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May 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28,
June 11, 12, 18, & 26
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
WINNER! 2 Tony® and Drama Desk Awards, 2008
WINNER! BEST NEW COMEDY Laurence Olivier Award, 2007
This ingenious take off on Hitchcock's 1935 thriller is a fast-paced whodunit packed with mystery, romance, and mayhem as four actors take on over 150 characters. When an ordinary man, Richard Hannay, meets a woman who says she's a spy and takes her home, he soon finds that he has traded his ordinary life one of murder and intrigue. Part thriller and part slapstick, The 39 Steps promises an evening of nonstop pleasure and virtuoso performances.
"Theatre at its finest . . Absurdly enjoyable!"
- The New York Times
"Ingenious! A dizzy delight!"
- Daily News
June 3, 4, 5, 10, 23, 24, 30, July 9, 10, & 16
Taking Steps
By Alan Ayckbourn
Set on three floors of a crumbling house in the space of a hectic 24-hours, this zany play by Britain's master of comedy, Alan Ayckbourn, is the epitome of farce. A builder has leased a former brothel to Roland, a hard-drinking business tycoon who made his fortune in buckets. The builder desperately needs Roland to buy the house, and Roland wants to buy it for his new wife, who unbeknownst to him plans to leave him. Complications ensue when six-misfits entangle themselves in a hilarious melee of suicide notes, mistaken identities, wrong rooms and locked closets.
"A farce of riotous delight."
- Evening News
June 16, 17, 19, 25, July 3, 7, 8, & 15
The Seafarer
By Connor McPherson
It's Christmas Eve in Dublin. Sharky has returned to his rundown house to care for his brother who's recently gone blind. Two old drinking buddies gather for a game of poker, but they are soon joined by an ominous stranger. As the game and the drinking intensify, Sharky realizes the stakes may be higher than anyone could have known. The Seafarer is both a chilling ghost story and a dark comedy about the sea, Ireland, and the power of myth.
"A timeless classic."
- Hollywood Reporter
NOTE: This show includes strong language.
June 28, 29, July 5, 6, 12, & 13
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
"If a moose comes to visit you may give him a muffin, but he will probably want some jam to go with it" These are the words that set off a crazy chain of never ending events. This fast-paced story of cause and effect based on the popular childrens series is a follow up to last seasons highly successful If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.
The Smuckers PB & J Café, GVT's very special dinner theatre for children, has become an event that children and parents alike look forward to each summer. The children are seated at small tables and treated to a dinner before enjoying a charming and entertaining production.
Special Performance!
July 1 & 2
Lady Bird, Pat & Betty: Tea for Three
By Eric Weinberger with Elaine Bromka
GVT is pleased to present 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.
July 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 31, August 5 & 6
Hula Hoop
Sha-Boop
By Larry Deckel, John Leicht and John Tanner
Get ready to shake, rattle and roll with this fun-filled musical trip down memory lane! With a cavalcade of 65 hits from 1955-1963, Hula Hoop Sha-Boop chronicles the birth of Rock and Roll when teenagers danced to the likes of Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper, Jerry Lee Lewis, Frankie Avalon and many others. Four lively performers sing and dance their way through songs like "Big Girls Don't Cry," "Chantilly Lace," "Earth Angel," "Runaround Sue," and many, many more. Audiences will delight as the youngsters go to their first dance and learn how to do The Mashed Potato, The Twist and The Loco-Motion.
If you liked last season's SUDS,
you'll love Hula Hoop Sha-Boop!
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
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
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!
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.
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