PlayMakers Repertory Company’s Summer Youth Conservatory is staging this year’s musical, “Hello Dolly”! The show opens Thursday, July 16, and runs through Sunday the 26th, with a cast and crew of local students. (It’s also a milestone show at PlayMakers: this is the 20th year of the Summer Youth Conservatory.)
Get tickets and more info at PlayMakersRep.org.
Aaron welcomes Chelsea James, who’s directing this year’s show – and is no stranger to the Summer Youth Conservatory, having been an actor, assistant director, and producer in previous years as well.

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