West Reading’s Adam Richter a winner in rising playwright levels of competition [Spotlight] | Residing

“Eye Speak to,” a engage in prepared by Adam Richter of West Looking at, has been named 1 of six profitable entries in the 2020 Phillips’ Mill Rising Playwright Level of competition.

Richter, the digital news editor at the Studying Eagle, explained “Eye Get hold of” as a satirical reimagining of the myth of Medusa and Perseus, employing the familiar tale to examine what it suggests to be a hero.

The juried level of competition, in its 3rd yr, captivated playwrights from a 100-mile radius of the New Hope-based Phillips’ Mill Group Affiliation, receiving the greatest variety of 50 submissions properly in advance of the deadline. 

The judges pointed out that whilst people today have been crafting more this year due to the pandemic, the interest in this competitors was specifically solid.

“The term is out that Phillips’ Mill presents emerging playwrights an prospect to have their operate critiqued by expert judges and study by actors in a are living setting,” reported Valerie Eastburn, chair of drama at Phillips’ Mill Neighborhood Association.

“The quality of the operate this year was seriously extraordinary,” additional Judy Halberg, who judged the opposition together with John Augustine and James Schiffer. “We glance ahead to presenting the get the job done this spring on the picturesque grounds of the Phillips’ Mill in New Hope, Pa.” 

In prior several years, the plays were being carried out in the historic mill. Because the timeline for the return of secure indoor gatherings continues to be unsure, the committee is setting up a springtime out of doors party.

Music

Pupils at Muhlenberg Higher College are not letting digital discovering cease them from sharing their musical performances with the public. With the assistance of Bill Snelling, the school’s director of choral and vocal tunes, they have been releasing tunes from their Winter Live performance every single Tuesday on their YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/channel/UC0rMtriOf65zf94Sz_DxiyA.

“For the reason that we have been digital due to the fact the begin of the college yr, these recordings are the initially option our pupils have experienced to truly hear the total ensemble,” Snelling said in an e-mail. “It is just not feasible to operate open rehearsals on Zoom. I do have rehearsals exactly where I operate by means of the tracks and college students can ask for clarification but even though singing, all pupils are on mute.”

Snelling added that they plan to develop and launch added tracks that he has chosen for the school’s New music Competition, which usually is held on the 1st Saturday in March to celebrate “Songs In Our Colleges” month.