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Little Lost Arts
About Us
Founded in 1994, "Little Lost Arts" has been regarded as a small, off-beat, performing arts center where young people are gently encouraged to revel in the arts, in a nurturing atmosphere without fear of rivalry. Today, "Little Lost Arts" runs one of Sussex County's most industrious little community theaters, producing plays, musicals, and affordable family fare, with youth, and youth/adult casts. Their Community Outreach Project delivers educational programs with historic, folk/cultural, social awareness, and literary themes to various organizations, with the help of sponsors and volunteers. In addition, classes, summer camps, master workshops, concerts, story-telling events, and even a senior citizens' theater troupe are offered on-site and off.
Originally conceived from an eclectic blueprint, due to an unusual spectrum of performance arts studied and taught by founder, Sheri Flannery Verrilli, "LLA" students are now re-discovering ritual theater, puppetry, historic dance, and many "lost" art forms not taught in conventional classrooms. With 35-plus years of performance experience, Ms. Verrilli also formerly owned a dance studio, and was a member of her family's puppetry theatre troupe, "The Mermaid's Tale". She was fortunate to continue her studies and research (through traditional and non-traditional channels) on a world-wide basis, via a 15 year airline & tourism career, networking with folk practitioners, whose skills had been passed down, generation to generation. Today, you'll find these "lost" arts incorporated into many of Little Lost Arts' contemporary projects.
Founded in 1994, "Little Lost Arts" has been regarded as a small, off-beat, performing arts center where young people are gently encouraged to revel in the arts, in a nurturing atmosphere without fear of rivalry. Today, "Little Lost Arts" runs one of Sussex County's most industrious little community theaters, producing plays, musicals, and affordable family fare, with youth, and youth/adult casts. Their Community Outreach Project delivers educational programs with historic, folk/cultural, social awareness, and literary themes to various organizations, with the help of sponsors and volunteers. In addition, classes, summer camps, master workshops, concerts, story-telling events, and even a senior citizens' theater troupe are offered on-site and off.
Originally conceived from an eclectic blueprint, due to an unusual spectrum of performance arts studied and taught by founder, Sheri Flannery Verrilli, "LLA" students are now re-discovering ritual theater, puppetry, historic dance, and many "lost" art forms not taught in conventional classrooms. With 35-plus years of performance experience, Ms. Verrilli also formerly owned a dance studio, and was a member of her family's puppetry theatre troupe, "The Mermaid's Tale". She was fortunate to continue her studies and research (through traditional and non-traditional channels) on a world-wide basis, via a 15 year airline & tourism career, networking with folk practitioners, whose skills had been passed down, generation to generation. Today, you'll find these "lost" arts incorporated into many of Little Lost Arts' contemporary projects.