we celebrate our 30th anniversary in 2020!

ivrt trivia page

WHAT ATTORNEY INCORPORATED IVRT IN 1990?

John Mannerino of Mannerino and Briguglio in Rancho Cucamonga incorporated IVRT pro bono and served on IVRT’s Board of Trustees.

FUN FACT: A closet performer, John also portrayed Marley’s Ghost in IVRT’s “A Christmas Carol” in 1990!

What was IVRT’s first production?

IVRT’s first production was Side By Side By Sondheim. It premiered September 8, 1990 at the Alta Loma High School auditorium. The cast (Duane Thomas, David Aldrete, Frank Minano, Merrilee Drake, Lora Bennitt and Sylvia LaVoie Miller) rehearsed in the backyard of Frank and Donna Marie Minano’s home in Rancho Cucamonga, at Our Lady of the Assumption Church in Claremont, and at the Church of Religious Science in Covina.

FUN FACT: 9-year-old Brian Bennitt would sometimes attend rehearsals with his mother Lora and in a very short time Brian had memorized the songs and choreography for the entire show!