The Glen Arbor Players (GAP) are changing lodgings and going old school. Its new home is the nearly 100-year-old Leelanau School in Glen Arbor. GAP commences its 2025 season next month on the stage of the school’s auditorium, eager to perform a run of thoughtfully chosen plays in a setting made for just that purpose. The staff and students at the Leelanau School are also eager to meet their own good fortune as they anticipate improvements to the auditorium.
In 2016, GAP moved from the Glen Arbor Arts Center to the Glen Lake Community Church and performed plays on the fellowship room stage. It was a good home where the actors, directors, and stagehands felt welcome.
Pastor Steve Rusticus, Amy Smith, and Dale DeJager accommodated, and the audiences applauded. Then in summer of 2024, when the Leelanau School invited GAP to be its resident theater troupe, GAP accepted for a chance to perform in a real theater with all that comes with it. This isn’t the first time GAP actors have performed on the school’s stage. In 2018, they presented Priscilla Cogan’s “The Summer Cottage” to an appreciative audience. This time, though, they’re back to stay. With gratitude and in friendship, GAP leaves its church home of nine years for a new one.
