Special Needs Acting Troupe to Hold Special Performance for Community
July 8, 2016 | News
Troupe Working Towards Bringing Legally Blonde to Life
On Wednesday, August 3, at 10:00 a.m., the FREE Players, one-of-a-kind special needs theatre troupe within FREE embracing the talents of performers of all abilities, will be holding a special performance of their production of Legally Blonde, Jr. for members of their day programs and a number of local senior citizen groups. The special performance of Legally Blonde Jr. will provide the adult day services community the opportunity to see a full off-Broadway production. The performance will take place at the Bayway Arts Center at 265 East Main Street in East Islip, NY.
When:
Wednesday August 3, 2016
10:00 a.m.
Where:
Bayway Arts Center
265 East Main Street
East Islip, NY
***Great visuals as special needs actors and stagehands will be in full performance mode for the community***
The community will be greeted, handed their tickets, buy their concessions from the participants from the FREE Day Services Program Without Walls. The Bay Way Arts Center CEO Bob O’Neill has partnered with FREE not only to host on stage productions, but to support job training experiences in the theater.
Family Residences and Essential Enterprises, Inc. (FREE) FREE Players, in association with the BroadHollow Theatre Group at the Bayway Arts Center in East Islip, will proudly present their adaptation of the award- winning Broadway musical, and smash hit motion picture, Legally Blonde, Jr. on August 6 at 2pm and at 7pm. Performances are open to the public. Tickets can be purchase at www.thefreeplayers.com or by calling the box office at 516-495-3201
FREE and the non-for-profit BroadHollow Theatre Company are involved in mutually beneficial job training program wherein the theater receives valuable help with their day-to-day operations and the individuals supported by FREE gain valuable experience working in the community. As part of this partnership, persons with disabilities are offered the opportunity to explore and develop their full vocational potential.
About the BroadHollow Theatre Company
The mission of the BroadHollow Theatre Company is to fill each and every empty seat we have with a generation of new audiences offering them the shows they want to see when they want to see them. You have our commitment that we will:
- Continue to build on forty years of theatrical excellence
- Present shows for the entire family at affordable prices
- Provide entertaining and educational shows for our young audiences
- Extend a helping hand to those charitable organizations assisting the communities we serve
- Never rest on our success but will evaluate what we do and how we do it to ensure we’re here for generations to come
- Never take for granted those patrons, performers and staff who have made us who we are today
To purchase tickets and view a schedule of performances at Bayway Arts Center, a Theater owned by BroadHollow Theatre Company in East Islip, please visit: www.broadhollow.org. Supporting the theater enhances further development for the FREE Players as well as the Theater Arts Community.