Orange Players to hold auditions this month

'The Cemetery Club' to be staged

ORANGE - The Orange Players will hold auditions for "The Cemetery Club" by Ivan Menchell from 7-9 p.m. Nov. 19 and 20 at High Plains Community Center, 525 Orange Center Road.

The production is directed by Leo Meyer.

Everyone is welcome to become a part of the cast and crew. 

Performances will be held on the weekends of Jan. 25-26 and Feb. 1-2.

The story revolves around three Jewish widows who meet once a month to have tea before they go to visit their husbands’ graves.
Ida is sweet tempered and ready to begin a new life, Lucille is a feisty embodiment of the girl who just wants to have fun, and Doris is priggish and judgmental, particularly when Sam the butcher enters the scene.
Doris and Lucille squash the budding romance between Sam and Ida. They are stricken with guilt when this nearly breaks Ida’s heart.

“Funny, sweet-tempered and moving.” - The Boston Globe.

“An evening of pure pleasure that will make you glad you came to the theatre.” -Washington Journal Newspapers

Students drawn to Yale Art Gallery exhibits

Field trip funded by the Hulley Arts Foundation

Students in an after-school arts program at St. Mary-St. Michael School in Derby, Ct. view a variety of art forms at the Yale Art Gallery in New Haven, Ct.

The program was funded by a generous grant from the Jamie A. Hulley Fund for the Arts, based in Orange, Ct.

Valley Arts Council President Rich DiCarlo and Vice President Steve DiRienzo taught the classes. A total of 27 students participated in the popular program, and school officials hope to offer a similar program next year.

These boys are jotting down notes about what they experienced as they toured the gallery.


Photos by Rich DiCarlo