Lycoming College announces its summer theatre season, which will bring three different productions to the Mary L. Welch Theatre during the month of June.

Ancestral Voices opens the season on June 7 and runs through June10. The play is by A. R. Gurney who wrote Love Letters and Sylvia, both of which were produced by Lycoming within the last several years. Ancestral Voices is directed by Dr. Fredric Wild and will include Darren Hengst, a recent Lycoming College graduate, as Eddie, Michael Person and Angelique Caffrey as his parents, and Garret Tinsman and Dorothy Maples as the grandparents.

June 14-17, a musical revue, Starting Here, Starting Now, directed by Dr. Robert F. Falk, takes the stage. The revue features Jennifer Desmond Wilson, Bernadette Ulrich (a recent Lycoming College graduate, and Darren Hengst. Musical accompaniment will be provided by Douglas Barclay on piano, Chalie Holmes on bass and Lou Feist on drums.

The final production, June 21-24, is Wenceslas Square by Larry Shue, put on by the Off-Broadway Metropolitan Playhouse. Wenceslas Square is directed by David Zarko and features Mary Ethel Schmidt, a Lycoming College alumna who has appeared in summer theatre productions from time to time.

All evening performances start at 7:30 p.m., Sunday matinees are at 2 p.m. The Mary L. Theatre is on the Lycoming College campus and is air conditioned.

Tickets are $ 27 for the season, $10 for individual performances. For reservations, call the Mary L. Welch Theatre box office (570) 321-4048. The summer box office opens May 29 and will be open from 10 to 3, Monday through Friday.

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Contact: maplesd@lycoming.edu