{"id":292413,"date":"2026-09-23T18:10:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T18:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/292413\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T18:10:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T18:10:19","slug":"scranton-players-somewhere-in-between-opens-sept-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/292413\/","title":{"rendered":"Scranton Players &#8216;Somewhere in Between&#8217; Opens Sept. 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Scranton Players&#8217; will host their first performance of &#8220;Somewhere in Between,&#8221; written by Craig Pospisil and directed by Michael O\u2019Steen on Friday, Sept. 25<\/p>\n<p>The production schedule will feature weekend performances from Sept. 25-27 and Oct. 4-6. Friday and Saturday performances begin at 8 p.m., Sunday performances begin at 2 p.m. All performances are in the Royal Theater in the McDade Center for the Literary and Performing Arts on The University of Scranton campus.<\/p>\n<p>The play, a one-act comedy, focuses on Jasper, a lonely young man living in New York City who is trying to make sense of his life. The play\u2019s action takes place across 10 scenes during which Jasper has chance encounters with people who help him change his perspective. At the heart of the story is his meeting and first date with Holly, a bookstore clerk.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The company of &#8220;Somewhere in Between&#8221; features\u00a0Aaron Blasi\u00a0\u02bc29,\u00a0of Tunkhannock;\u00a0Alexander Smulowitz\u00a0\u02bc29,\u00a0of Shavertown;\u00a0Arion Solomon \u02bc25,\u00a0of\u00a0Union City, New Jersey;\u00a0Brooke Duggan\u00a0\u02bc29,\u00a0of Newfoundland;\u00a0Gracie Gregorowicz\u00a0\u02bc29,\u00a0of Jessup; Marcus Smith\u00a0\u02bc27,\u00a0of Schuylkill Haven;\u00a0Shane Reznick \u02bc27,\u00a0of Allentown; and\u00a0James Stensland, of Huntington, New York.<\/p>\n<p>PLANNING TO ATTEND?<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are $10 for general admission and $7 for senior citizens, students and University of Scranton faculty and staff. Tickets are free for first-year students during the first weekend of performances. The box office opens 30 minutes before performances and accepts cash,\u00a0checks\u00a0or Royal Card only.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact the University Players box office at 570-941-4318 or visit the Players on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/universityofscrantonplayers\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook <\/a>and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/universityofscrantonplayers\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/scranton_players\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Scranton Players are committed to bringing exceptional theatre to Northeastern Pennsylvania every season. The Players\u2019 productions feature University of Scranton students in a mix of classical and contemporary works under the direction and mentorship of award-winning faculty and guest artists.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are $10 for general admission and $7 for senior citizens, students and University of Scranton faculty and staff. Tickets are free for first-year students during the first weekend of performances. The box office opens 30 minutes before performances and accepts cash, checks or Royal Card only.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The University of Scranton Players&#8217; will host their first performance of &#8220;Somewhere in Between,&#8221; written by Craig Pospisil&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292414,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[22592,15360,178,180,179,119046,274],"class_list":["post-292413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-performing-arts","tag-players","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-somewhere-in-between","tag-the-university-of-scranton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}