"The Players and the Pirates" performance this weekend
In this created image the actors and musicians performing in "The Players and the Pirates," an original show put on by Gregson Theater, strike a pose. Performers include Barbara Gregson, Kathy Varadi, Clark Vischi, Eric Porter, and Carl Pickett. (Submitted graphic)
NORWICH — The Gregson Theatre will be putting on their original show "The Players and the Pirates Along the Chenango Canal" at 6:30 p.m, Friday, August 27, and at 11 a.m., Saturday, August 28.
The performances will take place at the Martin Kapel Theater of the Chenango Arts Council in Norwich, and are free to the public.
Performers include Barbara Gregson, Kathy Varadi, and Clark Vischi. Original music and sound effects will be provided by Eric Porter and Carl Pickett.
The play tells the story of musicians, actors, and magicians traveling along the Chenango Canal, set in the 1870s, according to Barbara Gregson, proprietor of the Gregson Theater. She said it will be based on a tenth century Japanese legend of a musician being ambushed by pirates, who saves his own life with a musical performance.
"It's based on an old Japanese legend, tenth century, of a musician that was sitting in the harbor ... and all of a sudden he's attacked by pirates," she said. "He plays his beautiful song and they say, 'okay, you'll live.' And they leave him in peace."
The show is based on both the legend and historical research done by the performers and the Chenango County Historical Society. But, all characters in the show were invented and developed by the performers themselves, Gregson said.
"We're doing the research with the Historical Society. It's so cool to find out like what actors were traveling through here performing. Like real people, and who were the bandits. And that's how we're gonna write it," Gregson explained. "You're gonna do the research and we're gonna maybe give you some ideas, but you're gonna have to create your character."
Due to COVID-19 concerns and guidelines, officials ask that all audience members wear masks when in the Martin Kapel Theater, as it is an enclosed area. There will also only be 200 available seats at the show, to allow for proper social distancing.
Both shows are free to attend, but officials will be accepting voluntary donations at the door.
This project is made possible with public funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and administered by The Earlville Opera House.
The performances will take place at the Martin Kapel Theater of the Chenango Arts Council in Norwich, and are free to the public.
Performers include Barbara Gregson, Kathy Varadi, and Clark Vischi. Original music and sound effects will be provided by Eric Porter and Carl Pickett.
The play tells the story of musicians, actors, and magicians traveling along the Chenango Canal, set in the 1870s, according to Barbara Gregson, proprietor of the Gregson Theater. She said it will be based on a tenth century Japanese legend of a musician being ambushed by pirates, who saves his own life with a musical performance.
"It's based on an old Japanese legend, tenth century, of a musician that was sitting in the harbor ... and all of a sudden he's attacked by pirates," she said. "He plays his beautiful song and they say, 'okay, you'll live.' And they leave him in peace."
The show is based on both the legend and historical research done by the performers and the Chenango County Historical Society. But, all characters in the show were invented and developed by the performers themselves, Gregson said.
"We're doing the research with the Historical Society. It's so cool to find out like what actors were traveling through here performing. Like real people, and who were the bandits. And that's how we're gonna write it," Gregson explained. "You're gonna do the research and we're gonna maybe give you some ideas, but you're gonna have to create your character."
Due to COVID-19 concerns and guidelines, officials ask that all audience members wear masks when in the Martin Kapel Theater, as it is an enclosed area. There will also only be 200 available seats at the show, to allow for proper social distancing.
Both shows are free to attend, but officials will be accepting voluntary donations at the door.
This project is made possible with public funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and administered by The Earlville Opera House.
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