2013 Flat Rock Playhouse Season Brochure

2013 Season

Box Office Information
Box Office Phone Number:
828.693.0731 or 866.732.8008 toll free
You can buy tickets and view performance schedules online:
flatrockplayhouse.org
Questions can be emailed to boxoffice@flatrockplayhouse.org
Hours
Monday - Friday 10-5
Evening and weekend hours begin March 4
Sunday: 12 -5
Mon –Tues: 10 - 5
Wed – Sat: 10 - 8
Discounts
AAA, Seniors and Military - $2 off
Students (25 & under w/ ID) - $10 off
Rush discounts available for select dates
Call our box office for more information
Groups
Group rates available for groups of 13 or more
Onsite dining options available
groups@flatrockplayhouse.org
No Cancellations
All ticket sales are final
Exchanges can be made up to 24 hours before the show
Gift Certificates
Any occasion - weddings, birthday, holidays and anniversaries
Don’t Miss
Dark Night Revue
August 5
Our biggest fundraiser of the year, featuring a gourmet
picnic, amazing auctions and performances by some of
your favorite Flat Rock Playhouse performers.
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Subscriptions
The Best Entertainment Value
in Western North Carolina
Subscriptions available through May 12
Subscriber Benefits
Save over 20% off tickets
Discounts on additional tickets
Unlimited exchanges and no convenience fees
Priority seating - Preferred Parking Pass
Flex Plan
The most versatile plan available lets you choose any show
in this brochure. Start with a minimum of 8 admissions and
add any number of additional admissions you plan to use.
Admissions may be used in any combination you choose,
whether it’s one ticket to eight performances, eight tickets to
one performance or anything in between.
$250 first 8 admissions $31.25 for each additional admission
Extra Flex: For all subscribers
Add extra admissions for shows not included in your
plan - don’t miss a thing!
$31.25 for each additional admission
2013 Season Overview
The Little Prince March 8-17 YouTheatre Production
The Odd Couple April 3-21
Cotton Patch Gospel April 24-May 19
Songs My Mother Taught Me with Lorna Luft May 8-26
Evita June 5-30
The Big Bang June 27-July 14
Les Miserables July 10-August 18
The Complete Works of
William Shakespeare(Abridged) August 1-18
Deathtrap August 22-September 15
CATS September 4-October 6
Hank Williams: Lost Highway October 2-November 3
The Three Musketeers November 7-24
Disney’s Mulan Jr Nov. 15-24 YouTheatre Production
A Christmas Story December 4-22
O Holy Night December 12-22
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Hendersonville Pediatric Dentistry and
Dr. Edney Orthodontics present:
The Little Prince
by Rick Cummins and John Scoullar
Adapted from the book by Antoine de Saint Exupery
Children of all ages will enjoy the story of a worldweary
and disenchanted Aviator and a mysterious,
regal “little man.” During their two weeks together
in the desert, the Little Prince tells the Aviator about
his adventures through the galaxy: how he met
the Lamplighter and the Businessman and the
Geographer, and about his strained relationship with
a very special flower on his own tiny planet. The Little
Prince talks to everyone he meets-a garden of roses,
the Snake and a Fox who wishes to be tamed-from
each he gains a unique insight that he shares with
the Aviator: “It is only with the heart that one can
see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eye.”
At length, both the little man and the Aviator must
go home, each with a new understanding of how
to laugh, cry and love again. Come to Playhouse
Downtown and experience this beloved story as told
by our YouTheatre students.
March
8 - 17
Students
Adults
PLAYHOUSE
DOWNTOWN
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Allergy Partners of WNC presents:
The Odd Couple
by Neil Simon
Compulsive neat freak Felix Unger is thrown out of
his house by his divorce-bound wife. He wanders
aimlessly through the streets of New York before
gravitating to the apartment of his best friend,
incorrigibly sloppy sportswriter Oscar Madison.
Oscar, himself in the process of a divorce, invites
Felix to move in with him. Within a few days, this
mismatched pair find themselves on the verge of
mutual murder. Felix is a neat and tidy health nut, a
photographer at a portrait studio, and a connoisseur
of classical music. Oscar is the exact opposite: sloppy,
messy, and with a terrible diet. Their relationship
seems irreconcilable but they’ll learn that love, trust,
and friendship are most important. There’s a laugh
a second in this Neil Simon hit. It’s a foolproof comic
situation (allegedly based on a chapter in the life of
Simon’s brother) that features some of the funniest
dialogue ever written for the American stage.
April
3 - 21
PLAYHOUSE
MAINSTAGE
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Southern Alarm and Penny Insurance Agency present:
Cotton Patch Gospel
by Tom Key and Russell Treyz • Music and Lyrics by Harry Chapin
Based on the book The Cotton Patch Version of Matthew
and John by Clarence Jordan
Called the “Greatest Story Ever Retold,” this
bluegrass musical is a modern retelling of the Gospel
in the setting of rural Georgia with songs that are the
final, and perhaps best work of Harry Chapin (best
known for the number-one hit, “Cat’s in the Cradle”).
Herod is recreated as Governor of Georgia, Caiaphas
as Dr. Caiaphas, a member of a board of politicians,
and Pilate as a local governor who sentences Jesus
and sends him to Lee Correctional Institute. Witness
a unique retelling of the story of Jesus, brought to life
through bluegrass music and imaginative storytelling.
Drama critics have praised this show, as have a broad spectrum
of religious commentators:
“Powerful drama and a joyous celebration. This musical succeeds
mightily.” - The Episcopalian
“The show offers a vivid witness. This is the Gospel.”
- The American Baptist Magazine
“Entertaining and inspiring, it will lift your spirits and renew your
hope.” - The Long Island Catholic
April 24 -
May 19
PLAYHOUSE
DOWNTOWN
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Tryon Estates presents:
Songs My Mother
Taught Me
with Lorna Luft
Songs My Mother Taught Me
with Lorna Luft
Don’t miss an electrifying celebration of the legend,
the music and the memories of Lorna Luft’s mother,
Judy Garland. From Ms. Luft:
“For decades my dear friend Barry Manilow has been
urging me to create a musical tribute to my mom.
‘You HAVE to do this, he’d tell me. It’s your great
mission in life to continue her legacy.’ Well, for a long
time that legacy was just too overwhelming, just too
personal for me. But a few years ago I had reached
a point in my life where I did become a little more
comfortable with the comparisons and the legacy. I
called Barry to tell him I thought I was finally ready
to attempt it. So thus began the creation of the most
personal, most important show I’ve ever been part of.
In the show, we laugh, we cry, we sing, we joke and
we celebrate the joy that was and still is my mom and
her music. That’s all we do for two hours. I know I’m
doing the right thing. We want people to have a good
time and be entertained - that’s my job.”
May
8 - 26
PLAYHOUSE
MAINSTAGE
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Morris Broadband presents:
Evita
by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
Perhaps the greatest collaboration of composer
Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist Tim Rice, Evita
tells the story of Eva Peron, perhaps the most
notorious public figure in Argentina’s history.
The illegitimate child of a rural landowner and a
seamstress, Eva began her career as a performer
and then rose to prominence as the wife of the
dictator Juan Peron. Beloved by the people and
despised by the aristocracy, Eva’s exploits come
to life through a compelling score that fuses
haunting chorales with exuberant Latin, pop and
jazz influences.
June
5 - 30
PLAYHOUSE
MAINSTAGE
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Boyd Chevrolet Cadillac Buick and
Horizon Heating & Air Conditioning present:
The Big Bang
by Jed Feuer and Bod Graham
This frenetic entertainment is long on shtick and
historical hilarity. Two producers are attempting to
raise 83.5 million dollars for a twelve-hour staged
musical history of the world which will feature a
318-person cast, 6,428 costumes and 1,400 wigs. From
the Big Bang to the present, the two producers attempt
to give potential investors a taste of the impending
extravaganza by portraying some of history’s most
notorious figures. Adam and Eve, Napoleon, Nefertiti,
Caesar, Mrs. Ghandi, Attila, Columbus, Minnehaha,
Tokyo Rose, Eva Braun and more are all brought to
life by the two harried producers. In the process, the
opulent Park Avenue apartment “borrowed” for the
occasion is trashed as the two snatch the furnishings to
create makeshift costumes while singing and clowning
their way through inventive re-creations of the past.
June 27 -
July 14
PLAYHOUSE
DOWNTOWN
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First Citizens Bank presents:
Les Misérables
by Claude-Michel Schonberg, Alain Boubill and Hebert Kretzmer
This international sensation may be the most popular
musical in the world. Epic, grand and uplifting, Les
Misérables packs an emotional wallop that has thrilled
audiences for a generation, and now for the first time, it
will be on the Flat Rock stage. Set in early 19th-century
France, Les Misérables is the story of Jean Valjean,
a French peasant of abnormal physical and moral
strength, and his never-ending quest for redemption.
After serving 19 years in jail for having stolen a loaf of
bread for starving relatives, Valjean decides to break
his parole and start his life anew, but he is relentlessly
tracked down by a police inspector named Javert.
Along the way, Valjean and his cohorts get swept into a
revolutionary period in France, where a group of young
idealists make their last stand at a street barricade.
Our all-new production will feature a cast of thirty
performers and a new production design that will make
this musical a “can’t miss” summer event!
July 10 -
August 18
PLAYHOUSE
MAINSTAGE
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Boys Arnold & Company Wealth Management presents:
The Complete Works of William
Shakespeare (abridged)
by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield
Whether you know you love or think you loathe
Shakespeare, this play is for you. The Complete Works
of William Shakespeare (abridged) embodies one
of comedy’s most essential impulses: the adolescent
urge to take a baseball bat to the culturally revered.
Three actors take you on an irreverent, yet surprisingly
comprehensive, romp through all thirty-seven of
Shakespeare’s plays (plus a sonnet or two). You’ll be
treated to a mix of pratfalls, puns, willful mis-readings
of names and dialogue, clunky female impersonations,
clean-cut ribaldry, and broad burlesque.
August
1 - 18
PLAYHOUSE
DOWNTOWN
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Audi Asheville presents:
DEATHTRAP
by
Deathtrap
by Ira Levin
Sidney Bruhl, a successful writer of Broadway thrillers,
is struggling to overcome a dry spell which has left
him with a string of failures and a shortage of funds. A
possible break in his fortunes occurs when he receives
a script from a student in the seminar he has been
conducting at a nearby college—a thriller which Sidney
recognizes immediately as a potential Broadway hit.
Sidney’s plan, which he devises with his wife’s help, is
to offer collaboration to the student, an idea which the
younger man quickly accepts. Thereafter, suspense
mounts steadily as Sidney’s intentions are revealed and
the plot begins to twist and turn with such an abundance
of thrills and laughter that audiences will be enthralled
until the final, startling moments of the play.
August 22 -
Sept. 15
PLAYHOUSE
MAINSTAGE
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United Community Bank, The Van Winkle Law Firm
and Audi Asheville present:
CATS
by Andrew Lloyd Webber
The entire Playhouse Downtown will be transformed
into a junkyard for the gathering of the Jellicle Cats.
Based on the universally-popular poetry of T.S. Eliot,
CATS tells the story of the annual ascension of one
special cat to the Heaviside Layer. A true musical
theatre phenomenon, CATS opened at London’s New
London Theatre on May 11, 1981 and ran for a recordsetting
21 years. Now, see it up close and purr-sonal at
Playhouse Downtown.
Sept. 4 -
October 6
PLAYHOUSE
DOWNTOWN
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Wells Fargo Wealth Advisors presents:
Lost Highway
Hank Williams: Lost Highway
by Randal Myler and Mark Harelik
Don’t miss the spectacular musical biography of the
legendary singer/songwriter frequently mentioned
alongside Armstrong, Ellington, Presley and Dylan
as one of the great innovators of American popular
music. Lost Highway is an honest and mesmerizing
portrait of the drifting cowboy from his beginnings on
the Louisiana Hayride, to his triumphs on the Grand
Ole Opry, to his eventual self-destruction at twentynine.
Along the way, we are treated to over twenty of
Williams’ best-loved songs like “Your Cheatin’ Heart,”
“Move It on Over” and “Hey, Good Lookin’.” If you
liked The Buddy Holly Story, you’ll love Lost Highway!
October 2 -
Nov. 3
PLAYHOUSE
MAINSTAGE
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The Three Musketeers
adapted from the Alexandre Dumas novel by Ken Ludwig
This adaptation, based on Alexandre Dumas’ timeless
swashbuckling story, is a humorous tale of heroism,
treachery, close escapes and above all, honor. The
story, set in 1625, begins with d’Artagnan setting off for
Paris in search of adventure. Along with d’Artagnan
goes Sabine, his sister, who poses as a young man
and quickly becomes entangled in her brother’s
escapades. Soon after reaching Paris, d’Artagnan
encounters the famous musketeers Athos, Porthos
and Aramis. He joins forces with his heroes to defend
the honor of the Queen of France. But along the way
he must confront the most feared man in Europe,
Cardinal Richelieu, his henchman Rochefort, and the
most dangerous foe of all, the infamous Countess de
Winter who will stop at nothing to exact her revenge.
This is exciting and daring adventure for the whole
family!
November
7 - 24
PLAYHOUSE
MAINSTAGE
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Todd Webb, CPA and Ken Adams/Edward Jones present:
Disney’s Mulan Jr.
Music and Lyrics by Matthew Wilder, David Zippel, Stephen Schwartz,
Jeanine Tesori and Alexa Junge • Music Adapted and Arranged and
Additional Music and Lyrics by Bryan Louiselle
Book Adapted and Additional Lyrics by Patricia Cotter
Join our YouTheatre students as they present a
heartwarming celebration of culture, honor and
a fighting spirit. Based on the hit Disney movie
and set in ancient China, this story of adventure,
courage and bravery is one for all ages. The
story begins as Mulan’s big day with the village
Matchmaker is wrecked by her nervousness,
thereby dishonoring her family. When her Father,
Fa Zhou, is unexpectedly called to the army,
Mulan’s adventure begins. Accompanied by
a misfit dragon named Mushu, Mulan must fit
into the army, save the Emperor and restore her
family’s honor. Bring the family to Playhouse
Downtown to take in all of the adventure and fun.
November
15 - 24
Students
Adults
PLAYHOUSE
DOWNTOWN
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A Christmas Story
by Philip Grecian
based on the motion picture A Christmas Story © 1983 Turner Entertainment Co.,
distributed by Warner Bros., and on the book
In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash by Jean Shepherd
written by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown and Bob Clark
The only thing little Ralphie Parker hopes to find under
the Christmas tree is an official Red Ryder carbineaction
200-shot range mold BB rifle with a compass in
the stock. He doesn’t simply want it—he’s consumed
with an aching desire for it. But before he can hope
to receive his Christmas wish, Ralphie must deal
with concerned mothers, unsympathetic teachers,
bundled-up brothers, major “fra-gee-lay” awards,
frozen flagpoles, Bumpus hounds, unsavory soap, a
terrifying Macy’s Santa and the even more terrifying
Scut Farkus. Based upon the classic 1983 motion
picture, this play is a hilarious and heartwarming
holiday treat anyone will enjoy... as long as they don’t
shoot their eye out!
December
4 - 22
PLAYHOUSE
MAINSTAGE
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TD Bank and Ace Hardware present:
O Holy Night
based on the gospels of Luke and Matthew
For two weeks in December, Playhouse Downtown will
host a new musical adaptation of the classic Nativity
Story told through traditional and modern Christmas
music. Four powerful singers are joined by a choir and
a live band to present new arrangements of beloved
songs and carols. This is a Christmas event that will
celebrate the “reason for the season” and is a must-see
for anyone who loves the story and music of Christmas.
December
12 - 22
PLAYHOUSE
DOWNTOWN
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Rug & Home presents:
Music on the Rock @
Playhouse Downtown
Downtown Hendersonville
125 S. Main
Extraordinary tribute concerts featuring the hits of:
Dolly Parton
February 6 - 9, 13 - 16
Neil Diamond
March 20 - 23, 27 - 30
Creedence Clearwater Revival
April 9 - 13
Sting and The Police
May 23 - 25, May 30 - June 1
Peter Paul & Mary
June 12 - 15, 19 - 22
Michael Jackson
and The Jackson 5
July 17 - 20, 23 - 26
The Eagles
August 21 - 25
Donna Summer &
the Sounds of the 70s
October 16 - 20, 23 - 27
Wayward Sons: Kansas,
Skynyrd & the Allman Brothers
November 5 - 9
All Concerts $24
All Showtimes 8pm
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Venue Information
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Show Times
Wednesday* - 2pm and 8pm
Thursday - 2pm and 8pm
Friday - 8pm
Saturday - 2pm and 8pm
Sunday - 2pm
*check specific
performance
schedules for
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Venue Information
Playhouse Downtown
125 S. Main
Downtown Hendersonville
Playhouse Downtown
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Show Times
Wednesday* - 8pm
Thursday - 2pm and 8pm
Friday - 8pm
Saturday - 2pm and 8pm
Sunday - 2pm
Parking
A small lot is located next to theatre
Plenty of street parking is available
within two blocks.
Additional parking located at the
Visitor Center.
828.693.0731 • toll free 866.732.8008

FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE
The Vagabond School of the Drama, Inc.
P.O. Box 310 Flat Rock, NC 28731