Surprise — worry — peace of mind — and sometimes a change of mind. Those can be the effects on an audience brought about by artists in theater and literature, as well as by travelers who bring home an understanding of distant countries and cultures.
Messages come to us from the actors in “Godspell,” a musical is presented this weekend only at Theatre of Gadsden, (TOG) a book by Linda Rochester about Irene Teel, a reader from Clay County, and David and Lesa Cummings sharing highlights of their trip to Egypt and Jordan.
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Irene Teel, a reader who lived in Clay County (pictured as a girl on the left).
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