Local singers go voice-to-voice in Smyrna’s Got Voice II
The 12 singers have been chosen and the judges are getting ready for the first night of competition in Smyrna’s Got Voice II. The “American Idol”-esque competition’s first night of three is at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 13, at the Smyrna Opera House, corner of South and Main streets.
Voices from Smyrna, Wilmington and Townsend are going up against local competitors, including Tara Capello of Camden, Gail Clemens of Wyoming, Stephen Hailey of Dover, Rashawn King of Dover, Dawn Read of Dover and Kelle Washington of Dover. Audience members will play a key role in deciding the fate of our local talent as the audience decides who moves on to the next round; the judges only vote in the event of a tie.
Admission is $10 in advance, $12 at the door.
For more information, call 653-4236 or visit www.smyrnaoperahouse.org.
Writer’s life provides dramatic fodder for production
Playwright Aphra Behn’s life was as dramatic as her plays. The Wesley College Department of Literature and Languages presents “Love Arm’d, Aphra Behn and Her Pen,” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, at the Schwartz Center for the Arts. Actress and writer Karen Eterovich wrote the production that focuses on Aphra Behn as she prepares to leave her live-in lover John Hoyle. Behn curses him by making him remember everything about her. This rendering of Behn’s turbulent life and times reconfigures her work into a dramatic confrontation, highlighting her conflicting emotions as she contends with sexuality, faithlessness, and disease.
Admission is free.
