On Golden Pond April 5, 2013

The Player's Guild at the Festival Playhouse presents "On Golden Pond"

by Ernest Thompson

Directed by Charles Ault

The Player's Guild at the Festival Playhouse presents "On Golden Pond" April 5 - 20, playing Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $16 Fridays and Saturdays, $14 on Sundays for adults and are available by calling 303-422-4090. The Festival Playhouse is located at 5665 Olde Wadsworth Blvd in Arvada.

This is the love story of Ethel and Norman Thayer. He is a retired professor, nearing eighty. Ethel, ten years younger, delights in all the small things that continue to enrich their long life together. Time, they know, is against them after 48 summers on Golden Pond. Norman and Ethel face strained family relationships, the tragedies and blessings of growing older, and the gift of second chances with a lot of humor and heart. As they take care of grandson Billy they find out they have as much to learn as they do to teach in this heartwarming and poignant drama and, perhaps, discover another summer on Golden Pond.

Ernest Thompson wrote “On Golden Pond” at the age of twenty-eight. Although he cannot say exactly what inspired the play, he credits his boyhood summer lake trips to Maine with his family as a source of special memories. On Golden Pond was produced off Broadway in 1978. It was published the following year by Dramatists Play Service. Within six months, the play was in production on Broadway and soon in theaters across the United States. The film version earned him an Academy Award and opened numerous career doors for the young playwright.

The Player's Guild at the Festival Playhouse presents "On Golden Pond" - April 5 - 20, Fri\Sat at 7:30 p.m.; Sun at 2 p.m. Tickets are $16 Fri\Sat; $14 Sun. The Festival Playhouse, 5665 Olde Wadsworth Blvd. 303-422-4090 - www.festivalplayhouse.com - Appropriate for all ages.

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Charles Ault, Sr. started The Player Guild in 1936. Charley Ault, Jr., who now runs The Players Guild, begins its 77th year of production.