Tuesday, February 10, 2009

The curtain comes up Thursday...

Well, not really. There's actually no curtain. But there IS a really wonderful set, killer costumes and moving performances. Be there or you'll miss it.

WHEN: February 12, 13, 14, at 7:30 p.m. and February 15 at 2 p.m.
WHERE: Russell Hall on the University of Southern Maine’s Gorham Campus
TICKETS: Students $7, Seniors/Faculty/Staff/Alumni $10, General public $14
BOX OFFICE: (207) 780-5151


Moonchildren opens Thursday: Riley Doiron, a Farmington native, puts on her makeup before a dress rehearsal Tuesday night.

The more things change, the more they stay the same: Moonchildren, set in the turbulent 1960s, features characters who march in anti-war protests. Before the first dress rehearsal Tuesday night. Jordan Handren-Seavey, who plays Cootie in the show, prepares a display for the lobby that will include the names of every soldier from Maine to die in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Final touches: Costume shop supervisor Kris Hall works with student costume designer Travis Grant on a hemline before the first dress rehearsal Tuesday night.

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