So excited!

This article will be published in the Milford Cabinet next Thursday December 18th. I am so pumped!!


The Best Christmas Pageant Ever : The true meaning of Christmas
By Janine Leffler
Get ready for a hilarious family Christmas theatre event as the Milford Area Players and Riverbend Community Players put on their joint performance of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. This play is based on the best selling children’s book by Barbara Robinson which tells the story of how the troublemaking Herdman children get involved in the annual church Christmas pageant. The townspeople, knowing the Herdman clan, brace for a disastrous play. In the end they find the true meaning of Christmas. According to her website biography Robinson’s book was inspired by her small town community of Portsmouth, Ohio. Both her family as well as the local people in her town, including, children, school teachers and local heroes all helped spurred her imagination for the story.
The show is directed by Vick Bennison and Robin Lacroix. Their reason for selecting this show was the size of the cast and the fact that it combines adults and children. The cast consists of local area actors from the Souhegan Valley Area. They combine their talents to put on a heartwarming and funny performance which includes a lot of holiday music.
Nine year old Natalie Petersen, a fourth grader at Wilkins Elementary School in Amherst plays Gladys Herdman. This is her first show with Riverbend Youth Company and she finds the most challenging parts to be memorizing lines and blocking. She looks forward to having all her friends come see the show. Her mother Meg Petersen, also performing in the show, has enjoyed seeing her daughter’s character grow.
For Michelle Emmond the most fulfilling thing about this show has been getting to work with people she has worked with on previous shows as well as acting with students she directs in Amherst Middle School.
The show runs Dec 19-21st at the Amato Center for The Performing Arts at the Boys and Girls Club in Milford. Shows are at Dec 19 and 20th at 8pm and December 20th and 21st at 2pm. Tickets are $7.00 for students and seniors and $12.00 for adults.