January 2017

The Darley House, located across the street from Archmere Academy, has invited Art Teacher Terry Newitt to exhibit his artwork, along with selected works by his Archmere students. 

The reception is Friday, February 24th beginning at 5 PM with refreshments and live violin music by Archmere senior Conor McAvinue. The exhibition will continue on Saturday, February 25th from 11 AM -5 PM. 

Mr. Newitt's many paintings will be for sale, as well as raffle tickets for his watercolor rendering of Claymont's Old Stone Schoolhouse (located next door to the Darley House).

Rick Lyon Conducts Puppetry Workshop With Avenue Q: School Edition Cast

Rick Lyon, Professional Puppeteer, gave a workshop to the cast of Archmere Academy’s winter musical, Avenue Q: School Edition last week. Mr. Lyon designs and builds custom puppets, including the puppets used for the Tony Award-winning musical Avenue Q on Broadway, in London, and on tour nationally. Mr. Lyon, a resident of Bloomfield, NJ, designed the puppets and appeared in the original Broadway production of Avenue Q, which beat out Wicked to win the Tony Award for Best Musical in 2004. Other projects have included puppets for Comedy Central's Crank Yankers, puppets and props for Nickelodeon's Stick Stickly, television pilots for VH1, Nickelodeon, PBS, numerous industrials and home videos, and the live national tour of PBS's The Magic School Bus.

 

Filled with gut-busting humor and a delightfully catchy score, not to mention puppets, Avenue Q is a truly unique show that has quickly become a favorite for audiences everywhere. The Archmere cast had the privilege of learning from Mr. Lyon, working with the puppets that he created and designed himself. He introduced puppeteering skills to the Archmere students and worked with specific scenes and songs from the musical. The students learned with Rick's own handmade, original puppets to create unique characters with movements, gestures, and expressions. His company, The Lyon Puppets, built all of the puppets for Avenue Q, and Mr. Lyon also originated the roles of Nicky, Trekkie Monster, and other characters. Archmere's presentation of Avenue Q: School Edition will run the weekend of February 24th, 2017.

For photos of the workshop, click here.

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