by Deitra Oliver Coming of age in early 19th-century Germany can seem like a distant and unrelatable setting to people living today. Spring Awakening bravely shows that the past is not so distant and that the struggles we face now are nothing new. Exploring themes of sexual discovery, abuse, mental health, and suicide, Spring Awakening shares the story of a group of teenagers as they journey through adolescence into young adulthood. Originally written as a stage play in 1891

by Stephen T. Kreal On Friday, November 14th, I went to see the opening night performance of The Love Song of J. Robert Oppenheimer, written by Carson Kreitzer. It was produced by Spotlight Theater Company in Lansdowne PA. Spotlight Theater is located in the Twentieth Century Club at 84 South Lansdowne Avenue. I had the pleasure of seeing “Misery”, their very first production at this new location, last year. The play was directed by Kelci Schlierf, and assistant-directed by

by Evelyn Passanante “Nothing is too wonderful to be true” at the Spotlight Theatre! Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, a musical written by Jeffery Lane with music and lyrics by David Yazbek, is a hit at a local community theater in Lansdowne, PA. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, an 11-time Tony nominated musical, based on the 1988 movie of the same name, is a comedy telling the story of two con men with the names of Lawrence Jameson and Freddy Benson, who begin to work together to swindle a

by Stephen T. Kreal On Sunday, November 17th, I saw the closing performance of “Misery”, produced by Spotlight Theater, performed at their new performance space at The Twentieth Century Club in Lansdowne, PA. The new space is quite nice and the acoustics are good. I had never been to a production by this theater company before, but they are now on my radar! The play is based on the 1987 novel of the same name by famed author Stephen King. The stage play script is written by