Hilda is amazing and finally there is peace at the Junction. Trust me, pay dispute was the last thing and we all know what happened to Rich. The current performance schedule is indeterminate.Īdditional information from Sandy Scheller: Performances by Marta were given Saturday nights during the Amargosa Opera House dispute headed to court, and Amargosa Opera House the subject of a real life drama.īy Marta. These articles in the Pahrump Valley Times describe recent disturbing events. Sandra Scheller is scheduled to perform a segment of an anniversary show on February 10, 2018. Yet Marta has said: 'Rich and Mary Lee Chavez are the best friends I’ve ever had.' Marta Becket died in 2017 at the age of 92.Īs of October 2017, Marta Becket protégé Hilda Vazquez is performing choreography by Marta Becket on an occasional basis in the Opera House auditorium. Regnell has been variously described as having questionable character, being an outlaw gang leader, and kidnapper. Some time after the death of Tom Willett, Richard Regnell became the director of operations at the Amargosa Opera House and the principal caretaker of Marta Becket. However, the relations with Sandra Scheller turned into a bitter dispute over pay and/or interpersonal factors by the end of 2010.

In 2009-2010 dancer Sandra Scheller was giving a dance show “If These Walls Could Talk,” a tribute to Becket.

Her dance shows become hand puppet shows given from a chair. Around 2007 Marta broke some bones and needed hip surgery in October 2009. In 2005 her long time companion Tom Willett died. Late in life, Marta Becket has come on hard times. The most likely explanation is that the Cantwells believed they were lessees running their own business as independent contractors while Regnell viewed them as employees, with a resulting dispute over distribution of revenue. In December 2010, the Amargosa Cafe closed by Amargosa Hotel director Richard Regnell as part of a power struggle. Last known cafe schedule was daily breakfast and lunch, Friday and Saturday dinner. Apparently as of 2009, the Amargosa Cafe was reopened under the management of Larry and Theresa Cantwell. Parts of the main building became the hotel and contain the site for Marta's elaborate

Restoration projects included an auditorium, named Projects followed as a personal project for Marta. The Borax company and subsequently abandonedīecket in 1974.

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