Darren Michael Hengst, a 1999 Lycoming graduate now studying
theatre at the University of Illinois, has a long list of Welch Theatre
credits, including featured roles in Into the Woods, The Foreigner,
The Secret Garden, The Fantasticks, Life With Father,
and Lend Me a Tenor. At the University of Illinois, he has
starred in The Stairs to the Roof, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, and
The Threepenny Opera.
Jason Moyer, a Lycoming College graduate, has appeared locally with
the Scottish Rite Players, Community Theatre League, Custom Taylored
Productions, and Millbrook Playhouse. He has been seen in Anything
Goes, Cinderella, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and
in Run for Your Wife. Moyer is a member of the Williamsport Choir
and Orchestra and performs throughout the area as a soloist.
Jennifer Desmond Wilson is a frequent performer on the Welch stage.
Last summer she was seen in Starting Here, Starting Now and, in
past summers, she has had major roles in Carousel, The Secret
Garden, and A Little Night Music.
Tara Oakley and Alexis Dow are May graduates of Lycoming College.
Both are familiar to Welch Theatre audiences. Most recently Oakley and
Dow were in Communicating Doors, My Sister in This House,
Crimes of the Heart and the Great American Backstage Musical. Dow
was Ophelia in Fortinbras and Ethel in Peg O'My Heart.
Oakley has been seen in The Foreigner and A View from the
Bridge.
Although Mark Lingenfelter makes his Welch Theatre directing debut
with Some Enchanted Evening, has been working in theatre
as a performer, director, choreographer, and theatre educator. He holds
a degree in musical theatre from Catawba College and just finished a run
in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at Blatt's
Dinner Theatre in Kutztown.
Musical Director Jacquie Engel has more than 60 productions to her
credit at the Community Theatre League, Scottish Rite and several area
high schools.
Tickets are available at the Mary L. Welch Theatre Box Office,
570-321-4048, Monday -Friday, 10 - 3 p.m. or at the door. The theatre is
air-conditioned.
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