THE HOBBIT produced by Hamilton-Gibson Productions by Barbara Biddison

BLOG by Barbara Biddison THE HOBBIT produced by Hamilton-Gibson ProductionsThe performances are over now. Including the one that was added to the final Sunday.  Audiences loved THE HOBBIT, and it was pretty clear that the actors loved being in this show. It is tempting to
praise the acting of specific cast members, but from leading roles such as Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf the Grey to Goblins and Elves......all were "right there" in character and movement and costume and presence throughout the show...which, I believe, is a tribute to director Cody Losinger AND a tribute to all the actors who worked to bring this show to life.

I was sitting during the show on the "stage left aisle" when one of those characters crawled up the steps just inches away from me.  He was "real" and I could feel his character's presence. The audience
seating for this show was on both sides of the room going up...up...up. Our theatre space is often "reconfigured" as the director decides how we should see and hear the show, and for this one we could see and hear everything AND we felt like we were in the middle of the whole story.
​Very effective.

The Hobbit was chosen to fit the calendar spot of Wellsboro's Comic Con with Pop's Culture Shoppe this year.  I'm sure that it served that purpose. Our little town was full of both visitors and people who live here. On that Saturday I was at the Gmeiner Art and Culture Center, and we believe that the huge crowd there for the opening of a gallery show was also, in part, spillover from the Comic Con event. 
What a day!!