Using tongs, Jim Moran sticks a long, thin piece of wire into the small but very hot fire of the blacksmith’s forge.
When he removes the metal, the tip is white hot.
The New Plays Festival will be presented at Proctors from Tuesday through April 27 under artistic director Kevin McGuire, shown at right talking to a group of actors in the plays. Seated at left is Kevin Dobies, who wrote “Battles of the Band,” one of the three plays to be presented.