Geauga Lyric Theater Guild opens its seventh year of the teen drama project with "Fahrenheit 451," based on Ray Bradbury's…
Fahrenheit 451 Opens at GLTG
May 20-22
Geauga Lyric Theater Guild opens its seventh year of the teen drama project with “Fahrenheit 451,” based on Ray Bradbury’s classic novel and play.
Imagine a world where reading books was a crime. Fireman didn’t put out fires, but burned books and houses if the residents had a secret library. “Fahrenheit 451,” the temperature that paper burns, details such a future. People are tuned in to their televisions and earpieces and sleep and wake by medical means.
Director Angela Miloro-Hansen has turned the stage into a background of stacked and burning books. The striking design frames a screen featuring projections which provide different backdrops for the action. A small cast acts out characters from bored housewives, a free spirited teenager, firemen on their mission, and a group of people determined to keep the books alive in their hearts.
Performances are Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $8 for adults and $6 for seniors and students and can be purchased online at www.geaugatheater.org or by calling the box office at 440-286-2255.
Geauga Lyric Theater is located at 101 Water St. in Chardon.
heART of Geauga Arts Jam
June 25, 12-5:30 p.m.
The fourth annual heART of Geauga Arts Jam will be held on and around Chardon Square. Artists from across Northeast Ohio will gather to help all express their creativity and artistic expression.
There will be many opportunities for people who attend to try their hand at many different art forms, including an instrument petting zoo, Tech Art, creating stuffed animals and Zentangle, as well as performances by live bands all day long.
The theme revolves around Shakespearian times and re-enactors from The Ohio Renaissance Festival will be interacting with families throughout the day.
The Jam concludes with a 7:30 p.m. performance of Shakespeare’s hilarious comedy, “Twelfth Night,” at the historic Geauga Lyric Theater.
Arts Jam is free for all and tickets for “Twelfth Night” may be purchased at www.geaugatheater.org. For more information, visit www.chardonartsjam.org.
Words and Wine
June 7, 6:30 p.m.
Mark Hersman will be the featured poet at Words and Wine, a monthly poetry reading series held at Your Vine or Mine, 154 Main St., Painesville. A poet and archaeologist who participates in Ohio digs, he has a chapbook of poems titled “Unearthed.” He is also a longtime member and past president of the Ohio Poetry Association.
Open mic for poetry will precede his reading.
For more information, call Margie DeLong at 440-298-1397.
