LFTC presents seasonal collage Dark Path Through the Wilderness
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London Frontier Theatre
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Magalena, NM – As Halloween and Dias de los Muertos approach, the nights grow longer, just right for telling stories of strange happenings in the darkness beyond the firelight. London Frontier Theatre presents Dark Path Through The Wilderness, Oct. 24-26 and again the next weekend.
DARK PATH incorporates three tales of the macabre, eerie, and magical, for an evening of deliciously-scary – and often hilarious – entertainment. The Cask of Amontillado” is the first act of PATH. Adapted from the story by master of horror Edgar Allan Poe, and set during Italian carnival in a past century, “Amontillado” tells a tale of two noblemen and the fiendish revenge that one takes upon the other.
“Into Darkness” is a blending of stories, with the pervading atmosphere of lurking menace that Ambrose Bierce created so well in his 19th-century writings. (Bierce is also known for his Civil War stories, including “Incident at Owl Creek Bridge”, and for The Devil’s Dictionary.Bierce himself mysteriously disappeared in Mexico in 1913.)
“Toil and Trouble”, the third act of PATH, brings together three practitioners of the magic arts: a New Mexican curandera/ perhaps-bruja, a traditional country “healing woman”, and a New-Age crystal-wielder, all facing the same problem: with lack of faith, and a failing economy, who can afford to believe in magic remedies and spells?
Actors in PATH are Frank Howard, Ruth Ryan, Bennie Zamora, and Donna Todd, of Magdalena, and Fernando Montano, of Socorro. Script/adaptations, and direction, are by Donna Todd.
Performances are Friday, October 24th and Saturday, October 25th, both at 7:00 PM, with a matinee on Sunday, October 26th at 2:00 PM; Saturday, November 11st , 7:00 PM, and Sunday, November 2nd, 2:00 PM, at Magdalena’s historic WPA Theatre, Main at Fourth. Tickets are $3.50 for adults, $2.00 for children, available at the door one hour before performance, and by Reservation at (575) 854-2519, or londonfrontier@ gilanet.com; further information at www.londonfrontiertheatre.com (http://www.londonfrontiertheatre.com/).
London Frontier, now in its historic WPA venue and its 13th season in Magdalena, continues to present a wide variety of plays – including the popular “Lost Wife Creek’ series – incorporating our vivid multi-culture and history in exciting, entertaining theatre. This project funded in part by the McCune Foundation of Santa Fe, the Kerr Foundation of Oklahoma, Socorro Electric Cooperative, & LFTC’s “Friends of the Theatre.”
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London Frontier Theatre
Offers Spooky Plays</CENTER>
Magalena, NM – As Halloween and Dias de los Muertos approach, the nights grow longer, just right for telling stories of strange happenings in the darkness beyond the firelight. London Frontier Theatre presents Dark Path Through The Wilderness, Oct. 24-26 and again the next weekend.
DARK PATH incorporates three tales of the macabre, eerie, and magical, for an evening of deliciously-scary – and often hilarious – entertainment. The Cask of Amontillado” is the first act of PATH. Adapted from the story by master of horror Edgar Allan Poe, and set during Italian carnival in a past century, “Amontillado” tells a tale of two noblemen and the fiendish revenge that one takes upon the other.
“Into Darkness” is a blending of stories, with the pervading atmosphere of lurking menace that Ambrose Bierce created so well in his 19th-century writings. (Bierce is also known for his Civil War stories, including “Incident at Owl Creek Bridge”, and for The Devil’s Dictionary.Bierce himself mysteriously disappeared in Mexico in 1913.)
“Toil and Trouble”, the third act of PATH, brings together three practitioners of the magic arts: a New Mexican curandera/ perhaps-bruja, a traditional country “healing woman”, and a New-Age crystal-wielder, all facing the same problem: with lack of faith, and a failing economy, who can afford to believe in magic remedies and spells?
Actors in PATH are Frank Howard, Ruth Ryan, Bennie Zamora, and Donna Todd, of Magdalena, and Fernando Montano, of Socorro. Script/adaptations, and direction, are by Donna Todd.
Performances are Friday, October 24th and Saturday, October 25th, both at 7:00 PM, with a matinee on Sunday, October 26th at 2:00 PM; Saturday, November 11st , 7:00 PM, and Sunday, November 2nd, 2:00 PM, at Magdalena’s historic WPA Theatre, Main at Fourth. Tickets are $3.50 for adults, $2.00 for children, available at the door one hour before performance, and by Reservation at (575) 854-2519, or londonfrontier@ gilanet.com; further information at www.londonfrontiertheatre.com (http://www.londonfrontiertheatre.com/).
London Frontier, now in its historic WPA venue and its 13th season in Magdalena, continues to present a wide variety of plays – including the popular “Lost Wife Creek’ series – incorporating our vivid multi-culture and history in exciting, entertaining theatre. This project funded in part by the McCune Foundation of Santa Fe, the Kerr Foundation of Oklahoma, Socorro Electric Cooperative, & LFTC’s “Friends of the Theatre.”