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| www.stlawrenceshakespeare.ca |
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| Ian Farthing, Artistic Director, St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival |
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| Lucia Frangione, International Award Winning Playwright |
“THE INSIDE SCOOP” is excited continue with the “SCOOP” from the St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival, Prescott, Ontario about their upcoming performance “MAID for a MUSKET”, a brand new comedy by Lucia Frangione, Original music by Melissa Morris. Ian Farthing, Artistic Director of the St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival has kindly introduced us to Ms. Lucia Frangione, internationally produced award winning playwright and actor, we continue …
GREATER OPPORTUNTIES FOR OUR NEXT
GENERATION …
Lucia Frangione, continues on telling what she felt
was the importance of the performing arts in our society today.
“A Canadian playwright will understand the Canadian experience and it is
different from other places in the world. I will speak your language. I will
have your sense of humor. I do know the color of your sky. I have tasted the
first strawberries in Ontario St Lawrence River as the sun sets. I
have been so humidly hot in the summer I want to jump into a bath full of ice
cubes. I have been in love with a boy who plays lacrosse and have kissed his
face, his face with the tiny bit of ice crystal snot around the nose, hoping it
doesn’t melt too fast…you might be chuckling or wincing right now reading this,
why? Because you’ve done the same thing! I watch you and listen to you and put
you up on the stage and share your voice with the rest of the world. You think
Beyonce is going to do that? You think Tarantino can? No. They’re great
novelties and amazing artists. But we tell each other who we are. We inform
each other what we believe in, who we love, what we live for, what we strive to
be. That is irreplaceable.”
GREATER OPPORTUNTIES FOR OUR NEXT
GENERATION …
As our society changes with
technology, I asked Ms. Frangione is she had any suggestions on how to encourage
the youth today to participate in such a unique “field” that requires passion,
talent, dedication and devotion. Lucia tells us …“I think my generation was the “TV generation” and the fear was that
technology would replace all the live arts. I do see the youth today obsessed
with their ipads, video games, itunes, etc, sure. But I also see the returned
pleasure and value being found in taking dance, music lessons, drama…all the
live arts. I think there is greater opportunity for this next generation to
share their talent with the world through utube, social networking etc. A
teenager now has the technology and networking available to them to shoot their
own film, their own music video, their own live poetry reading, their dance
routine, their piano concert, get it on line and share it with the world
electronically or market a live event. It’s really amazing.”
Stay tuned for more exciting “SCOOP”
from Lucia Frangione and Ian Farthing, St. Lawrence Shakespeare
Festival! Check out their website for the details (www.stlawrenceshakespeare.ca),
plan on a fun, and great, memorable time!
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