2008 Woodie Awards
BTE puts new spin on holiday show
Issue date: 11/9/06 Section: news
The Holiday Family Show at the Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble is a favorite tradition with many regional theatre-goers, and tickets for this season's unique and magical offering of "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings" are on sale now. In this year's show, the Ensemble says "Bah Humbug!" to Dickens' dingy industrial London and Ralphie's freezing flagpole, and will transport audiences to the colorful and warm Caribbean, with a heartwarming story surrounded with songs and pageantry inspired by various Hispanic holiday traditions.
"A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings" tells an enchanting tale of two Caribbean children who discover that a most unusual angel has crash-landed in their backyard. Weak and ill, the angel comes to rely on them for help, while the adults try to profit from his heavenly powers. Faith ultimately triumphs over greed. Distinctly different and filled with hope, "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings" is a modern masterpiece of beauty and wonder. The play is an adaptation by Nilo Cruz of a short story of the same name by Gabriel García Márquez. Performances will run November 20 to December 21 at the Alvina Krause Theatre, in downtown Bloomsburg.
Appearing in the cast are Ensemble intern Benjamin Irving as the Angel, and Ensemble members Elizabeth Dowd and Gerard Stropnicky as the parents. Alternating as the sister and brother are Rebecca Bryden, Destiny Deater, and Chelsea Pruit as Fefé; and Milo Godeke, Madeline Padner, and Violet Race as Momó. The townspeople are performed by Ensemble members James Goode, Laurie McCants, and Cassandra Pisieczko; Ensemble intern Griffin Dubois; guest actors Jen Bushinger, Josh Eisenhauer, Megan Ridge, and Brooke Rohm. The Girl With The Box Of Prayers will be alternated by Leighnah Perkins, Jamila Wemple, and Rachel Yohe. A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings originates as a short story by Colombian-born author and journalist Gabriel García Márquez. Marquez is a giant of Latin American writing and winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize for Literature. He is noted for evoking a recognizable world where powerful imaginative forces reveal the mysteries of the human heart, and reality is subject to emotional truths as well as physical boundaries. The Minneapolis Children's Theatre commissioned Cuban-American playwright Nilo Cruz to adapt the story for the stage in 2002. Cruz won 2003 Pulitzer Prize for his drama Anna in the Tropics. His plays have been produced widely around the United States.
"A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings" tells an enchanting tale of two Caribbean children who discover that a most unusual angel has crash-landed in their backyard. Weak and ill, the angel comes to rely on them for help, while the adults try to profit from his heavenly powers. Faith ultimately triumphs over greed. Distinctly different and filled with hope, "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings" is a modern masterpiece of beauty and wonder. The play is an adaptation by Nilo Cruz of a short story of the same name by Gabriel García Márquez. Performances will run November 20 to December 21 at the Alvina Krause Theatre, in downtown Bloomsburg.
Appearing in the cast are Ensemble intern Benjamin Irving as the Angel, and Ensemble members Elizabeth Dowd and Gerard Stropnicky as the parents. Alternating as the sister and brother are Rebecca Bryden, Destiny Deater, and Chelsea Pruit as Fefé; and Milo Godeke, Madeline Padner, and Violet Race as Momó. The townspeople are performed by Ensemble members James Goode, Laurie McCants, and Cassandra Pisieczko; Ensemble intern Griffin Dubois; guest actors Jen Bushinger, Josh Eisenhauer, Megan Ridge, and Brooke Rohm. The Girl With The Box Of Prayers will be alternated by Leighnah Perkins, Jamila Wemple, and Rachel Yohe. A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings originates as a short story by Colombian-born author and journalist Gabriel García Márquez. Marquez is a giant of Latin American writing and winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize for Literature. He is noted for evoking a recognizable world where powerful imaginative forces reveal the mysteries of the human heart, and reality is subject to emotional truths as well as physical boundaries. The Minneapolis Children's Theatre commissioned Cuban-American playwright Nilo Cruz to adapt the story for the stage in 2002. Cruz won 2003 Pulitzer Prize for his drama Anna in the Tropics. His plays have been produced widely around the United States.