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July 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, August 5 & 6
The Marvelous Wonderettes
By Roger Bean
If you enjoyed last season's SUDS!, you'll love The Marvelous Wonderettes! You'll take a musical trip to the Springfield High School Prom with the Wonderettes - Betty, Jean, Cindy Lou, Missy and Suzy - and be treated to such classic 1950's and 1960's songs such as "Lollipop," "Dream Lover," "Stupid Cupid," "Lipstick on Your Collar," "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me," "It's My Party," "It's In His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song)" and so many more! You'll never forget this trip down memory lane with The Marvelous Wonderettes. "One irresistible musical! An utter charm!" - The New York Times. "Don't buy a ticket - buy two! It's a show you'll want to see twice!" - Back Stage.
During the week of The Greenbrier Classic, GVT offers an Italian buffet prior to the show for an additional $15. Call GVT Box Office for details.
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September 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17 & 18
Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)
Music by Eric Rockwell · Lyrics by Joanne Bogart · Book by Eric Rockwell and Joanne Bogart
In this hilarious satire of musical theatre, one story (a young ingénue can't pay the rent and is threatened by her evil landlord) becomes five delightful short musicals, each written in the distinctive style of a different master of modern musical theatre. Musical of Musicals is 90 minutes of sheer hilarity and musical theatre at its best.
"Hilarious! It'll keep you laughing from start to finish."
- The Daily News
October 28, 29, 30,
November 4, 5, 6, 11, 12 & 13
Nevermore
Music by Matt Connor · Lyrics adapted from the writings of Edgar Allen Poe · Book by Grace Barnes
The mystery surrounding Edgar Allen Poe's death and his final days are the inspiration behind this enthralling and deeply human musical. In a dream-like manner, Nevermore is a biographical sketch that uses the author's own words to examine his relationships with the women in his life, revealing the emotional life that helped create one of America's literary giants.
It's October, 1849; Poe is ill, frequently drunk, and close to death. In his extended dream he suffers the visions of his young cousin and bride, Virginia; his lifelong paramour, Elmyra; his stepmother, Muddy; and the ghost of his own mother. The evening is an intense excursion into madness that somehow remains intensely human.
"Without doubt the most interesting show I have seen in quite a while, Nevermore . . . is a Gothic dreamscape that is pure entertainment."
- DC Theatre Scene
December 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 12, 16, 18, 19, 21 & 22
GVT's Christmas Festival presents
A Christmas Carol
Books and Lyrics by Cathey Sawyer · Music by Joe Buttram · Arranged by Jeremy Fenn-Smith
This highly popular Christmas event is a retelling of the classic Charles Dickens' story. It features children from our After-School Drama Club with talented actors from the community in delightful songs and lively dances.
The true spirit and sentiment of Christmas is revealed in this joyous holiday production which has become a traditional highlight of the Christmas Season in Lewisburg!
September 30, October 1, 2, 8, 9, 15 & 16
Death of a Salesman
By Arthur Miller
Winner of the 1949 Pulitzer Prize and the Tony Award for Best Play
In America today, life isn't much easier for most people than it was when Arthur Miller wrote Death of a Salesman, so his ode to the human need for dignity still resonates. At its wounded heart this is a play about a family adrift. Willy Loman, a failing salesman, cannot grasp his failure to achieve the "American Dream" of financial success and happiness. Through a series of tragic soul-searching revelations of the life he has lived and of his illusions, we discover how his quest for the "American Dream" kept him blind to the people who truly loved him. This classic American drama is a profound work of deep and revealing beauty that remains an icon of the American theatre.
"what a tremendous playwright Arthur Miller was. The reason why Death of a Salesman is so poignant is that everybody knows a Willy Loman. Whether it is your father, your uncle or some friend, you have met him or his like and can empathize."
- The British Theatre Guide
2nd Annual New Voices Short Play Festival
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See You Next Year!
Five winning entries were chosen to be performed during GVTs New Voices Original Short Play Festival. Playwrights submitted short original plays 10 -13 minutes in length consisting of two to five characters. A panel of professional theatre artists judged the pieces. GVT received over 50 entries from all over the Greenbrier Valley, the two Virginias, and ten other states.
The 2010 winners were (in no particular order): Embers by Jeffrey C. Kanode (Lewisburg, WV), The Unopened Valentine by Dwayne Yancey (Fincastle, VA), . . .and tigers and bears. by Eric Fritzius (Princeton, WV), Roses by John J. Carosella (Jeanette, PA), and A Greek Fire Drill by Christian Giggenbach (Lewisburg, WV). The winners receive a fully realized production of their script at the New Voices Festival, formerly the Festival of Community Plays.
The 2010 New Voices Cast included (in alphabetical order) Pamela Barry, Ellen Broudy, Adam Criddle, Larry Davis, Paul Detch, Meredith Donnelly, Mary Leb Foster, Eric Graves, Kelly Kemp, Brian Miluk, George Piasecki, Brennan Smith, and Derek Teaney. Directors included Kurtis Donnelly, Michael Sharp and John Holt.
May 13 - June 26, 2010The 39 Steps
May 13 - June 26, 2010
The 39 Steps
Adapted by Patrick Barlow · From the novel by John Buchan From the Movie of Alfred Hitchcock licensed by
ITV Global Entertainment Limited And an original concept by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon
CAST
Paul Orwick* ...................................................... Richard Hannay
Betsy Graver* ................................... Annabella/Pamela/Margaret
Michael Sharp* .............................................................. Clown #1
Kurtis Donnelly* ............................................................. Clown #2
PRODUCTION STAFF
Cathey Sawyer** ............................................................. Director
Anita Tripathi Easterling ........................................... Set Designer
Jenna Fawn Brown ......................................... Costume Designer
E. Tonry Lathroum ............................................ Lighting Designer
David Nelson ....................................................... Sound Designer
Jennifer Renée Cole* ......................... Production Stage Manager
Jason Adams ................................................... Technical Director
Kate Brittingham ...................................................... Props Master
Waylon Lemasters .............................................. Sound Engineer
Robyn Accetta .............................................. Production Assistant
Hannah Bryan .........................................................Running Crew
Sam Silva ................................................. Sound Board Operator
Mark Rockage ............................................. Light Board Operator
*Member of Actors' Equity Association **Member of Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers
June 3 - July 16, 2010
Taking Steps
By Alan Ayckbourn
June 16 - July 15, 2010
The Seafarer
By Connor McPherson
June 28 - July 13, 2010
Smuckers PB & J Café presents If You Give a Moose a Muffin
Based on the book by Laura Joffe Numeroff
Adapted for the stage by Robert P. Dolan
Adapted from IF YOU GIVE A MOOSE A MUFFIN. Text Copyright © 1991 by Laura Numeroff. Illustrations Copyright © 2007 by Felicia Bond. Used by permission of HarperCollins Publishers.
Special Performance!
July 1 & 2, 2010
Lady Bird, Pat & Betty: Tea for Three
By Eric Weinberger with Elaine Bromka
GVT presented this extraordinary performance by Emmy Award-winning actress Elaine Bromka. Tea for Three reveals a gallery of intimate portraits of three remarkable, radically different First Ladies. We discover each at a threshold moment in her life, and learn the personal cost of what Pat Nixon called "the hardest unpaid job in the world."
Particularly apt in a time of heightened politics, this one-woman show is both funny and deeply moving, a thought-provoking exploration of these fascinating women and what they faced in this most unusual job.
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