Shelley Bolman (left) and Steven Barkheimer in ''The Woman in Black.''
(Shawn g. henry)
Globe North Arts
Gloucester Stage concludes season with a mystery in a marsh
Shelley Bolman (left) and Steven Barkheimer in ''The Woman in Black.''
(Shawn g. henry)
By
Wendy Killeen
August 31, 2008
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A HAUNTING ENDING: Gloucester Stage wraps up its season with "The Woman in Black," running through Sept. 14.
The play is a mystery adapted by Stephen Mallatratt from the book by Susan Hill. It is set in the marshes of Nine Lives Causeway and centers on a lawyer with a wrenching fear and an actor hired to help him exorcise it.
Steve Barkheimer makes his Gloucester Stage debut as the lawyer. Shelley Bolman, who stared in "Billy Bishop Goes to War" at Gloucester Stage earlier this summer, returns to play the actor.
The show is directed by actress Karen MacDonald, a founding member of the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, where she has appeared in 70 productions.
Tickets are $35; $30 for students and senior citizens. The theater is at 267 East Main St. For a performance schedule, call 978-281-4433 or visit www.gloucesterstage.org.
SHARE THE MUSIC: The Lynn Cancer Association presents an evening of wine and song at historic Glen Magna Farms in Danvers Sept. 19.
Share the Music, a chorus of 20 singers, presents "100 Years of Broadway" with costumes and props.
The singers are students at the Rockport vocal studio of Wendy Betts and enjoy singing music outside their classical routine. The group also engages the audiences in singalongs.
Share the Music often performs for local nonprofit and fund-raising organizations.
The evening, which runs 6-10 p.m., includes wine tasting, and hors d'oeuvres and desserts provided by Henry's Market of Beverly. There's also a silent auction.
The Lynn Cancer Association is a nonprofit contributing to the advancement of cancer education and community programs on the North Shore.
Tickets are $40. Call toll free, 877-270-0370, or visit www.lynncancer.org.
AUTHOR'S CORNER: Historian Kate Clifford Larson reads from her latest work of historical nonfiction, "The Assassin's Accomplice," at Jabberwocky Bookshop in Newburyport at 7 p.m. Friday. The book is about Mary Surratt, who participated in the plot to kill Abraham Lincoln and was the first woman executed by the US government. Larson teaches history at Simmons College in Boston. Her first book was "Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero.". . . "Word of Mouth," a new book discussion group, begins at the Peabody Institute Library in Peabody at 10 a.m. Thursday. The group, which meets the first Thursday of each month, has no required reading list. Members can discuss what they have read, share their favorite books, and get recommendations from the group. . . . Alan Weisman, author of "The World Without Us," discusses his book at Old South Church in Newburyport at 7 p.m. Thursday. The book examines what Earth would be like if humans disappeared and nature was allowed to repossess the planet. The event is cosponsored by the Newburyport Literary Festival and the Essex County Forum.
IN LOCAL GALLERIES: Bold, colorful paintings by Lorna Ritz are on display at the Firehouse Center for the Arts in Newburyport through next Sunday. The show juxtaposes Ritz's large abstract paintings with a more representational series of oil crayon drawings of landscapes. . . . "Truth is Beautiful: Natural Light Photography," an exhibit of portraits of children by Allison Cottrill, is at the Beverly Public Library Tuesday through Sept. 29. Cottrill's aim is to create images that emphasize children's natural expressions and inner beauty. . . . The annual mixed media show at LynnArts in downtown Lynn opens in the
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