ArtsWest Summer Theater Conservatory presents Dark of the Moon, performed by students ages 12-16, this classic tragedy based on the folk song “Barbara Allen” runs August 20-23.
DARK OF THE MOON is a tragic play in the vein of Romeo and Juliet and Twilight, set in the Appalachian Mountains during the 1920s. The play centers around the character of John, a witch boy, who seeks to become human after falling in love with a human girl, the beautiful copper-haired Barbara Allen. John tells a Conjur Woman he will pay any amount and agree to any terms just so long as he can be with his mortal love. She agrees, and he marries Barbara Allen; if Barbara is faithful to him for a year, then John will remain a human. Meanwhile, the rest of Barbara’s clan doesn’t much approve of John, or Barbara’s strange newborn baby.
ArtsWest Theater Conservatory is an intensive 7-week program where students learn theater skills as well as research history, politics, and art history based on National and Washington State standards. Please support it.
Tickets to this performance are just $12 (or $10 if you’re under 25). For tickets and more info, visit www.artswest.org.
