KItty Drexel,
New England Theatre Geek
WINTER PANTO 2021:
THE PANTO GAMES
In winter 2020, maginary beasts’ audiences voted for which Panto tale they’d most like to see in 2021...The results came in...And then COVID swept across the land, threatening to shut theaters down and put an end to our Winter Pantos for good!
(BOO, HISS!)
Did we give in? NO! We pulled together, worked together, and we learned a lot: how to perform in front of green screens (that were installed in our living rooms, bathrooms, kitchens); how to maximize Zoom and other technologies; and -- above all else -- how to provide our annual Panto-tainment despite it all!
When it came time to create the script, although LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD turned out to be the popular choice, inspiration took me down a different woodland path...The PANTO GAMES -- a VIRTUAL PANTO -- was born!
You can watch the
PANTO PROLOGUE below.
We sent this out to all registered Zoom participants in advance
of the live event!
