Bryn Athyn Community Theatre

BACT Update;

• Many things were spoken of at the Diner Meeting, which was held after the close of the production of "The Romancers". I will not address specifics of the BACT operations in this forum, rather I will direct you to The Bryn Athyn Community Theatre web site for that information , but I will say that;

• a proposal was put forth to have BACT participate with The Shakespeareans of Tamanend Park in a reading project at The Meadow Amphitheatre.
  

• A few folks from BACT walked in the parade with the Shakespeareans and they had a chance to check out the stage. Good things were said of we have done there.

• We are also discussing the "Music from Shakespeare" with a number of the talented musicians who are also part of BACT, however at this time that program is not specifically a co-effort between BACT and The Shakespeareans.

Archive;

Bryn Athyn Community Theatre's

production of

"The Romancers"

by Edmond Rostand

directed by Kent Cooper

June 2009

"The Romancers" was the basis for the musical "The Fantastics"

Please note: The banner for this show is to the left.
You are welcome to copy it or click here for a link to BACT.org

Synopsis of the Play;

Setting: The gardens of two neighboring estates in France

Characters: Pasquinot & Bergamin. the fathers
Sylvette & Percinet, the lovers
Staforel, the bravado
Blaise, the gardener
Musicians, abductors, and others

The Premise: Pasquinot and Bergamin hatch a plot which involves pretending to hate each other, in order to draw their children into love and marriage. To add some romance to the situation they hire Straforel to "superintend" an abduction in order that Percinet may become a hero to Sylvette by saving her from her abductors,
needless to say, the plot backfires.


The show is to be performed at
The Mitchell Performing Arts Centre in Bryn Athyn
June 6th@8pm, 7th @2pm
12th@8pm, 13th@8pm

Go to the BACT web site for more information & tickets.

AG
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I will be performing the role of Pasqinot. Rehearsals are going well, there are wonderful opportunities for rich characterization and I think this will be a very enjoyable show. It is a period piece and they tell me they rented a most excellent costume for me from Pierre's in Philadelphia, I can't wait to see it. I love doing period pieces because you get to wear costumes that you just can't do in normal day to day living, although I would if I could get away with it without being thrown in the loony bin. I guess that's one reason why I'm working on the Shakespeareans too. AG