Contributed photo “The Portrait of Rena,” front left, with the rest of the cast of “Better Half Dead”: Roxan Schwartz as Rena, front right; back, from left, Marty Courtney as Stanley, Marylou Ambrose as Jodi and Tony Schwartz as Dermot. Paul Podolsky, who plays Gerald, was absent for the photo.

Portrait co-stars in Lakeside Players’ comedy/thriller

LAKEVILLE, PA—The Lakeside Players’ fall production, “Better Half Dead,” by Joan Torres, opens Friday, October 21 at their regular venue, Community Hall on Route 590. But the drama surrounding the production of this twisty comedy/thriller began unfolding long before The Lakeside Players started rehearsals last month in Lakeville.

“We’ve had this play on the shelf for at least five years,” Tony Schwartz, co-founder of the theater company said. “But we wanted to be sure our actors—and our audiences—were ready for it.”

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Remember the classics

‘Fanny and Alexander’ (1982)

Certainly one of the most reflective and intensely personal films ever made, Ingmar Bergman’s “Fanny and Alexander” demands to be watched. If the viewer cannot be convinced of its brilliance, it must be said, at least, that it forces us to look back at how we came to be the people that we are.

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Three decades chronicling the river valley

NARROWSBURG, NY—The River Reporter will throw a party from 8:00 p.m. to 12:00 midnight on Saturday, October 15 at The Eldred Preserve on Route 55 in Eldred. The party will mark The River Reporter’s 30th year chronicling the affairs of the Upper Delaware River Valley.

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Other stories in this issue:

• CineArt screens ‘Junebug’
• Fiddlin’ around
• Malachy McCourt to spin yarns at Seelig
• Harvest Days’ new contests attract local competitors
• A history of outhouses
• Best chili and scarecrow chosen at closing Harvest Festival