Learn about \u201cThe Troubles\u201d with an original Irish history play and see a re-imagined Tinker Bell in a new take on Peter Pan.<\/p>\n
Crowded Kitchen Players\u2019 \u201cA Terrible Beauty\u201d runs March 12 to March 15, Charles A. Brown Ice House, Bethlehem.<\/p>\n
DeSales University\u2019s Act 3 presents \u201cTinker Bell,\u201d March 17 to April 11, Schubert Theatre.<\/p>\n
\u201cA Terrible Beauty\u201d is the fourth play written by Ara Barlieb that examines Irish history. It\u2019s said to be the first of a trilogy that picks up the story where the first trilogy concluded.<\/p>\n
Barlieb\u2019s newest play takes place in Belfast in 1922 and tells the story of a family\u2019s experience during \u2018The Troubles.\u201d<\/p>\n
After the Anglo-Irish War of Independence ends with a highly-contested Treaty, and the Irish Civil War looms only a few months ahead, the Gallaghers are a nationalist middle-class Catholic family in northern Ireland.<\/p>\n
The family is trying to co-exist peacefully amidst the mounting struggle between the free-state Irish Republicans of the South, who refuse to accept the Ulster Partition, and the Irish Loyalists, who will fight to the death to remain under British rule and protection.<\/p>\n
The Gallagher family prepares to sit down for its traditional Irish supper in late 1922 when a series of unexpected guests pound at their door in mounting desperation, seeking refuge from the violence erupting just down the road.<\/p>\n
The latest play takes place after Barlieb\u2019s trilogy that chronicled the Irish war of independence from Great Britain: \u201cThe Rising,\u201d \u201cThe Anglo-Irish War for Independence\u201d and \u201cAn Explosion by the Ballyseedy Woods,\u201d staged by the Crowded Kitchen Players 2022 through 2025.<\/p>\n
Portraying the Gallagher family are Trish Cipoletti, David Oswald, Mike Daniels, Sharon A. Ferry and Robert Tollinger.<\/p>\n
The cast includes Pamela Wallace, Danny Black, Dan Ferry, Fiona Sweeney, Bruce Brown, Dan Van Arsdale and Lance Boyle.<\/p>\n
\u201cA Terrible Beauty,\u201d 7:30 p.m. March 12, 13, 14; 2 p.m. March 15, Crowded Kitchen Players, Charles A. Brown Ice House, 56 River St., Bethlehem. 610-704-6974, https:\/\/www.ckplayers.com\/<\/p>\n
Travel to Neverland and view it through the eyes of its most feisty fairy, as Tinker Bell (Caitlyn Kaiser) searches for friendship and meets a runaway boy named Peter (Sophia Twohig) in DeSales University\u2019s Act 3\u2019s \u201cTinker Bell.\u201d<\/p>\n
When Tinker Bell brings Peter to Neverland, the island erupts with strange creatures, wild adventure and the threat of Captain Hook (Shawn Laub).<\/p>\n
With the arrival of wide-eyed Wendy (Amy Scraggs), Tinker Bell must learn that friendship isn\u2019t always as simple as it seems.<\/p>\n
Act 3 is the senior capstone project for DeSales University theater students, requiring them to produce a fully-realized show from design and marketing through performance.<\/p>\n
The project culminates in 19 performances for the Lehigh Valley, showcasing the creativity, teamwork and skills students have developed over four years of study.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m ecstatic for audiences to experience this bold retelling of J.M. Barrie\u2019s classic,\u201d says director Ryan Plunkett. \u201cIt\u2019s a wonderful privilege to bring the magic of Neverland to life.\u201d<\/p>\n
The student production team includes Jamir Fisher, line producer, overseeing scheduling and coordination; Maya Jean, stage manager; Emma Sills, costume designer; Henry Ingles, scenic designer and technical director; Brooke Daly, lighting designer; Andrew Kopacz, sound designer; Olivia Mills, props; Isabella Marin, fight choreography; Grace Curry, business manager; Kaiser, box office manager, and Twohig, marketing manager and education liaison.<\/p>\n
\u201cTinker Bell\u201d is recommended for ages 3 – 9, but should entertain audiences of all ages.<\/p>\n
There are relaxed, sensory-friendly performances 12:30 p.m. March 21 and March 28.<\/p>\n
There will be an audio-described and ASL-interpreted performance for patrons who are blind or visually-impaired; and deaf or hard-of-hearing, 10 a.m. April 7.<\/p>\n
\u201cTinker Bell,\u201d 10 a.m., 12:30 p.m. March 17, 19, 21, 24, 26, 28, 31, April 7; 12:30 p.m. April 9; 10 a.m. April 11, DeSales Act 1 Theatre, Schubert Theatre, Labuda Center for the Performing Arts, DeSales University, 2755 Station Avenue, Center Valley. 610-282-3192; https:\/\/www.desales.edu<\/p>\n
\u201cCurtain Rises\u201d is a column about the theater, stage shows, the actors in them and the directors and artists who make them happen. To request coverage, email: Paul Willistein, Focus editor, pwillistein@tnonline.com<\/p>\n
CONTRIBUTED PHOTOCrowded Kitchen Players\u2019 cast in rehearsal for \u201cA Terrible Beauty.\u201d<\/p>\n
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