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Year 31, No. 47
Celebrating 31 Years of Community News
Area Students Gain New Perspectives through Cultural Immersion Trip to Peru
August 3 – August 9, 2016
World Premiere of “Tommy and Me” New Play by Award-Winning Sports Writer Ray Didinger at Theatre Exile
Marlon Wayans at Punch Line Page 5
The Scoop on Trails End Café Page 6
Actor Tom Teti (Young Tommy McDonald), Playwright Ray Didinger, Actor Simon Canuso Kiley (Young Ray Didinger) prepare for “Tommy and Me.” Photo/Robert Hakalski The autobiographical play centers around Ray Didinger’s relationship with Tommy McDonald as Ray was growing up – and how their lives remained connected through McDonald’s induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Fourteen Friends’ Central students and two teachers traveled to Peru, where they had cultural immersion experience that included a two-week homestay with a Peruvian family, volunteering at a clinic, taking Spanish classes for four hours daily, and hiking and camping on the Inca Trail. The Friends’ Central students and teachers who attended this summer’s trip to Peru are, from left – Sophia Radford of Philadelphia, Claire Coss of Penn Valley, Quinn Bowie of Philafter a sold-out world premiere reading in May 2015, delphia, Jack Correll of St. Davids, Jake Zaoutis of Narberth, Timin Thaver of Wayne, faculty Barrymore Award-winning Theatre Exile plans to bring member Danielle David of Philadelphia, Olivia Comstock of Havertown, faculty member Cristina you a full-scale production of “Tommy and Me” by Ray Perez of Philadelphia, Gia Matika of Drexel Hill, Cullan Gilroy of Philadelphia, William deMichele Didinger. This autobiographical play recounts a seminal time of Wynnewood, Ethan Broaddus of Haverford, Carolyn Spellacy of Drexel Hill, Matt Blackman in Ray Didinger’s life as he helps his boyhood hero, Tommy of Wynnewood, and Samantha Roshkoff of Villanova. McDonald, reach his goal of induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. This special engagement production will take place August or three weeks every other summer, Friends’ Central School students have the opportunity to travel to Cuzco, Peru, where they live, study, and take part in com- 3 through August 14 at FringeArts, 140 North Columbus munity service. They live with Peruvian families, volunteer every day at a chil- Blvd. “Tommy and Me” will feature performances by Theadren’s clinic and orphanage, and attend four hours of Spanish classes. The cul- tre Exile’s Associate Artistic Director Matt Pfeiffer along with mination of their trip is a rigorous four-day hike along the Inca Trail to Machu Tom Teti and Simon Canuso Kiley, who will both be making Picchu, “the lost city of the Incas,” which includes three nights of camping and their debut on Theatre Exile’s main stage. This world preends with a spectacular view from 7,970 feet above sea level. From start to finish, these stu- miere production will be directed by Founding Artistic Director Joe Canuso with Bruce Graham (The Philly Fan, Rizzo) dents gain a true cultural immersion experience, one they will never forget.
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See Friends’ Central Cultural Immersion Trip to Peru on page 8
2016 Student Works Exhibit at Wayne Art Center he Wayne Art Center’s 2016 Student Works Exhibition is on display from July 18 through August 19, 2016. This annual exhibition presents impressive and diverse works by adult students who have been enrolled in classes at the Wayne Art Center during the 2015-2016 school year. This year’s exhibition features 306 works by 186 students that include drawings, paintings, fiber, sculpture, ceramics,
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Some of the award winners from the reception of the 2016 Student Works Exhibition at Wayne Art Center.
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jewelry, stained glass, works on paper, photography and mixed media. Over 200 works are featured by Wayne Art Center adult artists. Robert Waddington who is a faculty member of Wayne Art Center, presented the awards at the opening reception, July 21. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Saturday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. 2016 Student Show Award Winners are as follows: See 2016 Student Works Exhibition at Wayne Art Center on page 7
See “Tommy and Me” at Theatre Exile on page 4