Act Plays A series of new one act plays, whose authors are winners of the BCP Bench Warmer New play contest. Last year we had entrants from the United States and many home grown right here in Panama.
“A delightful and fun filled evening.” 

The BCP Theatre is located in Boquete across the Feria Bridge on the right. All shows are $15: Wednesday and Sunday, 2pm; Thursday thru Saturday, 8pm. Tickets are available at Mailboxes; Boquete Outdoor Adventure; The Tuesday Market; and at the door. Phone: 720-2466 
http://www.bcpboquete.com/index.html