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Scranton Fringe Festival set for end of the month

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The Scranton Fringe Festival, dedicated to creating a bold and engaging platform for creative and thought-provoking art with minimal risk to artist and audience, is set for Sept. 29 to Oct. 2.

Regional as well as touring artists will be welcomed to present work with no censorship placed on content or artistic expression while striving to promote Scranton as a viable and creative environment.

The Scranton Fringe Festival is held annually across four days in multiple venues throughout downtown Scranton. Theatre, music, dance, film, comedy, puppetry and every other sort of performing-arts-production you can imagine are welcomed on the fringe. The festival is kept accessible and affordable for artists (no application fees, little to no production fees) and audiences (special free programming, affordable tickets, hopper passes, etc).

Scranton Fringe was co-founded by Conor O’Brien, current executive director, and Elizabeth Bohan, current managing director. The 2016 Board of Directors also includes: Attorney Frank Blasi, Lorrie Loughney, Chantel Mitchell, Camille Reinecke, Kim Pane and Melissa Careista. Scranton Fringe Festival’s mission is deemed non-profit.

Scranton Fringe celebrated its first festival in October 2015 to great success. With 47 productions spanning nearly 100 individual performances, and approximately 3,000 in attendance, Scranton Fringe has proven itself to be a major event in the cultural landscape of NEPA.

For information on the schedule and venues, go to http://www.scrantonfringe.org.

West Point Band to perform at Marywood

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Test_WPAOG logoLine.Marywood University’s Wind Ensemble under the direction of David Romines, D.M.A., music, theatre, and dance department co-chair, associate professor and director of bands at Marywood University, and the West Point Band will perform a concert honoring America’s Veterans on Sunday, April 17,  at 4 p.m., in the Sette LaVerghetta Center for Performing Arts. This event is free and open to the public.

The concert will open at 4 p.m., with Marywood University’s Wind Ensemble. This 100-piece band will perform several patriotic selections and will end their performance with a version of Battle Hymn of the Republic, featuring Marywood University’s campus choir under the direction of Rick Hoffenberg, D.M.A., co-chair of the music, theatre, and dance department and associate professor of choral activities at Marywood University.

The second half of the show, beginning at approximately 5 p.m., is reserved for Marywood’s guests, The West Point Band, the Army’s oldest musical organization that continues to provide world-class music to educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets and to serve as ambassadors of the United States Military Academy and the Army to local, national, and international communities. Its innovative programs and performances are enjoyed across the globe through regular television, radio, and recordings. The West Point Band traces its lineage back to a single drummer and fifer left to maintain the tradition of military music at West Point after the Revolutionary War. Over the next 200 years, the band has evolved into one of the most capable and versatile professional performing groups in the world.

For additional information on the concert at Marywood University, please call Dr. Romines, at (706) 255-9180, or email dromines@marywood.edu.

 

Ballet Theatre of Scranton presents annual Nutcracker Ballet

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Elizabeth Conway, a Dunmore resident, will appear as the Sugarplum Fairy in this year’s production of the Nutcracker presented by the Ballet Theatre of Scranton.

Ballet Theatre of Scranton and Marywood University will present their 40th anniversary annual free performances of The Nutcracker Ballet on Dec. 26,  27 and 28 at 2 and 7:30 p.m. each day at Marywood’s  Sette LaVerghetta Center For Performing Arts.

While there is no charge, reserved seat tickets are available to the general public , on a first-come , first serve basis, at the Marywood box office (2300 Adams Avenue, Scranton) two hours prior to the specific performance.

For additional information please call 570-347-2867 (BTOS).

The original Scranton production was first conceived  by the Company’s late founder Constance Reynolds, a native of Scotland, to thank the NEPA community for their welcoming hospitality .  In return, since 1976, her company “gave back” to the community through the gift of The Nutcracker during the holiday season . The tradition continues under the direction of Mrs. Reynolds chosen successor, Joanne Arduino, current Artistic Director.

Since its first presentation, over 350,000 citizens, from within a 60 mile radius, have enjoyed the production and have made it a part of their holiday tradition.  

Ballet Theatre of Scranton and Marywood University have maintained the free production through the dedication of its Board, Directors and Dancers and the generosity of local benefactors. Over 150 people are involved in the annual event including professional designers, technicians and guest artists.

To date, the production has been staged 270 times as a free gift; 4800 regional dancers have performed , and hundreds of volunteers, including the artistic staff, technicians , designers, and dancers, have donated their time and talents.

A few highlights of Ballet Theatre of Scranton’s Nutcracker gift are toys coming to life, snow falling on dancing snowflakes, a traveling angel who transports Clara and her Prince on their magical journey, and a 20 foot growing Christmas tree.