[NEohioPAL] OSTF Opens THE SECRET GARDEN

[Jeremy Benjamin via NEohioPAL]

Join the Oberlin Summer Theater Festival as we open our final production *The
Secret Garden.  *Based upon the 1910 children’s classic, this is the story
of the contrary young orphan, Mary Lennox, who is sent to live with her
Uncle Craven in the forbidding Misselthwaite Manor. There she finds a
secret garden where she and her sickly cousin Colin gradually discover the
healing power of Nature. This adaptation was originally commissioned and
performed by the renowned Children’s Theater Company of Minneapolis.

Come see *The Secret Garden* along with *As You Like It* and *Come Back,
Little Sheba* now performing in rotating rep!  All performances are
absolutely FREE to the public and geared toward the entire family,
including school-aged children - ages 6 to 96! To accommodate families with
younger members, evening performances begin at 7 PM. There are also 2 PM
matinees on most Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, giving out-of-town
patrons the opportunity to see two shows in the same day. To reserve
tickets, please call (440) 775-8169 or email ostf at oberlin.edu. For more
information, including a complete schedule of this season's rotating
repertory and the festival in general, please visit our website at
www.oberlinsummertheaterfestival.com.

*As You Like It*: Escape to the Forest of Arden, a pastoral refuge where
romance, wit and gender-bending high jinx rule.  The plot of this much
beloved comedy follows our heroine, Rosalind, who flees from the corrupt
court to the country, disguised as a young man, to reunite with her
banished father. There she encounters, Orlando, whom she must teach the
true meaning of love before revealing her female identity. This
family-friendly adaptation will include wrestling, clowning and a live
band. It promises to be the bash of the summer!

*Come Back, Little Sheba* by William Inge, the second production of our
sixth season.  This powerful drama is a lovingly honest, sometimes
humorous, portrait of a middle-aged couple, Lola and Doc, and their
everyday struggle with past regrets, unfulfilled dreams and sobriety. Now
an American classic, it was the first Broadway hit by the Pulitzer Prize
winning author of Picnic, Bus Stop, and Splendor in the Grass.

-- 
Jeremy K Benjamin
Visiting Artist and Lecturer
Oberlin College
Department of Theater and Dance
jeremy.benjamin at oberlin.edu
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