Since 2002, East Lynne Theater Company (ELTC) has produced a Sherlock Holmes performance to coincide with Mid-Atlantic Center for the Art’s “Sherlock Holmes Weekends.” In March, this also coincides with “Family Week.”
“Family Week at the Theatre” is an annual statewide event offering free and discounted tickets to attendees. Across the state, in all 21 counties, young people (ages 5 – 18) receive free tickets to over 100 performances and special events including free classes, workshops and backstage tours. The event has become so popular, that is has grown from one “week” to the whole month of March.
The New Jersey Theatre Alliance is responsible for the event. To receive a full schedule of events, call 800-THE-ARTS or visit familyweek.com.
ELTC’s radio-style production, “Sherlock Holmes’ Adventure of the Speckled Band,” will be presented at 8 p.m. March 20 and 21 in the First Presbyterian Church, 500 Hughes St., in Cape May, where the company is in residence.
Just like the Sherlock Holmes’ radio series on NBC that premiered in 1930, the sound effects are live and so are the commercials.
Tickets are $23 for general admission, $13 for full-time students, and, since ELTC is celebrating “Family Week,” anyone age 18 and under is free.
Earlier in the afternoon of March 21, ELTC’s artistic director, Gayle Stahlhuth will conduct a workshop for sight-impaired students from five South Jersey counties, working with the fifth and sixth grade students at West Cape May Elementary School.
After only a week of rehearsals, students will perform a play about Cape May’s own Civil War hero, Henry Sawyer. The free performance is at the school, 301 Moore St., West Cape May, at 7 p.m. For reservations, call ELTC.
Other area ELTC events include:
• March 28 from 1-2:30 p.m., “Intro to Theater Workshop” for ages 11-18, at Lower Township Library, 2600 Bayshore Rd.
The class is free, but reservations are recommended and made be made by calling 609-463-6357. The class will involve a bit of everything, from warm-up exercises, to improv work, to scene study, and playwriting.
• March 29 from 2-3:30 p.m., “Scene Study Workshop” for ages 9-17, at the Atlantic Free Public Library, One N. Tennessee Ave., Atlantic City.
Students have the opportunity to rehearse with scripts-in-hand. The class is free, but reservations are recommended. Call Jennifer Boyce, 609-345-2269, ext. 3052.
To stay up-to-date with what’s going on with East Lynne Theater Company and to check out the Cape May Summer/Fall Production Season, go to eastlynnetheater.org, or call 609-884-5898.
Season tickets are available through June 30.
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