Pendragon Theatre presents New Directions

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gallows3Each March Pendragon Theatre offers to the public something new whether introducing a new director, play or original work. 
For me this opportunity highlights the importance of live theatre. When seeing a movie the audience misses all that goes into the making of the film and can only catch a glimpse when the credits role with job descriptions that most of the time have little meaning. 
Theatre gives us the chance to see a collaborative effort where special effects are not computer generated. 

Pendragon Theatre, Saranac Lake, is presenting its annual New Directions Series Friday, March 22nd at 7 pm and Saturday, March 23rd at 2 pm and 7 pm.
General Admission tickets are $5.

Come see:
Jordan Hornstein directs Jack Richardson’s Gallows Humor: A dark comedy about the declining nature of conformity and the middle class rat race. The cast is comprised of: Anthony Chanov, Matt Eick and Megan Macdonald.
Lilly McAvoy, a senior at SUNY Potsdam directed and performs Lady Grey (In Ever Lower Light), an intimate recounting of a painful memory, written by Will Eno.
Megan MacDonald directs a short piece Mrs. Sorken, by Christopher Durang. Leslie Dame plays a woman with a distorted view of the purpose of theatre and theatre history.

 © Diane Chase is the author of the Adirondack Family Activities™ guidebook series, Adirondack Family Time™, which is available online or bookstores/museums/sporting good stores. Diane is currently working on the third guidebook in the four-book series of Adirondack Family Activities™.

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