COMING IN 2012!!!

IN THE FEICHTER STUDIO

THE OXYMORONS Improvisational Comedy
January 20, 21, 22
Last season our group of local zanies delighted audiences with their on the spot comedy. They return to open our season. If you have never experienced Improv – make it up on the spot – comedy, you are in for a treat. Quick minds, with a merciless sense of humor, that can get a bit off color, so adult content isn’t planned but it may slip out.
Adults $10, Students $6

"Land's End and Beyond"
“Jesse Racer,” “Coy,” “Philoctetes,” “Jimmy Du,” “Signs and Wonders”
January 27, 28, 29
By Gary Cardin
Directed by Tom Dewees
With John Winfield, Jack Ross, James Bradley, Holly Ann Harmon Jeremy Bridges and Tom Dewees
This is an evening that will feature five short plays by local playwright Gary Cardin. Cardin is best known for his play “Nance Dude,” which we presented a few season back and he is a chronicler of stories with a local spin and resonance. This will be a very special event which will connect you even more to the WNC mountains. Gary lives in Jackson County and is well known as one of the regions finest writers.
Adults $10, Students $6
(Hold Over Dates: February 3, 4, 5)

"Collected Stories"
February 10, 11, 12
By Donald Margulies
Directed by Suzanne Tinsley
With Lyn Donley and Emily Warren
The conflict between the established artist and the adulatory fan who becomes a protégé, disciple, colleague and friend—and finally threatening rival—is one of those great topics…It resurfaces in Donald Margulies' provocative new play, "Collected Stories", which confronts the prominent short-story writer Ruth Steiner with her student turned confidante turned competitor Lisa Morrison. "As usual, Margulies holds the rich ore of his material up to the light so that it sends beams in every direction…always fluid and lively, the play is thick with ideas, like a stockpot of good stew." —Village Voice.
Adults $10, Students $6
(Hold Over Dates: February 17, 18, 19)

"The Pillowman"
February 24, 25, 26
By Martin McDonagh
Directed by Charles Mills
With Colin Lasley, Justin Slack, Jack Ross, Steven Turner and Amy Hunt
With echoes of Stoppard, Kafka, and the Brothers Grimm, "The Pillowman" centers on a writer in an unnamed totalitarian state who is being interrogated about the gruesome content of his short stories and their similarities to a series of child murders. The result is an urgent work of theatrical bravura and an unflinching examination of the very nature and purpose of art. "Energizing…a blindingly bright black comedy…[what makes] the unsettling and exhilarating new play from Mr. McDonagh…so gripping as theatre is how narrative art becomes the play's and the character's very life blood." —NY Times.
Adults $10, Students $6
(Hold Over Dates: March 2, 3, 4)

"The Story of My Life"
March 9, 10, 11
Music and Lyrics by Neil Bartram, Book by Brian Hill
Directed by Kelly Christianson
With Mark Jones and Bradshaw Call
"The Story of My Life” tells the story of two childhood friends and how their friendship profoundly defined their lives. Thomas Weaver is a best-selling, award-winning author. Alvin Kelby was his best friend for thirty years. But time can test the bonds of friendship, and when it does, Thomas calls on the only resource he has - his stories of Alvin - to learn where things went wrong. A richly melodic musical, “The Story of My Life” is a soaring tribute to the power of friendship and the people who change our lives forever.
Adults $12, Students $8
(Hold Over Dates: March 16, 17, 18)

"The Guys"
March 23, 24, 25
By Anne Nelson
With Julie Kinter and Jeff Douglas Messer
Paralyzed by grief and unable to put his thoughts into words, Nick, a fire captain, seeks out the help of a writer to compose eulogies for the colleagues and friends he lost in the catastrophic events of September 11, 2001. As Joan, an editor by trade, draws Nick out about “the guys,” powerful profiles emerge, revealing vivid personalities and the substance and meaning that lie beneath the surface of seemingly unremarkable people. “A beautifully written play.. laughter is heard as often as sobs” CurtainUP “A small jewel of a play” Chicago Tribune
Adults $10, Students $6
(Hold Over Dates: March 30, 31)

THE OXYMORONS Improvisational Comedy
April 6, 7, 8
Last season our group of local zanies delighted audiences with their on the spot comedy. If you have never experienced improv – make it up on the spot – comedy, you are in for a treat. Quick minds, with a merciless sense of humor, that can get a bit off color, so adult content isn’t planned but it may slip out.
Adults $10, Students $6

ON THE MAIN STAGE

"Look Homeward, Angel"
Weekends, April 27 – May 6
By Ketti Frings • Based on the Novel by Thomas Wolfe
Directed by Steven Lloyd and Tom Dewees
This classic drama, set in pre-WWI Asheville, is a stage adaptation of one of literature’s greatest works by Thomas Wolfe.
Adults $20, Seniors $18, Students $8

"The Marvelous Wonderettes"
Weekends, May 25 – June 10
Book by Roger Bean
Directed by Mark Jones, Music Direction by Jan Powell
The Marvelous Wonderettes takes you to the 1958 Springfield High School prom where we meet the Wonderettes ... four girls with hopes and dreams as big as their crinoline skirts and voices. The Wonderettes perform classic ‘50s songs and classic ‘60s tunes when they reunite 10 years later.
Adults $18, Seniors $16, Students $8

"La Cage aux Folles"
Weekends, July 6 - 29
Music & Lyrics by Jerry Herman, Book by Harvey Fierstein
Directed By Steven Lloyd, Music Direction by Chuck Taft
This smash Broadway musical, based on the French film “The Birdcage,” is shocking, daring, and hilarious.
Adults $24, Seniors $20, Students $10

"Lost in Yonkers"
Weekends, August 17-26
By Neil Simon
Directed by Wanda Taylor
Set in the 1930’s, this comedy is considered one of Simon’s best and most reflective works. This is the story of two young boys left to be raised by their grandmother. They must learn to adapt and stay light on their feet in a changing world.
Adults $20, Seniors $18, Students $8

"The Light in the Piazza"
Weekends, October 5-21
Music & Lyrics By Adam Guettel, Book by Craig Lucas
Directed by Charles Mills, Music Direction by Chuck Taft
Set in the 1950’s, there is love in the air in this story of a woman and a daughter from Winston-Salem on vacation in Florence, Italy. This Broadway hit has a sweeping romantic score.
Adults $24, Seniors $20, Students $10

"August: Osage County"*
Weekends, November 9 - 18
By Tracy Letts
Directed By Steven Lloyd
This Broadway hit is a sweeping family drama set in the mid-West, filled with humor and shocking revelations. It’s considered by many to be one of the greatest plays ever written. *Recommended for mature audiences.
Adults $20, Seniors $18, Students $8

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