THE FOLLOWING IS A NEWS-GAZETTE STORY BY JENNIFER BAILEY
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DANVILLE — They looked and looked, but Champaign theater buffs Cameron and AJ Cornell couldn’t find their own family dynamic — raising a son with autism — represented in any shows.
So they decided to write one.
“Really, the heart of the story is not the focus on the struggle; it’s focusing on the joy and the love that comes about through all of that,” Cameron said of “Let Me Fly,” which will be presented next month at Danville Area Community College’s Bremer Conference Center.
“Hopefully, people come away from it also seeing how the other characters also learn how to communicate with each other,” AJ added. “Where it’s not just the super obvious — learn to use a communication device — but also people who maybe we don’t think of needing to learn how to communicate, also learning to communicate with each other.”
The shows set for 7 p.m. Nov. 7-8 and 2 p.m. Nov. 9 are “workshop presentations,” meaning they’ll be stripped to the bare essentials: Actors wear black clothing instead of costumes, sets are minimalist, and few props are used.
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