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Drama

‘Heathers The Musical’ tackles timely issues in LBHS production

May 9, 2018 by Methow Valley News

An especially timely story about teen cliques, bullying and school violence comes to the local stage next week in the drama “Heathers The Musical,” with unexpected humor and catchy musical numbers.

After months of rehearsal, the Liberty Bell Drama Company is …

Filed Under: ARTS Tagged With: Drama, Liberty Bell drama club, Merc Playhouse

Banning of LBHS production sends wrong message to community

March 11, 2016 by Methow Valley News

Liberty Bell High School’s drama production The Port in The Storm has been banned by the school’s administrative “Committee on the Appropriateness of Dramatic Material,” citing parental disquiet. Students have been working for five months to write and produce this play, which if this committee has anything to say about it, you will never see.

Filed Under: My Turn Tagged With: Danbert Nobacon, Drama, Liberty Bell drama club, Liberty Bell High School

Original play by LBHS drama class closes before opening

March 11, 2016 by Methow Valley News

Students in the Liberty Bell High School drama class had to shift gears last week and choose a different play to perform this May after a school committee told them they couldn’t present their original play because of concerns, raised by a student and parents, about adult content and language.

Concerns were originally raised in the fall by a student in the drama class. After parents reviewed a revised script …

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Danbert Nobacon, Drama, Liberty Bell drama club, Liberty Bell High School

Kids bring energy, imagination to Willie Wonka JR.

May 9, 2014 by Methow Valley News

By Marcy Stamper

The Merc Playhouse has whipped up a gooey confection, Willie Wonka JR., for its spring musical, with the entire 32-member cast between the ages of 8 and 18, and many of the props created …

Filed Under: ARTS, PHOTOS Tagged With: children's theater, Drama, Merc Playhouse

Artists in Mother Experience Project examine the maternal ties that bind

May 8, 2014 by Methow Valley News

By Laurelle Walsh

Eleven valley artists will tell their stories of mothering and being mothered in a one-night show at The Merc Playhouse on Sunday (May 11) at 7 p.m.

The Mother Experience Project is a one-hour …

Filed Under: ARTS Tagged With: Drama, Merc Playhouse, Mother Experience Project, Mother's Day

Arts briefs: May 7, 2014

May 8, 2014 by Methow Valley News

This week: a garden exhibit opens at the Methow Valley Inn in Twisp, Cascadia concert coming mid-month, make Postcards on letterpress at Door No. 3, and Merc offers drama camps for kids

Filed Under: ARTS Tagged With: Cascadia, Door No. 3, Drama, Merc Playhouse, Methow Valley Community Center, Methow Valley Inn, Pipestone music

Art Briefs: Feb. 5, 2014

February 6, 2014 by Methow Valley News

This week: Vblast exhibit opens, Make some Valentines, Seattle U. brings Imaginary Invalid to The Merc, and Over the Reiver and Through the Woods opens in March.

Filed Under: ARTS Tagged With: Door No. 3, Drama, Merc Playhouse, The Studio, Theater

Pirates and buried treasure at The Merc

May 19, 2013 by Methow Valley News

Pirates and buried treasure at The Merc

BY LAURELLE WALSH The Liberty Bell Junior High School Drama Class, under the direction of Jane Orme, presents the play Treasure Island on Thursday, Friday and Sunday (May 16, 17 and 19) at the Merc Playhouse in Twisp. Friday and Saturday’s shows start at 7 p.m.; Sunday’s matinee begins at 2 p.m. All shows are […]

Filed Under: ARTS Tagged With: Drama, Methow Valley School District

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