Plays
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Original Opera Adapted by Sweet Briar Professor
Based upon a “silly and hilarious” play revamped from 1874.
Student Writes and Directs Play About Feminist Poet
Platt, who wrote and directed the play, is also a native of Ecuador.
Waterworks Players Announces Cast for Rent
Justin Smith cast as Tom Collins, Carlos Galicia will play Angel.
Enjoy Live Entertainment at CW’s Kimball Theatre
Creative programming alliances link the past with the present.
Celebrate the Arts at Sweet Briar’s Second Fringe Festival
Enjoy the arts, from the traditional to offbeat…
You must have Cockails with Mimi
The Appomattox Courthouse Theatre presents Dinner with Mimi in November.
Appomattox Courthouse Theatre Celebrates Third Anniversary
In August of 2009, the Town of Appomattox can take two things for granted. One, that Appomattox Courthouse Theatre is preparing for a new season of great plays including its current production, Neglected Husbands’ Sewing Club. And two, that the local community can enjoy these performances within the historic setting of the old Appomattox Courthouse.
Shakespeare at Sweet Briar: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
One of the things I love about writing for Appomattox News is that it gives me – an introvert – a chance to get out more often. On a recent outing, I met Geoffrey Kershner and a number of the folks involved with the Endstation Theatre Company at Sweet Briar College. It was such a good experience, I planned to see as many of the group’s productions as possible during the Blue Ridge Summer Theatre Festival.
Waterworks Players Announces Cast for Steel Magnolias
Waterworks Players is pleased to announce that this year’s summer production will be Steel Magnolias. Set in rural Louisiana, playwright Robert Harling draws from his own personal experience concerning the death of his sister in order to explore how Southern women utilize humor to assist them in coping with difficult, personal situations.
Review: The Bluest Water
The Bluest Water: A Hurricane Camille Story is a fictional memory play, focusing on the tragic events that unfolded in Nelson County in 1969. On August 19th and 20th, flooding in the aftermath of the hurricane left approximately 153 people dead; a number of bodies were never recovered. This year’s reprisal of the play by the Endstation Theatre Company at Sweet Briar College has special significance: 2009 is the 40th anniversary of this life-altering event.
The Endstation Theatre Company at Sweet Briar
Plays don’t produce themselves. Someone has to put the nuts and bolts of a production together, and even before that, someone has to form a theater company. This takes a little time, lots of sweat, and – if you really want to offer something special – a vision. But even with a vision, a theater needs at least one more element to pull everything together: a place to set up shop.
