Our All Star Players truly lived up to their name in their latest production performed for friends and family.
Brenda Fager, director, worked her usual magic with 11 middle and high school students to produce “My Daughter is Crazy….But Promising” by Tim Kelly. They learned all about melodrama and all the aspects of putting on a play, including blocking, how to create a character, costuming and more. In two weeks, all knew their lines and were ready to perform before an audience.
What the audience did not know was that on performance day the actors inadvertently eliminated an entire scene – to the great consternation of the director. Fager decided to let the actors figure out what to do without any direction from her. She proudly told the audience after the performance that the actors were able to bring back the dialogue that was needed and the play continued – and the audience never knew a disaster almost happened on stage. This was the most fulfilling experience for a director, knowing the show could go on even after lines were omitted.
Congratulations All Star Players. Bravo to Brenda Fager and assistant Mary Troy. Thank you to Sarah Sidorek and Toni Hockman for sponsoring All Star Players.
Have you been to the Everhart Museum and Nay Aug Park in Scranton? There are still spaces available on our Everhart Bus Trip on Saturday, July 15. Just $7 per person includes bus, sandwich lunch, tour of the museum and time at the park. The bus leaves the Dietrich at 9:30 a.m. and returns to the Dietrich by 2 p.m. Call 570-996-1500 to make your reservation.
Can you believe a London performance of a play of the story of “Peter Pan” will be at the Dietrich Theater at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 23? What is your first memory of having the story read to you, seeing it in a movie or TV show or reading it by yourself? Everyone knows the story of the boy who does not want to grow up, the boy who can fly and now National Theatre Live has a new production. And guess what? Captain Hook is a woman. And that is just one of the imaginative interpretations of this story.
This is an opportunity to bring the kids to a London performance that has been filmed and brought to our screen in Tunkhannock.
Almost here is the start of our Summer Fest film festival, beginning Friday, July 14, with our Opening Night Gala, and continuing until Thursday, Aug. 3. Twenty-three films that look so promising with titles from A to Z. Films as diverse as “Alive and Kicking,” about the transformative power of dance, specifically swing dance, and “Zookeeper,” based on the best-selling book, about saving many lives in Warsaw during World War II.
Some choice seats are still available for Opening Night, featuring two movies, “Paris Can Wait,” a love letter to food, culture and travel, and “Their Finest,” set in World War II Britain with a woman hired to give a “woman’s touch” to propaganda films to boost British morale.
To reserve your Opening Night seat, call us at 570-996-1500.
This week we are full of pride here at the Dietrich. We are especially proud of our youth who performed their play so brilliantly; we are so proud to be part of the Everhart Museum outreach program and to be able to take you there this summer; we are so proud of our capability to bring London theater to Tunkhannock and so very proud to bring you Summer Fest Film Festival with 23 of the best recent foreign and independent films.
Most of all, it is you we are proud of because you come and support our theater by attending these programs, events and movies. We would not be able to do it without you.
