The Pine Valley Players, under the direction of Dianne Holly, will be performing their first play, Bruce Coville's adaptation of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night this Saturday evening, May 31, at 7:00 PM at the Pine Valley Clubhouse. And we can't beat the ticket price: FREE admission for all!
The Pine Valley Players recently formed under the leadership of Mary Aragon of Guatay for home-educating families to have a theatrical outlet here in the backcountry. Dianne Holly, who has extensive theatre background at the University of California at Santa Barbara as well as San Diego's Old Globe Theatre, has generously donated her time and money to make this theatrical debut a success. A Pine Valley resident, Ms. Holly's work and dedication is much appreciated by the approximately twenty home-educated students who have been studying acting, costuming, set design, blocking, elocution, and theatre history under her tutelage for the past six weeks. Many backcountry homeschooling parents are also grateful for her excellent teaching and direction of their students which Ms. Holly has provided at no cost.
Donations will be accepted at the Clubhouse on Saturday night to help with the several hundred dollars Ms. Holly has herself invested in this production. We hope to see many backcountry faces in the audience on Saturday evening at 7 PM to support our drama students and Dianne Holly for the first of what we hope will be many wonderful drama performances in the future.
In the days following the production, which should last approximately 45 minutes (and therefore is entirely suitable for children as well as adult audiences), MECAC will provide photos and a review of the performance, so please check back here next week.
**UPDATE**
Father Keith Acker and the civic-minded folks at Alpine Anglican Church of the Blessed Trinity have stepped up to donate $300 to the Pine Valley Players, the amount that Ms. Holly had contributed from her own pocket for the production. Thanks, Blessed Trinity, for your wonderful contribution to backcountry arts!
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