On Golden Pond - The Play - Pitman's Freightroom
 

If you liked the movie "On Golden Pond", you owe it to yourself to see the play. It has been presented in Laconia since July 3 and will close on August 12'th. Information at http://pitmansfreightroom.com/Performers/OnGoldenPond/OnGoldenPondPage.htm

What a treat! It is directed by the original writer, Earnest Thompson, who also plays Charlie "the mailman", and does a fantastic job. If you frequent Heath's supermarket, in Center Harbor, you may recognize those playing the leading roles of Norman and Ethel.

The venue is Pitman's Freight Room, near the rotary of downtown Laconia. This whole function hall is decorated to be the Thayer's lake house and it feels as if you are sitting in the cottage among them.

Before the show, the guy who wrote the play 34 years ago comes out to talk about its history and, at least last night, the actors stayed on stage after the play to answer questions. That part was amazing!

It feels very special to see this lakes region icon directed by the author. You can even see his Oscar award for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium. I picked up the Oscar and wow is it heavy. The only let down is to learn that the lake he was thinking about when writing the play is actually across the border in Maine, not Squam where the film was shot.

We went with some friends and loved it. I highly recommend it too.

Norman and Ethel were perfectly cast for the part. Billy Ray was great too. Don't miss it.

We have Katherine Hepburn to thank for the film being shot in NH. She convinced the director that it was the better choice. She also attended a town meeting that swayed the townspeople into allowing the film to be shot on Squam Lake. If you have a newer version of the DVD there is bonus material that you can watch which talks about this. There is a lot of behind the scenes stuff as well as conversations with the actors, the director and the playwright/screenplay writer.

I 2nd this play!
 

A large group of friends visited Winni from Virginia and asked us if we had a interest in attending. Boy am I glad it was recommened to us. It was one of the best things we did!! All actors did a great job especially Charlie, The young Boy (blonde boy as there may be a couple that play this part) and Norman! I only wish I had brought my DVD cover for a autograph.

That's Jordan Puzzo, from Derry, and his folks have a place in Meredith. Great kid, and a great family.

We saw it last night and it was great. After the show Ernest Thompson hosted a Q&A that was also very interesting. I would highly recommend.

We saw it last night; four thumbs up! The couple that play Norman and Ethel were phenomenal, and Ernest was wonderful as Charlie. We stayed for the Q & A and were very happy that we did. Ernest Thompson is a charismatic individual.

FOUR MORE PERFORMANCES! Highly recommend seeing it!

can you buy tix at the door, or do you have to buy them ahead of time?

I bought mine ahead of time; link is below. I was behind people in line who were purchasing tickets at the door.

http://ongoldenpond.org/Home_Page.html

thanks wm.

On Golden Pond
 

I saw the performance in Holderness last summer (August 2011) and it was outstanding! We ladies had dinner at Walter's Basin and enjoyed the play as well as chatting with the author - Ernest Thompson - and actors for a Q&A after the play. It was the weekend of Hurricane Irene...