The writer is cast as Demetrius in this summer’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, opening this weekend.
By JONAH LIPSKY
There is a journey of the imagination happening this weekend and next at Featherstone center for the arts. PigPen Theatre Company, is presenting its site-specific play, Mountain Song, written for and inspired by the amphitheatre in the field behind the arts center. With music, puppetry and comedic acting, and centered around an epic quest of love, the play is for the whole family.
Running 45 minutes long, the play is a short and fun-filled evening. It is produced by Artfarm Enterprises and Vineyard Arts Project.
A grand puppet parade down Main street, Vineyard Haven on Saturday will be a highlight of the fourth annual weekend-long Martha’s Vineyard Puppet Festival. The parade will begin at 5 p.m., but anyone who would like to join the parade can bring a puppet friend and meet at Katharine Cornell Theatre at 4:30, or come at 3 p.m. to a free puppet-making event and make a parade puppet to follow the giant puppets — Mother Earth, Mother Ocean and Father Sky.
For a young, pretty girl growing up in pre-women’s lib Arkansas, a sure way out of a small hick town was winning a beauty contest. But what if the girl happens to have a mind? A good, questing mind? Once she wins the contest, is she going to be content cutting ribbons and crooning Wayne Newton hits in piano bars? Maybe not.
Get in the Trough
PigPen Theatre Company comes clean with Mountain Song, an original play about a carpenter trying to find his daughter’s wedding. It’s a revue for all ages, incorporating original music, custom-made puppets, and creative visual effects.
Fairy Ballet
A Fairy Ballet School by the Martha’s Vineyard School of Ballet will run from July 26 through August 6, Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9 a.m. to noon at the Tisbury School. All children finish with a performance in the annual Summer Fairy Ball.
Class size is limited. For details, call 508-939-0074.