SEQUIM — “Rockin’ 4 Robin,” a Broadway musical-style revue, is set for tonight to help longtime theater director and Sequim High School alumna Robin Hall in the wake of her July 31 heart attack.
Hall’s family, along with colleague Christy Rutherford, invites the public to the 7 p.m. Saturday event in the Sequim High School auditorium, 601 N. Sequim Ave.
That venue has been the setting for many a Hall production, including “Les Miserables” in July 2014, “Charley’s Aunt” in November 2014, “Fiddler on the Roof” last May and “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” for three weeks this July.
Hall, 51, suffered a heart attack six days after “Joseph’s” closing night and had multiple bypass surgery about a week later.
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To help with her medical expenses, Hall’s singing and dancing colleagues and family members are putting on Saturday’s show: Amanda Bacon, John Lorentzen, Karen Pritchard, Nicholas Fazio and Hall’s teenage daughter, Victoria, are among the performers who will bring songs from home and from Broadway.
Victoria will sing “You Belong in Sequim,” a song her mother wrote.
And John Cooper, who was the leading man when Hall was the leading lady in Sequim High’s musicals of the early 1980s, also will be part of the evening, said Rutherford.
Cooper will sing “If I Were a Rich Man” from “Fiddler on the Roof,” “Stars” from “Les Miserables” and “The Impossible Dream” from “Man of La Mancha,” she noted.
In the auditorium’s foyer, a silent auction will offer items donated by local residents and businesses.
No set fees will be charged for this event; admission and refreshments will be by donation, said Rutherford, who’s been directing shows with Hall since the mid-1990s.
Although Hall is recovering, “it’s a long, slow process,” she added.
“The theatrical community has rallied around her.”
For more information, phone Rutherford at 360-460-7517. In addition, Hall’s son Danny has set up a fundraising page at www.gofundme.com/RobinHall.
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Features Editor Diane Urbani de la Paz can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 5062, or at diane.urbani@peninsuladailynews.com.
