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There was another recent awards ceremony although many probably never realized it even though it took place in Riverside.

This was the annual Inland Theatre League awards ceremony that salutes excellence on regional community theater stages

And, Arts and Entertainment Editor Bob Sokolsky notes, it received little local media attention. Sokolsky calls that an understandable but unfortunate situation because it leaves theater-goers unaware of what is available to them.

“That,” he says, “doesn’t mean that all these productions are great. But their ratio of hits to misses is about the same as they are in professional venues.” And he adds, that is no small achievement for some dedicated people who take vast amounts of time away from family and work lives to see that the show goes on.