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The June Lake community continues to hash out its plan for the upcoming winter season, but is caught in the two steps forward, one step back dance that can make any process difficult.

At this point, the June Lake Revitalization Committee has established subcommittees and chairs, requested and been allocated $100,000 from Mono County, held meetings with Rusty Gregory and the Forest Service, and established a procedure for budget approvals.

In conjunction with the Mono County Economic Development Department and the Tourism Commission, the community has developed a form that will be filled out whenever an event or activity is planned. The form will be reviewed by the June Lake Revitalization Steering Committee, then by the Economic Development Department and will finally end up on the Tourism Commission’s desk for prioritization and approval.

The group is still nailing down what June Lake entity will be responsible for cutting the checks, but it has been narrowed down to either the Chamber of Commerce or the Historical Society. The question was expected to go before the Chamber next week.

Also next week, the Revitalization Committee meets on Sept. 12 and another meeting has been scheduled with the Economic Development and Tourism for Sept. 14.

Now for the backtrack:

At Tuesday’s Citizens Advisory Committee meeting, new safety concerns and emergency response protocol related to the June Mountain closure were raised.

“How do we handle people getting hurt,” asked CAC member Jerry Allendorf in reference to those who will hike up the face of June Mountain this year regardless of the closure and the delayed avalanche controls that are expected.

“It will happen,” said Mono County Sheriff Rick Scholl. “We deal with these issues throughout the County and we will just have to ramp up the response that’s appropriate to the situation.”

“If people get hurt on the Mountain it will not be a quick response,” added Undersheriff Ralph Obenberger. “We won’t go in unless it’s safe for us too. Skiers and boarders up on June Mountain will be low on the Sheriff’s priority list.”

It was suggested that Mammoth Mountain and the Forest Service still be expected to take some responsibility for safety on June Mountain. However, how and to what extent is currently being argued between the two entities.

MMSA’s plan for non-operation has yet to be submitted to the Forest Service and the Forest Service has yet to send a letter of non-compliance to MMSA, according to Mono County Supervisor Vikki Bauer.

“The Forest Service gets a percentage of every sale at Mammoth Mountain, which is about $2 million every year,” said CAC Chair BZ Miller of one potential reason for the delay. “You don’t want to bite the hand that feeds you.”

Mammoth District Ranger Jon Regelbrugge has stated at previous meetings that the Forest Service believes the letter of non-compliance will be challenged by MMSA once sent, so it wants to make sure all the T’s are crossed and I’s dotted so it will have a strong argument in an appeal.

In other words, District 3 Supervisor Elect Tim Alpers told The Sheet, “It’s easier to not send the letter than to deal with possible litigation.”

Another issue along the lines of safety: cell service. There is a transceiver on June Mountain that needs to be kept clear in order to keep phones working.

It wouldn’t be a matter of getting up to the transceiver, but of getting up to it a lot, the group agreed. Once buried in snow, the device would be difficult to dig out.

“We’re going to have to accept that we are just going to be taking care of ourselves at some point,” Bauer concluded.

Rusty’s response to requests

Alpers and Mono County Supervisor Larry Johnston met with Gregory approximately two weeks ago to discuss several requests from the June Lake community and the Board of Supervisors.

According to Johnston, Gregory was not in favor of providing a shuttle bus between Mammoth and June Lake.

“He said the purpose of the closure was to save money so he doesn’t want to spend money on a shuttle bus,” Johnston explained last week. He may, however, be willing to run an employee van that would take June Lake residents who work at Mammoth, to their jobs. Any extra seats in the van would be available to anyone else trying to get to Mammoth. Gregory apparently suggested a 15-passenger van since he is expecting about 8-9 employees to be traveling from June.

Gregory also said he would offer lift ticket discounts for skiers and riders who do take any shuttle bus provided to get to Mammoth, according to Johnston. Gregory was also amenable to offering discounted MMSA lift tickets in June Lake lodging packages as well as integrating June Lake into the 800.Mammoth system and using MMSA’s databases. The June Lake community will need to work with Howard Pickett and the Marketing Department, Johnston said.

Gregory was not in favor of designating the Chair 5 area for snow play due to the liability MMSA might incur from this, and he was not in favor of funding a snowcat operator for June Lake. It was suggested that perhaps Mammoth Nordic could help in this area, but upon further review, it was determined that the non-profit would not be available to help with its Nordini as the machine is maxed out with the work the group does in Mammoth.

“The group [JL Revitalization] has found that if they do anything to the snow, they’re liable,” commented Bauer.

Gregory was agreeable to clearing the June Mountain parking lot for events on a case-by-case basis, Johnston concluded.

Potential Buyers

The community is still interested in finding someone willing to buy June Mountain from MMSA CEO Rusty Gregory and MMSA. One option may be working with the Mountain Riders Alliance, a group that works to bring ski resorts back to the mountain and the skiing, and away from the big, flashy mountain scene.

The group helps resorts get away from the corporate scenario and turns running the resort into a co-op organization with a board that makes decisions. The group is expected to come talk with the community in October.

Minky Monkey Toy Store owner Kim Harris announced this week that she is putting the store up for sale.

The store, located on Old Mammoth Road next to the Mammoth Lakes Police Dept., opened in December, 2008.

As Harris stated in a letter to customers, “When moving here 5 years ago, we were welcomed by this community, it was wonderful. Our kids were fortunate to be on the Mammoth Mountain snowboarding team and attend Mammoth schools.

“Since that time my son graduated from Mammoth High School and my daughter will follow suit in June, which will bring changes to our family. My personal change will be selling the Minky Monkey Toy store.

“Until a change should occur, it will be business as usual with myself and my ‘most excellent’ store manager Adriana, who is here to assist.

“If you have serious interest in buying an established, turn-key operation, speciality retail store and want to enjoy being a business owner in Mammoth, please contact me at the store at 760.934.1963.

“After all it is merely monkey business .”

The big candidate news this week comes from fishing entrepreneur Tim Alpers, who announced Thursday morning he’s challenging incumbent Vikki Bauer for District 3 Supervisor.

Alpers said in a press statement he recently retired from a 42-year career in Aquaculture to “pursue my passion for public service.” In a phone call with The Sheet, the well-known fish farmer and fishing industry activist, who has his own variety of trout named for him, said he had previously run for office in the ‘80s, and served as District 3 Supervisor in the mid-‘90s.

“I turned the administration of the [Conway Ranch] over to my partners, and I’m ready to get my old seat back,” Alpers told The Sheet. “District 3 is one of the most beautiful in all of California, but it’s also very complicated. There are lots of issues between the Town, Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, which is in the district, and the County. We need to get our collective heads together between the town and the county and get past this ‘Cowboys versus Aliens’ mentality.”

Bauer announced her plan to seek re-election last week.

“It seems like I’ve finally found my way around in the thing called government,” she said. “It would be a shame to waste all that I have learned.”

In addition, Mono County District 2 Supervisor Hap Hazard has decided to throw his hat in once again as well.

Hazard said he wasn’t initially sure he was inclined to run, but decided there’s just “too many important issues facing the county to not stay involved.” -Geisel

By Mark Davis

Whereas the distinct lack of snow is bad for our local economy at all levels from the Town and Ski Area to small business and every individual, and the need of snow is almost universal,

Also whereas the great State of California may dry up and blow away, without said snow,  and we also seek a greater good,

Please  forward this resolution and prayer to our  State Assembly, Senate, and the Governor, of said State of California,

And beg their resolutions resound our own prayer for snow.

Wherefore tourism is off substantially as a result of said lack of snow,

And the weak national economy compound this lack of snow,

And there are no costs or downsides to this proposition,

Whereas the Town is hurting financially even with a good snow year,

And as we are snow farmers as Dave McCoy has said,

I beg the indulgence of the Mammoth Lakes Town Council,

I pray the Council will support a resolution in favor of snow,

I pray you will join me and many of our citizens in a prayer for snow.

A suggested sample prayer:

“Now I lay me down to sleep, and pray to wake and find three feet.”

We also express our appreciation of the miracle of manmade snow

But can see the limitations and expense of this help

Please support this timely resolution in a non-partisan display of cooperation. Make it unanimous.  PRAY FOR SNOW!

The above was read by Davis during public comment at Wednesday’s Town Council meeting.

Mammoth Liquor’s Spike Todd is still in the hospital in Reno.

Some local folks are stepping up to help defray some of the medical expenses.

Mammoth Brewing’s Sean Turner says that before Spike fell ill, he ordered 10 cases, or 240, pint glasses. They have a Mammoth Liquor logo on one side and a Mammoth Brewing Company logo on the other.

Normally, Spike sold the glasses for $5 out the door.

Mammoth Brewing is waiving its charge to Spike for the glasses and pricing them at $20. All proceeds will go to Spike Todd.

Get your pint glass at Mammoth Brewing’s Tasting Room or at Mammoth Liquor. The glasses are supposed to arrive next week.

You can follow Spike’s progress at www.caringbridge.org/visit/spiketodd. You’ll need to register first. It takes just a minute.

In the most recent update by Spike’s brother Bob on Dec. 13, Bob wrote:

Hello Spike’s family and friends -

As one nurse said tonight, “He took a step forward last night, and two steps back today.”

Spike suffered a punctured lung today, which was somewhat inevitable given his condition and the ventilator that’s been pumping him since this all began.

By this evening, some of his numbers were back to acceptable levels and things were better. Spike is very sick and fighting hard, with many tough days ahead. It’s a long haul but we remain confident in his recovery.

Thank you all so very much for your continued love and concern.

Bobbo

Thanks Lara!

Dear Editor:

I want to compliment Lara Kirkner on her article “Not So Gently Down the Stream” (10/29/11).  The article explores issues surrounding the controversy about whether tailrace water from the Edison-owned Lundy powerhouse that currently flows down Wilson Creek should be directed instead to Mill Creek via a proposed pipeline. The article provides a good overview of a very complicated issue.  However, a recent Letter to the Editor by Paul McFarland (11/5/11) suggests that some readers would benefit from more facts before reaching conclusions about the merits of proposals to increase flows in Mill Creek and reduce them in Wilson Creek.

I have participated in several legal proceedings regarding the Mill/Wilson Creek issue and offer the following additional information for your readers to consider: 1) both Mill Creek and Wilson Creek have year-round flows that enter Mono Lake near Black Point; 2) both Mill Creek and Wilson Creek may play an important part in sustaining a large wetland where the two creeks enter Mono Lake, and no environmental analysis has been done to determine if the wetland would shrink if flows in Wilson Creek were greatly reduced; 3) reducing flows in Wilson Creek in order to increase them in Mill Creek could eliminate the self-sustaining wild brown trout fishery in Wilson Creek, depending upon the amount of flow reduction and timing of flow reduction in Wilson Creek; 4) the delta at the mouth of Wilson Creek has been identified by a waterfowl expert who filed a declaration at a FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) hearing saying it provided superior waterfowl habitat compared to the delta at the mouth of Mill Creek; 5) in the expert opinion of a licensed hydrologist, reducing flows in Wilson Creek could have a detrimental effect on the recharge of community wells serving Mono City and the Conway Ranch subdivision, and this issue should be studied prior to altering flows; 6) the fish rearing operation on Conway Ranch (which belongs to Mono County) utilizes water rights exercised off Wilson Creek and depending upon the time of year that the proposed pipeline would be used to move water away from Wilson Creek, the fish rearing operation could be detrimentally affected; 7) the 50 cubic feet per second (cfs) pipeline that SCE would build to allow transfer of large volumes of water to Mill Creek is not a “repair” of its hydropower facility, but is a new facility that would replace a much smaller earth-lined ditch that has been in place since the hydro plant was built in the early 1900s; 8) it is erroneous to say there is “no legal basis” for the current system of water allocation which resulted from a Superior Court decree (the “DeChambeau decree”) in the early 1900s; 9) the “natural flows” of Mill Creek would not be restored by transferring water in the proposed pipeline because the creek lies below Lundy dam and water will legally continue to be stored in Lundy Lake rather than following the natural hydrograph.

It is worth noting that the California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) is the agency with authority to decide if and when a reallocation of flows between Wilson and Mill Creek can occur. In “Order Water Rights 98-05” issued in 1998, this agency stated:  “Any proposal to significantly alter the distribution of flows between Mill Creek and Wilson Creek must be preceded by an appropriate environmental document which fully addresses potential environmental impacts. In accordance with Water Code sections … and the California Constitution, the State Water Resources Control Board has authority to review the environmental impacts, public interest considerations, and reasonableness of any future proposals to restore flows to Mill Creek by diversion of water presently used elsewhere.”

No non-profit group or other entity has the legal authority to decide how flows should be allocated between Mill Creek and Wilson Creek  — this authority is reserved for the SWRCB. Efforts to reallocate flows without going to the SWRCB for approval are simply a scheme to circumvent a public process. Both Mono County and the People for Mono Basin Preservation have consistently advocated for nothing more nor less than compliance with existing environmental laws.

Katie Maloney Bellomo
Mono City

Thanks for S

Dear Editor: 

On behalf of the students and staff at Mammoth Elementary School, I would like to extend heartfelt gratitude to the community for the overwhelming support of Measure S.

Having come from a large school district with many more human and financial resources, I am constantly amazed how we “do more with less” in our community.  The additional funding that will come to our district as a result of the passage of Measure S will help to keep our class sizes lower, and provide the resources to provide enriching educational experiences to all students in our district.

During the campaign period, I was saddened to hear some wildly inaccurate information about the financial situation and organizational makeup of our school district, as well as Measure S itself.  Mammoth Elementary School’s doors are open to anyone who would like to visit to see the amazing things going on in our classrooms, despite our limited resources.  I host regular “Second Cup of Coffee” meetings on the first Tuesday of every month, and would like to extend an invitation to the entire community to attend and ask any questions they may have about our programs, teachers, and administration.

All controversy aside, the Measure S money is both a blessing and a necessity for MUSD, and I thank everyone who worked so diligently toward its passage and voted yes.

Rosanne A. Lampariello
Principal, Mammoth Elementary

Dear Editor:

On behalf of the Measure S Committee, I would like to thank the community of Mammoth for rallying to support our students and continue to invest in our schools.

Measure S has always been a grassroots effort that depends entirely on local volunteers from our Mammoth community.  Dozens of teachers and administrators at all three schools sacrificed many hours of their personal time to make calls and stuff envelopes. Parents and community members put pen to paper, got the word out, and helped hold up signs on street corners.  Teachers and parents, thank you!

Also, many thanks to Rusty and Bonnie Gregory, Dan Dawson and the NOW Foundation, and our MES PTO, MMSO, and Boosters parent organizations for stepping up to help with this incredibly important effort.

Finally, I extend my deepest appreciation to the Measure S team.  Gloria, Greg, Stacey, and Terri, you are all wonderful!

I am so proud to be a part of the Mammoth community…

Gwen Davis
Measure S Committee

Join the mob!

Hi Ted,

The MHS Boosters plan on orchestrating a Flash Mob towards the middle to end of next month at Vons during rush hour. Then possibly taking the show on the road to Canyon Lodge and Main Lodge at the lunch hour. We may also consider the Village on a Friday night.

Allison Page McDonell is the choreographer of the dance. We are just starting to teach the dance to the public (starting with students). I will be posting an instructional video on You Tube so that members of the community who would like to participate can learn the dance at home if they are unable to attend our rehearsals (TBA). Spencer Myers edited the music which is a mash up of holidays songs in different genres. The music is about 3 minutes in length.

The idea is to give the tourist a feel-good moment and then ask for donations for the High School through the Boosters.  It’s simply another twist on fundraising and an attempt to get into different pockets instead of always putting our hand out to the usual suspects.   It’s also a fun way to get together different members of the community for a joint effort which will benefit our local kids.

If people would like more information, they can email me at HeidiPresson@earthlink.net.

Heidi Presson
Mammoth Lakes

Help us seniors

Dear Mr. Lunch:

We have been spending our summers up in the Mammoth Lakes area for many years in our motor home. We buy all of our supplies such as food, gasoline and propane for local merchants and patronize local restaurants.

We are continuously harassed by the Forest Service with stay limits in campgrounds or dispersed camping. It would be nice to be left alone. Maybe some of these merchants could help fight for us. We are seniors and retired on social security.

This year there is a proposal to cut the stay limit in Glass Creek campground from 42 days to 21. Also, other free camps such as Upper and Lower Deadman and Hartley Springs have been closed! All this is not going well with us seniors that live down in the desert.

Kenyon Kusch
Johannesburg, Calif. 

The Inyo County Board of Supervisors made a difficult and potentially game-changing decision on Monday in a Special Meeting at the BOS Room in Independence to revoke their Renewable Solar and Wind Energy General Plan Amendment (GPA). The reason? A Sierra Club and Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) lawsuit alleging the county should have prepared an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to approve the GPA.

In essence, the GPA was a tool constructed by the county to narrow down the 90% of Inyo County open to renewable energy development under the current General Plan into 5-10%. Getting from 90% to 5-10% took a process based on input from public officials, members of the public, alternative energy developers, public agencies, the U.S. Military, local tribes, and others, as well as a series of public outreach meetings.

Ultimately the GPA produced 15 Overlay area maps representing 5-10% of Inyo open to potential development. The county looked at the following criteria when determining the Overlay maps: 1) areas with known interest in renewable wind and solar energy development, 2) proximity to transmission and electrical conveyance facilities and 3) appropriate terrain, which included flat spaces for solar, and ridgelines for wind. Inyo County Planning Director Joshua Hart also noted that the Overlay areas took into account viewshed requirements, sensitive species and designated Areas of Environmental Concern (ACES).

But one thing the county didn’t do was complete an EIR for the Overlay areas, something Hart maintained “is not required. We could speculate about the impacts of certain projects, but that’s discouraged in CEQA. We didn’t feel it was appropriate and moreover, an EIR is expensive.”

In many cases, an EIR is completed by the developer wishing to build a project in a particular area. However, Mark Bagley, Sierra Club Representative for the Lower Owens River Project, countered when asked about Hart’s comments that “leaving all environmental analysis to a future project-by-project basis is not the way it’s supposed to be done.” He added that “it is not at all unusual to have to do an EIR on a General Plan.” Bagley and the Sierra Club believed that in creating the GPA, Inyo County violated environmental laws. They sued the county accordingly.

The Sierra Club’s primary fear was that, by designating these Overlay areas, the county was encouraging development that could still have a detrimental impact to native populations like the common ground squirrel. That the maps made note of Overlay areas within Mojave Ground Squirrel Management Areas, as well as areas with a proximity to ACES and traditional Timbisha-Shoshone lands, was considered too little too late by the Sierra Club.

“We feel that the general idea of determining some areas might be better than others for renewable energy development is a good one,” Bagley said; “but not well-executed here.”

The county saw it differently. Said CAO Kevin Carunchio at Monday’s meeting, “The true irony of this situation is it was the county’s own initiative to provide another layer of environmental protection that doesn’t exist in federal and state regulations.” By stripping away the GPA, the Sierra Club and CBD have reopened 90% of Inyo to development, much of which the county’s studies found to be unsuitable for economic, cultural, and environmental reasons.

Though the County participated in mandatory settlement negotiations with Sierra Club and CBD, they couldn’t reach a solution that would allow the GPA to remain adopted by the Board. The threat was then a financial one: should the county lose a single issue in the case, it would be vulnerable to paying attorney fees, which could range in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Inyo County Counsel Randy Keller explained, “All they need is one expert to your 10, and they have a fair argument about environmental impact. There’s no guarantee we could prevail. If there were, the decision would have been different.”

“We’re in a difficult spot,” agreed District 1 Supervisor Linda Arcularius. “And I’m disappointed that there’s not anyone here to speak to why we have to do this.” No Sierra Club or CBD members were in attendance.

Litigation has become an increasingly popular tool among environmental groups, particularly the Tuscon, Ariz.-based Center for Biological Diversity. Founder Kierán Suckling boasted in an interview with High Country News this year that the company “engages in psychological warfare by causing stress to already stressed public servants.”

Recently an Arizona rancher, Jim Chilton, won a lawsuit against CBD by proving that photos the Center used to claim his grazing allotment was cow-denuded were actually photos of a campsite and parking lot. In other words, CBD may not always be known for playing ‘green.’

Still, Bagley maintained, “this is how CEQA gets enforced primarily; citizen challenge county or state actions. This is the way the system works.”

Planning Commissioner Sam Wasson summed up the sentiments of many in attendance at Monday’s meeting: “When you reach a stage where you have to have an EIR to determine whether you need an EIR, I don’t know what this country’s coming to.”

The only bright side? “This study doesn’t go away,” said District 3 Supervisor Rick Pucci. “The research is still available to help either residents for or against particular projects. So I think it wasn’t a waste.”

Wendice (Clay Tyson) and Lesgate (Scottie Marzonie) thrust and parry. (Photo courtesy Bluebird Imaging)

Watch out, Mammoth … there’s murder afoot! And you only have to “Dial M” to find out whodunit, as the Mammoth Lakes Repertory Theatre presents “Dial M for Murder” at the new Edison Theatre.

Written by Frederick Knott and directed by Mammoth Lakes Repertory Theatre Artistic Director Shira Dubrovner, “Dial M” debuted on Broadway in 1952 and enjoyed a long run before it was adapted for the well-known Alfred Hitchcock thriller released by Warner Brothers in 1954.

MMSA Ski Instructor Clay Tyson stars as Tony Wendice in his stage debut, a retired professional tennis player with a jealous streak that’s led him to contemplate killing his wealthy wife, Margot Wendice (Jessica Blum). Tony hires con artist Captain Lesgate (Scottie Marzonie) to off his wife, but there’s no such thing as a perfect murder. Further complicating the plot is the arrival of one of Margot’s former beaus, TV mystery writer Max Halliday (Ted Carleton), and the intrusion of one Inspector Hubbard (Grant Bentley), determined to crack the caper.

Taking place entirely in the Wendice’s apartment, one has to do little more than sit back and simply pay attention. Knott’s clever script requires no musical numbers or radical scene changes to captivate an audience of armchair detectives. All it needs are equally clever actors, and once again, this is one of the areas in which Dubrovner’s keen sense of casting works its magic.

Tyson is suitably stuffy as Wendice, who tries unsuccessfully to cover his disappointment at being relegated to selling tennis gear, as opposed to being a has-been tennis star. Blum is radiant as Margot, who’s reconciled herself to Tony’s station in life, but can’t seem to shake her lingering affection for Max, cannily delivered by Carleton, who downplays his literary expertise in finding ways to kill his fictional TV victims on a weekly basis. Marzonie is marvelously menacing as the mysterious Lesgate … or is it Wallace … or is it Adams … or is it Swann? And Bentley is deftly discreet as Hubbard, who plays his cards close to the trenchcoat.

“It’s always fun to thrill an audience,” said Dubrovner about directing the show. “The challenge is to help the audience predict what’s going to happen before the characters onstage know.” And that’s the best part of watching the show! Unexpected twists and turns are everywhere, and one must carefully keep an eye on not only what the characters are saying, but also what they’re doing. Subtleties abound in “Dial M!”

As opposed to SCT’s Murder Mystery series, this one’s not a comedy, but is no less snappy and quick on its feet. My only advice: back off a tick on the accents, and tighten up the cadence a beat or two, but otherwise, Dubrovner’s cast is very close to nailing Hitchcock’s trademark staccato delivery.

Dubrovner’s return to murder mysteries, her first since 2006, is refreshing. And while not a complex musical or deep drama, it’s a nice addition to her creative resume. Be sure to sneak up on this “Dial M” … it’s sure to sneak up on you!

“Dial M” plays now through April 17 Thursday through Saturday at 7 p.m. nightly, and Sunday at 4 p.m. Tickets: $20 adults, $18 seniors/students. Call 760.934.6592 for reservations.

Whodunit fans have a thrilling murder mystery on their hands when the Mammoth Lakes Repertory Theatre debuts Dial M for Murder at Edison Theatre on March 31. Written by Frederick Knott and directed by Shira Dubrovner, Dial M enjoyed a long run on Broadway before it was transformed into the infamous Hitchcock thriller released by Warner Brothers in 1954.

Mammoth’s Clay Tyson stars as Tony Wendice, a retired professional tennis player with a jealous penchant for killing his wealthy wife, Margot Wendice (Jessica Blum). Tony hires con-artist Captain Lesgate (Scottie Marzonie) to off his wife, but there’s no such thing as a perfect murder. Margot’s lover Max Halliday (Ted Carleton) and Inspector Hubbard (Grant Bentley) bring nail biting resolve.

Dial M is Mammoth Lakes Repertory Theatre Artistic Director Shira Dubrovner’s most recent suspense thriller since she directed the highly reviewed Los Angeles run of Ira Levin’s Veronica’s Room in 2006.

“It’s always fun to thrill an audience,” said Dubrovner about directing Dial M. “The challenge is to help the audience predict what’s going to happen before the characters onstage know.”

Showtimes

March 31 – April 17
Thurs. – Sat. 7 p.m.
Sunday matinee 4 p.m.

Tickets

General admission: $20
Seniors and students: $18
Group rates available

For directions or more information on upcoming events at Edison Theatre visit www.MammothLakesFoundation.org or call 760.934.6592. -MLF