Narrows Community Theater encourages young performers’ show biz dreams
Theater scholarships awarded to two eighth graders
Christopher Saad and Laura Downey are both young but they have already built up impressive resumes in theater and each will now get the chance to continue their studies in the arts thanks to a Bay Ridge group whose mission is to encourage a love of the arts.
Christopher and Laura, who are both eighth graders at Saint Anselm Catholic Academy, received Betty Kash Memorial Scholarships from the Narrows Community Theater.
The scholarships were established in memory of the late Betty Kash, a long-time member of Narrows Community Theater who performed in and directed many of the company’s productions. Kash also loved working with children and sharing her talents and love of theater with them, according to a press release issued by the theater group.