A local theater company is partnering with the public library for their upcoming show. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.
Silk Moth Stage, a small outdoor theater in Rockingham County where a front porch tucked back behind woods and farmland becomes the stage, kicks off its third season with "Underneath the Lintel." It's a one-person show about a librarian who sets off on a globe-trotting journey to solve the mystery of who checked out a book that was returned 113 years overdue.
AILI HUBER: The main character in the play is a librarian, and everyone here at Silk Moth Stage are all big library nerds, and so we wanted to find a way to celebrate the library as part of our show.
Aili Huber, founder and artistic director of Silk Moth Stage, said the show includes several activities coordinated with Massanutten Regional Library – including library card sign-ups on Saturday, a love note-writing table to local librarians, and a library employee appreciation night on Sunday with discounted tickets.
HUBER: We are really interested in making sure that everybody has access to art regardless of their physical ability, economic ability, caregiver status … and I think that's a big piece of the library's core mission as well. The library says, it doesn't matter who you are. You should have access to beautiful books and the internet and passes for our local museums and just a friendly place to go.
The show runs May 10 - 12 and 17 - 19, and each evening features live music before the performance.
