MEETING NOTES

Mark Abram-Copenhaver, artistic director of the South Bend Civic Theatre, presented today’s program on his favorite subject – The South Bend Civic Theatre.  Mark discussed why theater matters to a community and how it engages members of the audience to empathize with the characters in the play and to experience other perspectives of the world. Mark also emphasized that the theater becomes the community’s storyteller.  In order to prove his point, he had cast members from “Fiddler on the Roof” illustrate how the characters engage the audience in the story line.  The Club was treated to wonderful performances of Jacob Medich as Tevya, Dawn Hagerty as Golda, Natalie McRae as Tzeitel, Sean Leyes as Madd, and Bree Heler as Hodel. 

To keep the Civic Theatre thriving – which is one of the top 10 civic theatres in the country – Chuck Gessert, Managing Director, encouraged the Club to support the Civic Theatre through donations, sponsorships, and subscribers to their productions. 

“Fiddler on the Roof” will be performed Friday and Saturday evenings at St. Pat’s Park and it is a marvelous production.  Don’t miss out!