We would like to extend special thanks to the following people:
Cameron Stringham
Christopher Michael McLamb
Matthew Becker
Dooney's Pub
Katie Frazer
Sarah McInerney
Siobhan O'Brien
Fern Ouellette
A special thanks go out to Ellie Esmond and Kate Flothmeier who put up with their husbands summer obsession.
The Burlington County Footlighters Board for their continued support and assistance of this program
DIRECTOR'S NOTES
While rehearsing A Man of No Importance, a first-year Intern asked a question regarding a particular scene: "Is this safe?"
We all had a good laugh.
Intern Co. is in its 12th year, and it's become an all-star team of creative young adults. If you've seen any of the area's high school or college productions, you may recognize some of the actors you're seeing tonight: isn't that Lumiere from Beauty and the Beast at Lenape? (Yes, and the Beast and Gaston, too!) Is that Gabrielle and Sharpay from High School Musical at Cinnaminson? Cinderella and the Wolf and Bert Barry and Ted Farley from the last several Holy Cross musicals? Wasn't that one girl in Curtains at Lafayette? Yes, yes and yes. Stars from Riverside HS, Cherry Hill West, Haddonfield Plays & Players, PYACT, Delran HS and more have come together to form this tremendous cast.
And there's more! Backstage we have musicians, designers, and technicians from Moorestown HS, Moore College of Art & Design, the Tom Savini Special Effects Program, William & Mary and more. Seeing them work together has been a thrill.
But Intern Co. is more than just a shared space for summer theatre. We laughed about whether the show was "safe" because Intern Co. shows have become anything BUT safe. Putting on a full-scale musical is difficult enough, but we added Irish accents, re-arranged every note of music for our Irish instruments, and handled some of the most challenging subject matter we have ever addressed.
The truth is that Alfie should not have attempted to stage Salome in a 1960's Dublin church hall...the play is too heavy, too scandalous...it just wasn't safe. But his dedication to the St. Imelda's Players enabled everyone to live in "the realm of the aesthetic," while they came to terms with who they were.
Alfie Byrne IS the Intern Co. He is surrounded by colleagues who want to tap dance or start rock bands, who wonder just how realistic stage blood should be. St. Imelda's may not be the Abbey Theatre, but Alfie Byrne believes in his performers, and in using theatre to "take the crude clay of real life and...transmute it into art." We hope you enjoy the show.
