Tim Neary with daughters Emma Neary, 20, on left, and Megan Neary, 24. Megan Neary will be performing in Out of the Shadows theater's fifth production, "Bye Bye Birdie - Young Performers Edition," at the end of October and first weekend of November with her dad as her shadow actor. HANNAH NEFF/Press
October 11, 2021
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A spotlight unlike any other
Local theater for special-needs community opens this month
It’s not just a theater. It’s a chance for special people to shine in the spotlight. Out of the Shadows Theater is opening their doors for their fifth production, “Bye Bye Birdie -Young Performers’ Edition,” with a cast made up entirely of special-needs performers. “It’s a different theater,” said Tim Neary, a shadow actor. “It’s theater where the audience is rooting for the actors and you’re there to see something special.”