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Year 31, No. 33
Celebrating 31 Years of Community News
Jennifer Childs’ New Comedy “I Will Not Go Gently”
April 20 – April 26, 2016
Narberth’s First Friday in May Celebrates Month of NarbART
LM Players Prepares for “Red Herring” Page 6
This installation brings reproduction of eleven pieces of art, from inside the Philadelphia Museum of Art, outside to the streets of Narberth.
Narberth Ambulance Camp Page 8
rock ‘n’ roll queen returns for her crown in “I Will Not Go Gently,” a world premiere comedy written and performed by Jennifer Childs. This play with music tells the story of fictional ’80s rock icon Sierra Mist and the spirit of rebellion embodied in her music. Sierra has gone from top of the charts to middle aged obscurity, leaving behind a legion of fans for whom her songs were “Finding myself at the the anthems of their adolescence. doorstep of middle age “I Will Not Go Gently” opens at a rehearsal for Sierra’s comereally surprised me.” back tour. It’s been 30 years since she topped the charts with her sexually charged debut track Jack in My Box and Sierra – Jennifer Childs wants to get back in the spotlight. We soon meet Abby, Sierra’s number one fan, who spent her youth idolizing the free-spirited rock star but who is now a mother living in suburbia, hosting a nightly podcast, and trying to find the right yoga class. We meet Abby’s daughter Tabitha, a tech-obsessed teen, self-confident, and self-assured that she’ll never turn out like her mother. When Abby hears
arberth’s First Friday in May is always special because the Borough and the business community celebrate the launch of NarbART month. For the month of May, shops and restaurants in downtown Narberth display original artwork, with a common theme, in their windows. This year, Narberth’s First Friday, on May 6, from 5 p.m. 9 p.m., will also mark the local launch of the Inside Out Project from the Philadelphia Museum of Art. This installation brings reproduction of eleven pieces of art, from inside the museum, outside to the streets of Narberth. The Borough is thrilled to be chosen to host one of these outdoor galleries, and will be introducing the installation to the public as part of the First Friday celebration. The event will include live music, open houses, art projects for kids and adults, local art exhibitions, an art “scavenger hunt,” and food and drink specials. From April 6 through July, residents of Old City and Tacony in Philadelphia, and Coatesville, Doylestown, Lansdowne, and Narberth will discover outdoor art installations of Museum masterpieces popping up in their communities. This is the second year the Museum has participated in the program, having brought Inside Out to towns across Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties last year.
See “I Will Not Go Gently” on page 12
See Celebrating Art in Narberth on page 3
N Written and performed by Jennifer Childs, “I Will Not Go Gently” brings the much maligned, and surprisingly revolutionary, process of aging to the stage in a group of voices that are deadly sincere and unstoppably hopeful. Photo/John Flak
A The Potters Guild Spring Sale Page 16
Dining & Entertainment Pages 6 & 7
Camp & Education News Pages 8 - 11
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Inis Nua Theatre Presents “The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning” nis Nua Theatre Company moves to The Proscenium Theatre at its new home The Drake (at 203 South Hicks Street) to present “The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning” by Tim Price. The American premiere of this Welsh play revives some not-so-long-ago American history to tell the story of the young Army intelligence analyst who leaked the largest amount of classified documents in U.S. history.
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Inis Nua Theatre Company moves to The Proscenium Theatre at its new home The Drake to present “The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning” by Tim Price. Photo/Kory Aversa “Do you have an attitude problem?” “Do you have a problem following orders?” Questions like these set the scene for this wholly imagined version of the mind and life of Chelsea Manning. Known to the world in 2010 as Pfc. Bradley Manning, Manning downloaded and shared with WikiLeaks more than 700,000 government files on Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Some of the videos showed airstrikes, including one that showed a U.S. Apache helicopter in Baghdad opening fire on a group of individuals believed to be insurgents. Ultimately, the dead were found to See “The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning” on page 12