Hans Brinker And The Silver Skates

girls race for the silver skates

The Arden Theatre Company, located at 40 N 2^nd Street, is presenting the electrifying World Premiere of HANS BRINKER AND THE SILVER SKATES on the F. Otto Haas stage through January 31, 2016. Upon entering the theatre and finding their seats, both adult members of the audience and children seeing this presentation of the Arden Children’s Theatre are mesmerized first by the striking sight of five whirling windmills and second by a stage that appears to be a sheet of ice.  Scenic Designer Davis P. Gordon has done an incredible job of recreating a set of the frozen canals of 19^th century Holland, replete with falling snowflakes. Hans Brinker (Brian Ratcliffe) and Gretel Brinker (Lauren Hirte), two poor teenagers who have only hand carved wooden skates, are ridiculed by most of the neighborhood teens until Heidi van Gleck (Ciji Prosser) and Peter van Holp (Matteo Scammell) befriend them. Hans and Gretyl join local boys and  girls as they enter a skating contest to win a pair of silver skates. The race is nerve-racking as first the girls, then the boys skate around the stage, exit, re-enter, and circle again .When skaters change the lead in each lap, the uncertainty has the audience cheering on their favorites. Make sure you see this incomparable world premiere by Laura Eason. Children and adults alike are exhilarated by this astounding production. For more information or tickets, call 215-922-1122 or visit online at www.ardentheatre.org.

JAMAICA FAREWELL

Debra Ehrhardt

AWARD-WINNING

JAMAICA FAREWELL

MAKES  PHILADELPHIA PREMIERE

AT THE ANNENBERG CENTER ON JUNE 13

FOR TWO PERFORMANCES ONLY!

In honor of the first annual Immigrant Heritage month this June, Jamaica Cultural Alliance in association with Annenberg Center Live is excited to present the award-winning and internationally acclaimed play, FAREWELL JAMAICA, written and performed by Debra Ehrhardt and directed by Joel Zwick.  Based on true life events, Ehrhardt chronicles her escape from revolution-torn Jamaica in the 1970’s to fulfill her dream of coming to America. It was when she working as a secretary and met a handsome CIA agent over a lunch break that she saw her chance.  She began a dangerous adventure that only a single-minded driven teenager might pursue.  She agreed to smuggle a million US dollars into the US to a mysterious person somewhere in Miami; the smitten agent became her unknowing accomplice. JAMAICA FAREWELL is Debra Erhardt’s third one-woman show.  She is currently adapting it for the big screen.  Performances are scheduled for Saturday June 13^th at 5:30 pm and 8:00 pm.  Tickets are available at AnnenbergCenter.org or by calling 215-898-3900.  The Annenberg Center is located at 3680 Walnut Street.