A Light in the Storm Brightens up the Bushnell November 1
OCTOBER 8, 2002 HARTFORD, CT - The Bushnell Children's Theatre Series, sponsored by People's Bank, opens with a thrilling new adaptation of Newbury Award-winning author Karen Hesse's A Light in the Storm. This coming of age story makes its appearance at The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts' Belding Theater November 1, 2002 at 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Tickets are $8.50 and are available at The Bushnell Box Office, located at 166 Capitol Avenue in Hartford or by calling (860) 987-5900. Tickets are also available online at www.bushnell.org. Groups of 10 or more may contact (860) 987-5959.
Teenager Amelia "Wickie" Martin has the important job of helping to tend a lighthouse in the border state of Delaware as the Civil War breaks out. Set on Fenwick Island in 1861, Wickie dreams of the day when she may be given a lighthouse of her own. For now, she assists her father in his duties and keeps watch each night with only her thoughts and diary for company. In addition to her duties at the lighthouse, she teaches school to children on the mainland where the threat of war is even more prevalent. The children are not immune to the political climate of the day and Wickie finds herself mediating their arguments while trying to come to terms with her own views on slavery, secession, and the imminent war.
Share Wickie's innermost thoughts and feelings as she struggles to determine her place in a crumbling world. As the nation deteriorates towards war, tensions flare in Wickie's family, pulling them apart. A Light in the Storm explores Wickie's coming of age in a time when nothing is constant and the future unknown.
About The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts The Bushnell is Connecticut's premier performing arts center, hosting more than 450 events yearly, including major Broadway tours, symphony orchestras, family presentations, local arts and community events. In November 2001, The Bushnell completed a $45 million expansion project that added a second, 908-seat theater to the existing historic structure. The new, state-of-the-art performance hall allows for expanded arts, entertainment and community offerings. The Bushnell's nationally-recognized arts-in-education program, PARTNERS (Partners in Arts and Education Revitalizing Schools), is a cross-community educational effort serving 40 schools in 17 districts throughout the Greater Hartford area. The Bushnell opened in January 1930 and is a non-profit organization.