The UP Guys, Bubblemania, Henry V, and Elvis!
From the David A. Howe Library,
This Thursday July 18— Elvis comes to Music on the Lawn! Don’t miss Terry Buchwald’s annual concert starting at 7pm.
Also on Thursday July 18- Nels and Richie make up the UP Guys Comedy Variety Show, and they will be gracing the stage of the Nancy Howe Auditorium for your entertainment!
These gentleman have trained extensively with Broadway and Circ du Soleil trainers and have been defying gravity as performers for over 20 years! Everyone is welcome to this family friendly, side-splittingly funny comedy, juggling, singing & impersonation act! This event is free and open to the public!
Bubblemania! is coming back to the Nancy Howe Auditorium stage, this summer on Wednesday, July 24, at 7 p.m.
Join Doug Rougeux as he astounds and amuses with his amazing bubble creations. This interactive show features music, fun, and soap bubbles that can sometimes fit an entire human inside! Doug’s engaging show will delight children and adults alike.
Doug is a graduate of The University of Buffalo and The Ringling’s Bros. Clown College, and he spent 2 years clowning with The Greatest Show On Earth. His talents have taken him to Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Canada, and 41 of the 50 States. He has performed with touring theatres, circuses, symphony orchestras, an opera company and has made bubbles on the roof of the Arc D’Triumph in Paris.
This program is free and open to everyone.
The David A. Howe Library welcomes Shake on the Lake! back to their front lawn this summer, on Wednesday, July 31, at 6:30 p.m. The company will perform their interpretation of Shakespeare’s Henry V, with only 5 actors taking on the play’s 40 roles. There will be live music before the show begins.
This performance is free and open to the public and lasts approximately 90 minutes with no intermission. Attendees are encouraged to bring blankets and lawn chairs for this outdoor performance. In case of inclement weather, the show will be in the Nancy Howe Auditorium inside the library.
“Let us…on your imaginary forces work.” This line from the Prologue of Henry V by William Shakespeare says it all: Shake on the Lake approaches staging these 400+ year old works through fast, fun, and physical spectacle by our stellar company of professional actors and designers!
Henry V is a story of a reluctant leader, one who is thrust into a position of power, rebels against it, but ultimately sees the importance of self-sacrifice for the people and the good of the nation. With the help of friends, foes, and ghosts from the past, including the comic knight, Sir John Falstaff, Henry V takes us on journey through English history against their bitter foe, France, culminating in Henry’s infamous St. Crispin’s Day speech before the historic Battle of Agincourt.
The Chorus, or ever-present narrative device of the play, lends this story to simple, performer-driven spectacle. We will embrace this idea of “imaginary forces” with our staging of this great history play, performed by five actors, doubling and tripling roles, enhanced by professional design elements. Henry V will be a theatrical tour de force.
*Support for Shake on the Lake is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. Additional support by the Arts Council for Wyoming County, GOArt, The Mary Conable & Norman Gayford Charitable Fund, the Conable Family Foundation, and the Ralph C. Wilson Arts & Cultural Initiative.
