Go Behind the Curtain with “Theatre as a Medium”
Translating Visual Arts to the Stage,” A Free Community Colloquy” – A collaboration between Sharon Arts Center and the Peterborough Players
Peterborough, NH – - – Join Melanie McDonald, Director of Education at Sharon Arts Center and Keith Stevens, Managing Director of the Peterborough Players on Friday, July 2nd at 5:30pm for a look “behind the curtain” into the role that design, costume, and lighting help to define the actor’s world and provide compelling context for the audience.
The panel of experts, includes Kathy Manfre, Equity Actor; Lee Dunholter, Scenic Designer; Rebekah Kersten, Costume Designer; John Eckert, Lighting Designer; and Keith Stevens, Peterborough Players Managing Director and panel moderator. They bring a combined 112 years of experience to a discussion of the role that each medium plays in creating successful performances. Questions and observations will also be invited from the audience to create a lively community colloquy that will expand participants’ understanding and appreciation of the interplay of the visual arts in theatre.
DETAILS:
Time: Friday, July 2 @ 5:30pm
Place: Sharon Arts Exhibition Gallery, 40 Grove Street, Peterborough, NH
Free & open to the public- refreshments provided.
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About Sharon Arts
The mission of Sharon Arts Center, a non-profit organization, is to support and serve artists and craftspeople, to engage the community in the artistic process, and to foster the relationship between artists and the community through education, exhibitions, the promotion and sale of art and craft, as well as through special programs and events. Sharon Arts Center offers a wide variety of art classes and programs in the school facility in Sharon, NH, and has an Artists’ Resource Center (selling art supplies), a Fine Craft Gallery, a Juried Artist Member Gallery, and an Exhibition Gallery in the Depot Square facility. The Sharon Arts Fine Crafts Gallery is located in Depot Square in Downtown Peterborough. Store hours are: Monday – Thursday 10am to 6pm, Friday 10am to 7pm, Saturday 10am to 6pm, Sundays 11 – 4 PM, and First Fridays 10am to 8pm (first Friday of each month). The Fine Art Gallery is open year round.
Sharon Arts is sponsored in part by the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, The Gilbert Verney Foundation, The Susan A. and Donald P. Babson Charitable Foundation, and the Grimshaw-Gudewicz Charitable Foundation.
About the Peterborough Players
The mission of the Peterborough Players, a nonprofit institution, is to provide professional theatre of high quality to a broad-based audience and to do this within a supportive atmosphere such that professionals and students alike may practice and expand their art. We aim to stage the traditional and the experimental, the classical and the contemporary, celebrating the human spirit and, in the process, entertaining. The Players’ intimate 250-seat theater is in an 18th-century barn at historic Stearns Farm, three miles from downtown Peterborough. The barn and its outbuildings provide a uniquely charming theatrical venue, including a flower-decked patio and landscaped grounds where patrons can picnic before a performance. The theatre is fully air-conditioned and wheelchair accessible, with handicapped parking and hearing assistance available. 2010 season includes: The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead; Freud’s Last Session; The Foreigner; Tartuffe; The Torch-Bearers; 2 Pianos 4 Hands; and This Verse Business. For the children: Ramona Quimby and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Additional information and tickets through the Box Office: (603) 924-7585 or online: www.peterboroughplayers.org
Peterborough, NH - - - Join Melanie McDonald, Director of Education at
Sharon Arts Center and Keith Stevens, Managing Director of the Peterborough
Players on Friday, July 2nd at 5:30pm for a look "behind the curtain" into
the role that design, costume, and lighting help to define the actor's world
and provide compelling context for the audience.
The panel of experts, includes Kathy Manfre, Equity Actor; Lee Dunholter,
Scenic Designer; Rebekah Kersten, Costume Designer; John Eckert, Lighting
Designer; and Keith Stevens, Peterborough Players Managing Director and
panel moderator. They bring a combined 112 years of experience to a
discussion of the role that each medium plays in creating successful
performances. Questions and observations will also be invited from the
audience to create a lively community colloquy that will expand
participants’ understanding and appreciation of the interplay of the visual
arts in theatre.
DETAILS:
Time: Friday, July 2 @ 5:30pm
Place: Sharon Arts Exhibition Gallery, 40 Grove Street, Peterborough, NH
Free & open to the public- refreshments provided
# # #
*About Sharon Arts*
The mission of Sharon Arts Center, a non-profit organization, is to support
and serve artists and craftspeople, to engage the community in the artistic
process, and to foster the relationship between artists and the community
through education, exhibitions, the promotion and sale of art and craft, as
well as through special programs and events.
Sharon Arts Center offers a wide variety of art classes and programs in the
school facility in Sharon, NH, and has an Artists' Resource Center (selling
art supplies), a Fine Craft Gallery, a Juried Artist Member Gallery, and an
Exhibition Gallery in the Depot Square facility.
The Sharon Arts Fine Crafts Gallery is located in Depot Square in Downtown
Peterborough. Store hours are: Monday - Thursday 10am to 6pm, Friday 10am to
7pm, Saturday 10am to 6pm, Sundays 11 - 4 PM, and First Fridays 10am to 8pm
(first Friday of each month). The Fine Art Gallery is open year round.
Sharon Arts is sponsored in part by the New Hampshire State Council on the
Arts, the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, The Gilbert Verney
Foundation, The Susan A. and Donald P. Babson Charitable Foundation, and the
Grimshaw-Gudewicz Charitable Foundation.
*About the Peterborough Players*
The mission of the Peterborough Players, a nonprofit institution, is to
provide professional theatre of high quality to a broad-based audience and
to do this within a supportive atmosphere such that professionals and
students alike may practice and expand their art. We aim to stage the
traditional and the experimental, the classical and the contemporary,
celebrating the human spirit and, in the process, entertaining.
The Players' intimate 250-seat theater is in an 18th-century barn at
historic Stearns Farm, three miles from downtown Peterborough. The barn and
its outbuildings provide a uniquely charming theatrical venue, including a
flower-decked patio and landscaped grounds where patrons can picnic before a
performance. The theatre is fully air-conditioned and wheelchair accessible,
with handicapped parking and hearing assistance available.
2010 season includes: /The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead;
Freud's Last Session; The Foreigner; Tartuffe; The Torch-Bearers; 2 Pianos 4
Hands; /and /This Verse Business. /For the children:/ Ramoa Quimby /and /The
Adventures of Tom Sawyer./ Additional information and tickets through the
Box Office: (603) 924-7585 or online: www.peterboroughplayers.org
<http://www.peterboroughplayers.org/>.Peterborough, NH - - - Join Melanie McDonald, Director of Education at Sharon Arts Center and Keith Stevens, Managing Director of the Peterborough Players on Friday, July 2nd at 5:30pm for a look "behind the curtain" into the role that design, costume, and lighting help to define the actor's world and provide compelling context for the audience. The panel of experts, includes Kathy Manfre, Equity Actor; Lee Dunholter, Scenic Designer; Rebekah Kersten, Costume Designer; John Eckert, Lighting Designer; and Keith Stevens, Peterborough Players Managing Director and panel moderator. They bring a combined 112 years of experience to a discussion of the role that each medium plays in creating successful performances. Questions and observations will also be invited from the audience to create a lively community colloquy that will expand participants’ understanding and appreciation of the interplay of the visual arts in theatre. DETAILS: Time: Friday, July 2 @ 5:30pm Place: Sharon Arts Exhibition Gallery, 40 Grove Street, Peterborough, NH Free & open to the public- refreshments provided # # # *About Sharon Arts* The mission of Sharon Arts Center, a non-profit organization, is to support and serve artists and craftspeople, to engage the community in the artistic process, and to foster the relationship between artists and the community through education, exhibitions, the promotion and sale of art and craft, as well as through special programs and events. Sharon Arts Center offers a wide variety of art classes and programs in the school facility in Sharon, NH, and has an Artists' Resource Center (selling art supplies), a Fine Craft Gallery, a Juried Artist Member Gallery, and an Exhibition Gallery in the Depot Square facility. The Sharon Arts Fine Crafts Gallery is located in Depot Square in Downtown Peterborough. Store hours are: Monday - Thursday 10am to 6pm, Friday 10am to 7pm, Saturday 10am to 6pm, Sundays 11 - 4 PM, and First Fridays 10am to 8pm (first Friday of each month). The Fine Art Gallery is open year round. Sharon Arts is sponsored in part by the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, The Gilbert Verney Foundation, The Susan A. and Donald P. Babson Charitable Foundation, and the Grimshaw-Gudewicz Charitable Foundation. *About the Peterborough Players* The mission of the Peterborough Players, a nonprofit institution, is to provide professional theatre of high quality to a broad-based audience and to do this within a supportive atmosphere such that professionals and students alike may practice and expand their art. We aim to stage the traditional and the experimental, the classical and the contemporary, celebrating the human spirit and, in the process, entertaining. The Players' intimate 250-seat theater is in an 18th-century barn at historic Stearns Farm, three miles from downtown Peterborough. The barn and its outbuildings provide a uniquely charming theatrical venue, including a flower-decked patio and landscaped grounds where patrons can picnic before a performance. The theatre is fully air-conditioned and wheelchair accessible, with handicapped parking and hearing assistance available. 2010 season includes: /The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead; Freud's Last Session; The Foreigner; Tartuffe; The Torch-Bearers; 2 Pianos 4 Hands; /and /This Verse Business. /For the children:/ Ramoa Quimby /and /The Adventures of Tom Sawyer./ Additional information and tickets through the Box Office: (603) 924-7585 or online: www.peterboroughplayers.org <http://www.peterboroughplayers.org/>.