| Visitor Comments: Hi Paul,
I very much enjoyed reading your 'Summer Stock' series! Though I no longer live at Ram Island Farm, I was once married to Milly Monks' daughter, Melinda, and know and in some cases still see on a regular basis many of the individuals you mention, including Ellen Higgins, Bobby & Melinda Monks, Kate & Charlotte Higgins, Marge Dunham, David Goulet, and so on. I first came to RIF in the early 80's, but even then the locals spoke wistfully of the RIF summer theater. The old barn is still there, though parts have been rebuilt completely, and I suspect that there's some of the old lighting and other theatrical rigging still in place. Some years later Bobby Monks took over the old Odd Fellows Hall in Portland and converted it into a small but first rate theater for the Portland Stage Company and the modern dance company Milly started in the years after the old theater ceased to exist - Ram Island Dance, of course! In any case, your writing is wonderful, and makes those days come alive, and I will be sure to share the link with Milly as well.
Many thanks, and best wishes, Ric Marshall
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