09/04/2026
🎭Director Spotlight: Donna Lynn Murray🎭
🩵Our fearless leader! She simply shares that “Doing theatre’ is rewarding, period. Just like the line in A Chorus Line, I do it for love. It feeds my soul. This is a very accomplished and experienced cast but what surprised me the most, was how difficult it was to create a real person. We have usually done shows that are fantastical with bigger- than-life characters. Portraying real life people was very difficult. Thankfully we were able to watch many interviews of the people involved and our cast was able to study these to help develop their characters.
🩵She explains, “This show demonstrates that there are good people from all over the world. We tend to focus on the negative because we get bombarded through news media and social media with the misconception that we need to fear strangers and people that may not look or sound like we do. This show contradicts this premise and gives me hope for our world. I’ve never directed a show consisting of an ensemble cast before. I’ve acted in one and I remember how close we became as a cast. I hope this cast has had the same experience.
🩵She concludes, “I hope if anyone is interested in joining our group that you come talk to us. We love getting new people involved. There are so many ways to be involved from acting, set building, marketing, costuming, tech- lights, sound, music. It takes a village.”
