Cook Forest Sawmill Center for the Arts

June 3 - 4, 2023

Saturday: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 
Sunday: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

This marks the 39^th year for this signature festival that draws hundreds of people looking to start their gardens and get closer to nature. There will be hanging baskets, bedding flats, perennials, annuals, garden artists and herbs.

The annual soup luncheon will be held on June 3rd from 11:30 am to 2:30 or until sold out. Cost is $12.00 which includes pottery bowl, soup, bread & butter, cookie, and drink.  Come early!

CLICK HERE for the 2023 Vendor Registration Form

June 3 - 4, 2023

Saturday: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 
Sunday: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

This marks the 39^th year for this signature festival that draws hundreds of people looking to start their gardens and get closer to nature. There will be hanging baskets, bedding flats, perennials, annuals, garden artists and herbs.

The annual soup luncheon will be held on June 3rd from 11:30 am to 2:30 or until sold out. Cost is $12.00 which includes pottery bowl, soup, bread & butter, cookie, and drink.  Come early!

CLICK HERE for the 2023 Vendor Registration Form

Performances: June 8-10 and 15-17 at 8 p.m.

Presented by: Clarion Community Theater
By: David McGillivray and Walter Zerlin Jr.

Tickets: $15.00

Every theater group has experienced the horrors of what can go wrong on opening night and the ladies of the FAHETG Dramatic Society are no different, with the possible exception that everything that could happen does.

The scenery collapses, cues are missed, lines forgotten, and the sound effects take on a strange note sometimes as the ladies present their ambitious evening’s entertainment with the cunning whodunit, “Murder at Checkmate Manor.”

And just in case the audience should get bored, there’s a Film and Fashion Show and Murder Mystery Quiz complete with prize!

The crunch comes in the denouement when the “murderer,” about to be revealed, has to rush home to bandage up and injured daughter.

But Mrs. Reese, doyenne of the group, rises above the slings and arrows of outrageous dramatics to save the situation and provide the final and inventive twist.

Suitable for all ages.

Verna Leith Sawmill Theatre at 170 Sawmill Lane, Cooksburg, PA 16217

Contact the Cook Forest Sawmill Center for the Arts at 814-927-6655 or [email protected]

Performances: June 8-10 and 15-17 at 8 p.m.

Presented by: Clarion Community Theater
By: David McGillivray and Walter Zerlin Jr.

Tickets: $15.00

Every theater group has experienced the horrors of what can go wrong on opening night and the ladies of the FAHETG Dramatic Society are no different, with the possible exception that everything that could happen does.

The scenery collapses, cues are missed, lines forgotten, and the sound effects take on a strange note sometimes as the ladies present their ambitious evening’s entertainment with the cunning whodunit, “Murder at Checkmate Manor.”

And just in case the audience should get bored, there’s a Film and Fashion Show and Murder Mystery Quiz complete with prize!

The crunch comes in the denouement when the “murderer,” about to be revealed, has to rush home to bandage up and injured daughter.

But Mrs. Reese, doyenne of the group, rises above the slings and arrows of outrageous dramatics to save the situation and provide the final and inventive twist.

Suitable for all ages.

Verna Leith Sawmill Theatre at 170 Sawmill Lane, Cooksburg, PA 16217

Contact the Cook Forest Sawmill Center for the Arts at 814-927-6655 or [email protected]

Performances: June 8-10 and 15-17 at 8 p.m.

Presented by: Clarion Community Theater
By: David McGillivray and Walter Zerlin Jr.

Tickets: $15.00

Every theater group has experienced the horrors of what can go wrong on opening night and the ladies of the FAHETG Dramatic Society are no different, with the possible exception that everything that could happen does.

The scenery collapses, cues are missed, lines forgotten, and the sound effects take on a strange note sometimes as the ladies present their ambitious evening’s entertainment with the cunning whodunit, “Murder at Checkmate Manor.”

And just in case the audience should get bored, there’s a Film and Fashion Show and Murder Mystery Quiz complete with prize!

The crunch comes in the denouement when the “murderer,” about to be revealed, has to rush home to bandage up and injured daughter.

But Mrs. Reese, doyenne of the group, rises above the slings and arrows of outrageous dramatics to save the situation and provide the final and inventive twist.

Suitable for all ages.

Verna Leith Sawmill Theatre at 170 Sawmill Lane, Cooksburg, PA 16217

Contact the Cook Forest Sawmill Center for the Arts at 814-927-6655 or [email protected]

Performances: June 8-10 and 15-17 at 8 p.m.

Presented by: Clarion Community Theater
By: David McGillivray and Walter Zerlin Jr.

Tickets: $15.00

Every theater group has experienced the horrors of what can go wrong on opening night and the ladies of the FAHETG Dramatic Society are no different, with the possible exception that everything that could happen does.

The scenery collapses, cues are missed, lines forgotten, and the sound effects take on a strange note sometimes as the ladies present their ambitious evening’s entertainment with the cunning whodunit, “Murder at Checkmate Manor.”

And just in case the audience should get bored, there’s a Film and Fashion Show and Murder Mystery Quiz complete with prize!

The crunch comes in the denouement when the “murderer,” about to be revealed, has to rush home to bandage up and injured daughter.

But Mrs. Reese, doyenne of the group, rises above the slings and arrows of outrageous dramatics to save the situation and provide the final and inventive twist.

Suitable for all ages.

Verna Leith Sawmill Theatre at 170 Sawmill Lane, Cooksburg, PA 16217

Contact the Cook Forest Sawmill Center for the Arts at 814-927-6655 or [email protected]

Performances: June 8-10 and 15-17 at 8 p.m.

Presented by: Clarion Community Theater
By: David McGillivray and Walter Zerlin Jr.

Tickets: $15.00

Every theater group has experienced the horrors of what can go wrong on opening night and the ladies of the FAHETG Dramatic Society are no different, with the possible exception that everything that could happen does.

The scenery collapses, cues are missed, lines forgotten, and the sound effects take on a strange note sometimes as the ladies present their ambitious evening’s entertainment with the cunning whodunit, “Murder at Checkmate Manor.”

And just in case the audience should get bored, there’s a Film and Fashion Show and Murder Mystery Quiz complete with prize!

The crunch comes in the denouement when the “murderer,” about to be revealed, has to rush home to bandage up and injured daughter.

But Mrs. Reese, doyenne of the group, rises above the slings and arrows of outrageous dramatics to save the situation and provide the final and inventive twist.

Suitable for all ages.

Verna Leith Sawmill Theatre at 170 Sawmill Lane, Cooksburg, PA 16217

Contact the Cook Forest Sawmill Center for the Arts at 814-927-6655 or [email protected]

Performances: June 8-10 and 15-17 at 8 p.m.

Presented by: Clarion Community Theater
By: David McGillivray and Walter Zerlin Jr.

Tickets: $15.00

Every theater group has experienced the horrors of what can go wrong on opening night and the ladies of the FAHETG Dramatic Society are no different, with the possible exception that everything that could happen does.

The scenery collapses, cues are missed, lines forgotten, and the sound effects take on a strange note sometimes as the ladies present their ambitious evening’s entertainment with the cunning whodunit, “Murder at Checkmate Manor.”

And just in case the audience should get bored, there’s a Film and Fashion Show and Murder Mystery Quiz complete with prize!

The crunch comes in the denouement when the “murderer,” about to be revealed, has to rush home to bandage up and injured daughter.

But Mrs. Reese, doyenne of the group, rises above the slings and arrows of outrageous dramatics to save the situation and provide the final and inventive twist.

Suitable for all ages.

Verna Leith Sawmill Theatre at 170 Sawmill Lane, Cooksburg, PA 16217

Contact the Cook Forest Sawmill Center for the Arts at 814-927-6655 or [email protected]

Performances: July 6 -8, 2023 at 8 p.m.

Presented by: Punxsutawney Theatre Arts Guild
Written By: Tom Smith

Tickets: $15.00

Accusations, mistaken identities, and romances run wild in this traditional, laugh-out-loud farce. Two nuns at the Sisters of Perpetual Sewing have been secretly making wine to keep the convent's doors open, but Paul and Sally, reporters and former fiancées, are hot on their trail. They go undercover as a nun and priest, but their presence, combined with the addition of a new nun, spurs paranoia throughout the convent that spies have been sent from Rome to shut them down. Wine and secrets are inevitably spilled as everyone tries to preserve the convent and reconnect with lost loves.

Verna Leith Sawmill Theatre at 170 Sawmill Lane, Cooksburg, PA 16217

Contact the Cook Forest Sawmill Center for the Arts at 814-927-6655 or [email protected]