Menolly is a gifted musician, but in her village girls do not become harpers. When Menolly creates a song, she receives harsh punishment for doing so and runs away. A dragonrider on patrol takes her to the dragonrider's village, where Menolly meets Tirolt, there from her own village for the upcoming dragon hatching. She encourages Tirolt in his desire to be a dragonrider, but begs him to keep her identity a secret so she won't be sent home.
Performances at Lansing's Riverwalk Theatre: Friday April 23 & 30, 7:00 pm; Saturday April 24 & May 1, 2:00 and 4:30 pm; Sunday April 25 & May 2, 2:00 pm. Call 517-482-5700 for tickets, or use the Riverwalk Theatre website and PayPal to purchase tickets online. Riverwalk does do reserved seating, so don't wait till the last minute to buy tickets!
Co-Directors: Morgan Lees and Michael Grow. Assistant Director: Audrey Fisher. Stage Manager: Paul Bourne; Assistant Stage Manager: Liam Shaffer. Running crew supervisors: Costumes: Laurel Domino; Makeup: Lisa Lees; Props: Karyn Thrush; Set Construction: Dean Shaffer, with design work by William Minihan; Lights and Sound: Chris VanZwoll. Props crew will work with Reach Studio Art Center to make fire lizard puppets for the show.
The script (Anchorage Press Plays, P.O. Box 2901, Louisville KY 40201-2901) is an adaptation by Irene Elliott of Anne McCaffrey's book Dragonsong, one of a long series about the planet Pern. (Also check out the music by Anne McCaffrey, Tania Opland and Mike Freeman!) Produced by All-of-us Express Children's Theatre in cooperation with Lansing's Riverwalk Theatre.
