Libby Skala - Spokesman-Review 2

The Spokesman-Review

August 29, 2004

SPOTLIGHT - Jim Kershner

Interplayers auditorium dedication Sept. 26

'Lilia' and the Welches

The Interplayers Ensemble will dedicate its auditorium to co-founders Bob and Joan Welch on Sept. 26.

The ceremony will be the highlight of an afternoon gala which will include a performance of "Lilia," a one-woman play written by and starring Libby Skala, a New York actress.

"Lilia" is a celebration of the life of Lilia Skala, the author's grandmother, a famous Austrian actress who fled the Nazis and went on to receive an Oscar nomination for "Lilies of the Field." She was in many TV shows and movies, including "Eleanor and Franklin," "Charly," "Ship of Fools" and "Flashdance."

The New York Times said this about "Lilia": "Libby Skala is magnetic in a part that clearly means the world to her."

The afternoon will include a champagne reception at 1 p.m., the performance of "Lilia" at 2 p.m., then the dedication ceremony and open house. Tickets are $50, and go on sale to the general public through the Interplayers box office on Wednesday by calling 455-PLAY. Tickets are already available for subscribers.

Libby Skala will appear with the Welches in "Painting Churches," which opens for previews on Sept. 9 and closes on Sept. 25, the day before the dedication.

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