New Lopez Company Stages One-Act Plays

Sweet Dudes Productions will present two one-act plays on Saturday and Sunday, August 21 and 22 at the Lopez Grange. The company will stage The Lesson by Eugene Ionesco and Victoria Station by Harold Pinter, works that share a certain sense of the macabre.

The event marks the first production of the fledgling company, which was created by a group of eight graduates of Lopez High School (class of 2003). All the members were involved in the school’s Drama Club. After going off to college or traveling around for the past year, many of them are home for the summer.

Laine Nichols said the credit for suggesting the reunion production goes to Alia Dumond, who has been taking drama classes in college.

“It seemed like a good idea, and we’re all excited about it,” Nichols said.

The name “Sweet Dudes” was an obvious choice, being the in-language name that the close-knit student actors gave themselves. Besides Nichols and Dumond, members of the company are Brooke Brouwer, Molly Fay, Nicole Malinoff, Sarah Muska, Nicole O’Bryant, and Emily Wyss. Dumond will direct The Lesson, and Wyss will direct Victoria Station.

As students, the actors acted and directed with the guidance of Alan DiBona. Nichols said they haven’t yet asked DiBona for help with these plays, but that as opening night approaches they may call upon him for advice.

Performances will be at the Lopez Grange, Saturday, August 21 at 7:30pm, and Sunday, August 22 at 3:00pm and 7:30pm. Admission is by donation.

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