How The String Queens Came to LOH and Taught Us All a Thing or Two
by Mike Hannigan
“Whoa, I’ve never been in here before.” It was a first grader, maybe second, walking down the left center aisle of Lebanon Opera House, the room fully opening up as the balcony receded overhead. The space was in showroom condition, newly renovated. Inside, the bright colors of winter jackets and knit hats mixed into the mad chaos of students and their shepherds filing in.
Outside, a steady snow fell, as it would for the next two days — a late-winter monkey wrench in a carefully planned week of performances,
teaching, camaraderie, and improvisation.
Minutes ago, the theater had been quiet and empty, and now it was full, the flat-nosed yellow buses having delivered their contents outside 51 North Park Street. It’s all a part of LOH’s Youth Education Series.