WLYT Winter Production—
the Yellow Boat

The WLYT is producing The Yellow Boat to be performed in March 2012. This small-cast dramatic play is a great opportunity for students to stretch themselves and widen their range of experience. Students must be 12 years old by March 9th to audition for the show. The show will be directed by Cindy Beth Davis-Dykema, the director of past productions Alice in Wonderland, Skupper Duppers, and The Legend of Scarface and Bluewater for WLYT.

Rehearsal Schedule

The weekly rehearsal schedule is set and will continue as follows through the performance weekend:

Mondays and Wednesdays: 4:30 - 6:30 pm at Garden Room, City Hall
Thursdays: 4 - 6:30 pm at the Playhouse

If there are any changes cast and crew will be notified by email.

Performance Schedule

Performance dates are March 9 and 10, 7:30 pm at the Howmet Playhouse.

Questions?

Please contact Katie, the Playhouse Manager, or Cindy Beth Davis-Dykema, the director via the Contact Us form on this website.

Read letters* from Cindy Beth:

email sent Saturday, January 21

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More About the Play

The Yellow Boat by David Saar

A Scandinavian folksong tells of three little boats: "One was blue, one was red, and one was yellow as the sun. They sailed far out to sea. The blue one returned to the harbor. The red one sailed home too. But the yellow boat sailed up to the sun." Benjamin always concluded his bedtime ritual by saying, "Mom, you can be the red boat or the blue boat, but I am the yellow boat." This remarkable voyage of Benjamin was extensively developed and widely produced in America for several years, always to ovations.

The Yellow Boat is based on the true story of David and Sonja Saar's son, Benjamin, who was born with congenital hemophilia, and died in 1987 at the age of 8 of AIDS related complications. A uniquely gifted visual artist, Benjamin's buoyant imagination transformed his physical and emotional pain into a blaze of colors and shapes in his fanciful drawings and paintings.

The story of The Yellow Boat is a glorious affirmation of a child's life, and the strength and courage of all children. Recommended for children of age 8 and older, parents, families and adults. The content is highly imaginative and all actors must be willing to take big risks and draw on their creativity. The content is not in any way inappropriate or politically influenced, but rather, tells the story of a boy and his family and their beautiful journey through a short life.

(The story description is taken from the Good Reads website review.)

The cast consists of men and women (Flexible!) as follows: