 On September 10th, the Portland Parks Conservancy and Friends of Lincoln Park put on a play honoring the father of American parks, Frederick Law Olmsted. The play features actor Jared Montague as a reporter for the New York Times, trying to get a story about Frederick Law Olmsted, played by Daniel Noel. The play reveals the stories of some of America's most famous parks and is a beautifully acted and written play, keeping us enthralled in the whimsical tales, Frederick tells the reporter. In attendance were community members, friends and organizers who had helped bring about this evening of joy. I'm Nan Cumming. I'm the director of the Portland Parks Conservancy. The Portland Parks Conservancy were a private non-profit that promotes the parks. We support the public parks of Portland. When we found out this was the anniversary, the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Law Olmsted, we thought it was a great opportunity to just celebrate all the parks in Portland. And we were delighted that Frank wrote the play and that we were able to include that in our picnic. Everybody, I think, can learn from it, because Frank really did a good job incorporating some real information in there. But then the actors helped bring it to life and that's what's so special. So you guys are the actors behind Olmsted and the New York Times reporter. And have you played these characters before? No. This is the first time. I had played Longfellow before and I got a commission at Portland Stage Company to do that. So I'm kind of honored to be doing Olmsted too. So both of them make me feel very good. Here comes the question of the night. How do you think you did? I think we did okay. I think we did okay. There's something fun and just throwing it at the wall and going and doing it. There's no stakes as much to worry about. It's just fun to play around and exercise the acting. I think the historical pieces are always fun to do because you get to learn something you did not know before. For more details on upcoming events, go to portlandparksconservancy.org.