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PRIORITIES: (From left) Allison Nusbaum, Mike Brennan, Carolyn Popp and Mark James tackle family dynamics, marriage and aging in Surflight Theatre’s current show. (Photos by John Posada)
Folks attending Surflight Theatre’s current show, “On Golden Pond,” will see a wonderful play, written by a 28-year-old Ernest Thompson in 1978, who snagged an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screen Play when it was made into a 1981 film starring Henry Fonda in his last movie role as well as Katherine Hepburn and Jane Fonda. It runs through Oct. 5.
The play is a love story, between Norman Thayer (David Sitler), a crusty retired college professor who is 80 years old, and his wife of many years,…
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