Summer theater camp production planned
Lila Parks (Ivy Enoch, third from left) must contend with the lyrical riddles of the Imps as she searches the realms of her own imagination in this year’s Mt. Blue Music Boosters Summer Theater Camp production, Blurred Lines and Ivy Vine, written and directed by Emily Pottle. Show times are 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday, July 30 and 31, at the Mt. Blue High School Auditorium in Farmington. Also pictured (left to right) are Sarah Wade, Sarita Crandall, Enoch and Sully Jackson. (Zoë Hardy photo)
FARMINGTON — Fans of theater, music and dance will all find something to enjoy in Mt. Blue Music Boosters’ Summer Theater Camp production of Blurred Lines and Ivy Vines, but the story speaks to anyone who has gone or will go through the difficult transition of youth to adulthood, said a spokesperson for the camp.
The story follows 14-year-old Lila Parks (Ivy Enoch), a ninth-grade girl facing all the perils of ninth-grade girlhood, as she’s given the chance to revisit the world created by her imagination during her life. She has a lot of forgotten friends there, like a once beloved Barbie doll (Patty Brady) and first imaginary playmate (Grace McIntosh), and just as many enemies, like the monster from under her bed (Thomas Marshall) and her idealized vision of a bully classmate (Sophia Bunnell). Fans of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland and Charles Dickens’A Christmas Carol will appreciate some familiar themes in this tale where Lila must decide what things she’ll need from this childhood world to move on —and which she must learn from and leave behind.
The two-act play was written by camp director Emily Pottle, a life-long Farmington resident and current UMF student. Thirty-five talented and dedicated local young folk make up the colorful cast, and their two weeks of steady hard work and heart are certain to show through in their performance, said the spokesperson.
Blurred Lines and Ivy Vines will run two nights: Friday, July 30 and Saturday, July 31 at 7 p.m. at the Mt. Blue High School auditorium. Tickets will be on sale at the door for $4 for children and students, $6 for adults and seniors.











