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“Children of Eden” Sure To Impress Audiences
By Janine Leffler

Rehearsals for the Amherst PTA Play, “Children of Eden” have been in full swing for three months now. The cast, which contains a mixture of seasoned and new performers, looks forward to putting on heartwarming performances for all audiences.

There can many challenges to be apart of a cast of a musical. First time performer, Jack Kane is a sixth grade student at Amherst Middle School. For him being in this show has been a real learning experience. In comparison to other shows he has done he finds the biggest challenge about this production to be scheduling and alot of late rehearsals.

One challenge that Dave Ostrowski who plays Cain has faced is “Cain is not really mentioned very much in the bible so we had to improvise a lot for this character.”
John Ogdodwyck who typically leads an orchestra is now playing the leading role of Father. He finds this experience to contrast differently, “When you’re directing an orchestra you’re one on one with the audience. This is live action. You’re trying to portray so much more on the stage.”

Learning lines can always be a difficult thing for any actor but these actors take this difficulty in stride using various methods. These methods include listening to them in the car on the way to work, going over them with family members and listening to the soundtrack

When asked what the best part of playing their characters is, Jack Kane and Dave Ostrowski share similar sentiment in saying that emotion is a key factor. Kane’s character is a storyteller. “The fun part about being a storyteller is exaggerating feelings because there are no limits to the emotions you can portray.” Ostrowski enjoys the following about playing Cain “This character portrays a lot of great emotional depth and that has been the best thing about playing it.”

Overall the most fulfilling thing for director Alan Kaplan has been being connected to the story and bringing it to life. Jack Kane has enjoyed this experience as well. “It’s been a really fun show to work on. I really like the cast and all the new friends I have made in the process.”

The cast is looking forward to putting on the performance for audiences. Performances of Children of Eden are April 10-13th at the Souhegan High School Theatre. Show times are 7:00pm on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evening and 2pm on Saturday and Sunday afternoon. Come out and enjoy the show!


This article did not end up being published because of a miscommunication with my manager at the Cabinet.