'Evita' great for family

‘Evita” at the Ashtabula Arts Center has been a family – and fun - affair for the Rantmeister clan.

All five members of the clan, including our exchange student, are members of the 30-person cast. The show, full of great music and frenetic action, keeps everyone busy during the entire two-hour run. There is no boredom as everyone is either onstage or changing costumes hurriedly to get onstage…a nice change from some recent productions. Also, there are no glaring weaknesses among the cast members…everyone (with one exception) can sing, dance and wants to be there.

We’ve also had a huge amount of fun socializing with the people in the cast…a great group with no prima donnas, even among the four leads. The children have made many friends with the other outstanding young people in the cast, who hail from all over the Northeast Ohio area.

There’s a lot to be said for this production and AAC productions in general. They’re fun…everyone works hard, but has fun in the end. It’s been great…reminding me why I used to enjoy theater so much in the first place.