Oh I wonder wonder who, be-do-do who. Who wrote the book of love?? On Saturday February 21st, I attended the performance The Book of Love, A New Twist On Bewitched, written and directed by Craig Donnelly. The Book of Love tells the story of two teenagers who although come from very different worlds, fall madly in love. Of course there is drama because it wouldn’t be a love story without it, but in the end the couple live happily every after.
The cast and crew included several Manhattanville students including my dear friend Evelyn Flores and our very own Sean Harty, who played a teacher at Sunnyville High School. The cast and crew did a great job of keeping the audience engaged. The show was very audience interactive and I got the pleasure of sharing a slow dance with both Sean and the lead male, Emanuel Silva. Sean even called on me when asking his class, “what is good writing” Needless to say, I felt apart of the cast.
Although admission was $5.00, the money raised went to a good cause. All proceeds were used to support the Children’s Academy of Student Theater (CAST) and St. Jude Children's Hospital. CAST is a Duchesne Center program that focuses on education and youth development in drama and the arts. The St. Jude Children’s Hospital serves children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases.
Overall the performance was well done and laugh out loud funny. For those of you who missed the show this year, I hear it will be back again next spring.
Thank you for the post of the play Joan. This was my last play at Manhattanville so it was very emotional to assitant direct this play and see the cast do such a good job. This play menat the world to me and Im so happy that you enjoyed it and for an update we raised $725 for the kids so thank you!! Yeah Book of Love
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