ArtsWest Summer Theater Conservatory Presents DARK OF THE MOON 8/20-23

ArtsWest's Summer Theater Conservatory presents DARK OF THE MOON for 5 performances only. Performed by students ages 12-16, this classic tragedy based on the folk song "Barbara Allen" runs August 20-23.

DARK OF THE MOON is a tragic play in the vein of Romeo and Juliet and Twilight, set in the Appalachian Mountains during the 1920s. The play centers around the character of John, a witch boy, who seeks to become human after falling in love with a human girl, the beautiful copper-haired Barbara Allen. John tells a Conjur Woman he will pay any amount and agree to any terms just so long as he can be with his mortal love. She agrees, and he marries Barbara Allen; if Barbara is faithful to him for a year, then John will remain a human. Meanwhile, the rest of Barbara's clan doesn't much approve of John, or Barbara's strange newborn baby.

2009 is the eighth year of ArtsWest's Summer Theater Education Programs. The nationally recognized ArtsWest Theater Conservatory is an intensive 7-week program where students learn theater skills as well as research history, politics, and art history based on National and Washington State standards. Daily classes in acting, text, movement, and script analysis taught by professional teaching artists and rehearsals of a classic play lead by an experienced artistic team, instill confidence, poise and communication skills for everyday life.

DARK OF THE MOON is made possible in part by Nucor Steel Seattle and The West Seattle Garden Tour.

About ArtsWest: ArtsWest produces artistic events so fiercely compelling that they require conversation, improve the imagination, and promote cultural vibrancy as a core value for the communities of West Seattle. Utilizing a 149-seat, 3/4 thrust theater and visual art gallery, ArtsWest has presented over 400 different performing arts productions and gallery exhibitions to over 200,000 visitors since 1999.Price: $12 (Under 25? Only $10!)

Where: ArtsWest Playhouse and Gallery
4711 California Avenue SW
Seattle, WA 98116
www.artswest.org

Box Office: (206) 938-0339

Photo by Nichole DeMent

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