Wayside Theatre - 2002 Season - Theater - Shenandoah Valley Virginia - Plays - VA

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	Forever Plaid Musical Comedy Musical Book by: Stuart Ross, Musical arrangement & vocals by: James Riatt June 23, 2007 - September 30, 2007
One of the most popular and successful musicals in recent memory, this deliciously goofy revue centers on four young, eager male singers killed in a car crash in the 1950s on the way to their first big concert, and now miraculously revived for the posthumous chance to fulfill their dreams and perform the show that never was. Old favorites and well-loved tunes are revived "Love is a Many Splendored Thing", "Rages to Riches", and "Three Coins in the Fountain." (Thur, Fri, Sat @ 8:00 PM; Wed Sat, & Sun matinees @ 2:30 PM) Performances at Royal Phoenix Theatre, 400 Kendrick Lane, Front Royal, VA 22630
	Tuesdays with Morrie Drama By Mitch Albom & Jeffrey Hatcher August 10 - August 26, 2007
Sixteen years after graduation, Mitch happens to catch Morrie's appearance on a television news program and learns that his old professor is battling Lou Gehrig's Disease. Mitch is reunited with Morrie and what starts as a simple visit turns into a weekly pilgrimage and a last class in the meaning of life. "A touching, life-affirming, deeply emotional drama with a generous dose of humor." -New York Daily News (Thur, Fri, Sat @ 8:00 PM; Wed, Sat & Sun matinees @ 2:30 PM) Performances will be at the Shenandoah University - Glaize Studio Theatre, Millwood Ave, Winchester, VA 22601
Education In Action	George Washington: Young Man, Young Country Historical Drama October 5-October 14, 2007
The play will be about young George Washington, focusing on his seldom discussed time in Winchester, VA. This production will be entirely written and performed by area youth. Young George Washington will help celebrate Winchester's heritage as a featured event of the Winchester-Frederick County Jamestown 2007 community celebration committee. Performances at the Old Courthouse Civil War Museum, 20 North Loudoun Street, Winchester, VA 22601
	Shadow of the Raven: The Stories of Edgar Allen Poe Musical/Mystery October 13, 2007 - November 10, 2007
An original musical written by former Wayside Theatre intern and current resident Music Director, Steve Przybylski. It's Halloween night and the members of the Right Honorable Old Edgar Allan Poe Society of Bent Knob, VA (population 70) have gathered for their monthly meeting. But when the stories begin to come alive, the members of the society may get more mystery, more thrills, and more spooky magic than they bargained for! (Thur, Fri, Sat @ 8:00 PM; Wed, Sat & Sun matinees @ 2:30 PM) Performances at Royal Phoenix Theatre, 400 Kendrick Lane, Front Royal, VA 22630
	It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play Musical and Comedy By: Joe Landry November 24, 2007 - Dec 23, 2007
A stage adaptation based on Frank Capra's holiday film, performed as a 1940's radio show with live music, advertisements and Foley sound effects. A faithful adaptation of the joyful and life affirming film about a man named George Bailey, who is persuaded by his guardian angel to reconsider taking his own life on Christmas Eve. Come watch and listen as George Bailey discovers that life really is wonderful and see how Clarence, angel second class, acquires his wings. Based on the beloved Frank Capra film but performed as a LIVE radio play during the golden age of radio. (Wed/Thu/Fri/Sat Eve & Sat matinees, various Sunday matinees, Sunday Eve- dates & times varies) Performances at Royal Phoenix Theatre, 400 Kendrick Lane, Front Royal, VA 22630
	Smoke on the Mountain Homecoming Musical Written by: Connie Ray, conceived by Alan Bailey Musical Arrangements by Mike Craver Jan. 26, 2008 - March 29, 2008
It's October, 1945, and the gospel-singing Sanders Family is back together again. The war is over and America's years of prosperity are just beginning. But there's another kind of rite of passage at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, where Reverent Mervin Oglethorpe is giving his last service. He's been called to preach in Texas, and he's already bought a ten-gallon hat and is preparing to ride into the sunset with his wife June, who is eight months pregnant. Tomorrow morning, young Dennis Sanders takes over as Mount Pleasant's pastor. Join the Sanders Family as they send Mervin and June off in style, with hilarious and touching stories and twenty-five toe-tapping Bluegrass Gospel favorites. Thur, Fri, Sat @ 7:30 PM; Sat & Sun matinees @ 2:30 PM) Performances at Royal Phoenix Theatre, 400 Kendrick Lane, Front Royal, VA 22630
Education In Action	Romeo and Juliet Shakespearean Drama March 21- March 29, 2008
Love crossed lovers and family tumult is central to the Shakespeare's drama, which will be directed by Warner Crocker, the production will cast local teens with professional adult actors. Performances at: Skyline High School 151 Skyline View Road, Front Royal, VA 22630
	Driving Miss Daisy Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy Drama by: Alfred Uhry's April 5, 2008 - April 26, 2008
The story defines Daisy, an elderly Jewish lady and her point of view through a network of relationships and emotions by focusing on her home life, her synagogue, friends, family, fears, and concerns. The place is the Deep South, the time 1948, just prior to the civil rights upheaval in the United States. Having recently demolished another car, Daisy Wertham, a rich, crusty and sharp-tongued widow of 72, is informed by her businessman son that henceforth she must rely on the services of a chauffeur. The person he hires for the job is a thoughtful, unemployed black man, Hoke, whom Miss Daisy immediately regards with disdain and who, in turn, is not favorably impressed with his employer's patronizing tone and, he believes, her latent prejudice. But, in a series of absorbing, revealing scenes, spanning 25 years and filled with warm humor and glinting insights, the two, despite their mutual differences, grow ever closer to and more dependent on each other, until, eventually, they become almost a couple (Thur, Fri, Sat @ 7:30 PM; Sat & Sun matinees @ 2:30 PM) Performances at Royal Phoenix Theatre 400 Kendrick Lane, Front Royal, VA. 22630
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