With wedding bells
and flowers the latest Teen Company production left the stage. Taking
place in an assisted living center, this story of well intended teenagers
meddling in the lives of the residents, made for an interesting and
unusual story. The play encountered various characters that were fun,
cantankerous, emotional and loving. Playing age roles was a very good
experience for the Teen Company. They researched their material by observing
at churches, retirement centers, at the mall and old folks in their
families. Part of the preparation was to perfect their make up skills
for aging characters. A great foil for these characters, the four teens,
the “resident’s” children and the housekeeper kept
our interest as they moved to resolve the conflicts and help a wonderful
pair of senior couples as they moved to their lives with each other,
proving romance can happen at any age.
An unusual situation, all
of our tech crew were from Main company, and had not done technical
work before, but worked hard to help this production achieve the success
it had. Another unusual aspect was the fact that this was an original
play, by our own Board President, Ann Flagg, who heretofore was hiding
her authoring skills. Mr. Tansey and those who helped him did a beautiful
set, graced by the generous loan of good furniture from the Rent A Center
staff. This was probably the first of our plays that didn’t feature
19th century attic décor. It actually matched. Mr. Welch worked
with the sound crew and Mrs. Enck-Welch organized the Prop crew. Other
parents pitched in to help paint and clean. Our audiences laughed and
loved as the play unfolded. Once more we were saddened to strike the
set, but know that the best cure for post show blues is the next show.
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