On Golden Pond opens at Sherman Playhouse on April 21

"On Golden Pond" by Ernest Thompson, directed by Jane Farnol, is the love story of Ethel and Norman Thayer, who are returning to their summer home on Golden Pond for the forty-eighth year.

He is a retired professor, nearing eighty, with heart palpitations and a failing memory—but still as tart-tongued, observant and eager for life as ever. Ethel, ten years younger, and the perfect foil for Norman, delights in all the small things that have enriched and continue to enrich their long life together. They are visited by their divorced, middle-aged daughter and her dentist fiancé, who then go off to Europe, leaving his teenaged son behind for the summer.

The boy quickly becomes the “grandchild” the elderly couple have longed for, and as Norman revels in taking his ward fishing and thrusting good books at him, he also learns some lessons about modern teenage awareness—and slang—in return.

Time, they know, is now against them, but the years have been good and, perhaps, another summer on Golden Pond still awaits.

The play stars Dandy Barrett as Ethel, Tim Breslin as Norman, Stacy-Lee Frome as Chelsea, Jack Hoyt as Billy, Jimmy Collins as Bill, Rufus de Rham as Charlie, and Lynne Nissenbaum as The Operator. Shows are Friday, April 21st through Satuday, May 13 with shows on Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm. There will be two matinees on Sunday at 2pm on April 30 and May 7. Tickets are $24 for adults and $12 for students at the door or online at www.ShermanPlayers.org.