LHS Peter Pan

April 23, 2015 Lawrence News
En Peter Pan, the Musical, Peter Pan lleva a los hermanitos Darling y a la audiencia en una aventura mágica a Never Never Land, la tierra donde ellos nunca tendrán que crecer. El elenco consistió de 52 estudiantes de Lawrence High School y 8 de una escuela elemental. | In Peter Pan, the Musical, Peter Pan takes the Darling children and the audience on a magical adventure to Never-Never Land where they will never have to grow up. Cast: 52 Lawrence High School students and 8 from an elementary school.
En Peter Pan, the Musical, Peter Pan lleva a los hermanitos Darling y a la audiencia en una aventura mágica a Never Never Land, la tierra donde ellos nunca tendrán que crecer. El elenco consistió de 52 estudiantes de Lawrence High School y 8 de una escuela elemental. | In Peter Pan, the Musical, Peter Pan takes the Darling children and the audience on a magical adventure to Never-Never Land where they will never have to grow up. Cast: 52 Lawrence High School students and 8 from an elementary school.

By Dalia Diaz and Alberto Suris

There are no words to express the emotion and satisfaction sitting in the Lawrence High School Performing Arts Center watching the Peter Pan performance.  You would have thought you were in a Boston or New York theater!

This latest production had 60 actors on stage, including some elementary students this year.  The costumes, props, the unbelievable sets were a testament to the hard work of so many and the music was very impressive.  There’s nothing like live music and this orchestra was composed of professional musicians, teachers and alumni.

Matthew Evangelista, Director of High School Theater, is on his 8th Season at LHS and each year he seems to outdo himself.  “The PFA Theater Company has had collaborative projects with NECC and Emerson College, the premiere of our new Black Box Studio Theater and a collaborative project with Oakland School for the Arts in California at the International Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland,” he explains on the Peter Pan program.

They have been invited again to participate in the Edinburgh Festival but that is an enormous expense.  Last year the students raised almost $100,000 and this year they are short by $30,000.

We congratulate the students and staff at Lawrence High School’s Theater Group and particularly Matthew Evangelista who has awakened the love of the arts and live theater in Lawrence.

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