From staff reports
It was a year ago this week when the Mid-Ohio Valley Players, like other community theater groups, was forced to shut its doors due to the pandemic.
Yet to continue to bring theater to the valley and give local actors, directors and technicians an opportunity to practice their craft, the group created its social distance theater, WMOVP Radio Theatre, an online presentation of vintage radio shows.
The theater group will present its 20th production of WMOVP Radio at 7 p.m. today with a sci-fi double feature, two episodes from the classic radio series “X minus One.”
First is “The Veldt,” an adaptation of the Ray Bradbury short story by the same name. It is a suspenseful look at what happens when a family provides everything for their children, except love.
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Natasha Allen plays Patty in the WMOVP Radio Theatre production of “The Veldt.” The online show starts at 7 p.m. today. (Image Provided)
MARIETTA It was a year ago this week when the Mid-Ohio Valley Players, like other community theater groups, was forced to shut its doors due to the pandemic.
Yet to continue to bring theater to the valley and give local actors, directors and technicians an opportunity to practice their craft, the group created its social distance theater, WMOVP Radio Theatre, an online presentation of vintage radio shows.
The theater group will present its 20th production of WMOVP Radio at 7 p.m. today with a sci-fi double feature, two episodes from the classic radio series “X minus One.”
ebevins@newsandsentinel.com Patrons take their seats before Sunday’s performance of “And Then There Were None” at the Mid-Ohio Valley Players Theater in Marietta. (Photo by Evan Bevins) Mid-Ohio Valley Players volunteer usher Robin Parsons, left, takes the temperature of Parkersburg resident David Sommerville as he and his wife, Lynn, arrive at the Marietta theater for Sunday’s matinee performance of “And Then There Were None.” (Photo by Evan Bevins) Patrons arrive at the Mid-Ohio Valley Players Theater in Marietta Sunday for a matinee performance of “And Then There Were None.” (Photo by Evan Bevins)
Mid-Ohio Valley Players volunteer usher Robin Parsons, left, takes the temperature of Parkersburg resident David Sommerville as he and his wife, Lynn, arrive at the Marietta theater for Sunday’s matinee performance of “And Then There Were None.” (Photo by Evan Bevins)
From staff reports
MARIETTA Pandemic or no pandemic, the show will go on at the Mid-Ohio Valley Players on Friday with a free online presentation of a classic “Father Knows Best” radio Christmas show.
WMOVP Radio Theatre, the series created earlier this year when theaters in Ohio were closed because of the response to COVID-19, will present the family-friendly episode at 8 p.m. Friday on Zoom.
To view the live performance, go to https://mariettacollege.zoom.us/j/93626779110, or call in to hear the audio at 301 715-8592 or 312 626-6799. The webinar ID is 936 2677 9110.
Mid-Ohio Valley Players, because of the restrictions caused by the pandemic, is grateful to be able to continue to bring family entertainment to residents.