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22 Apr
2019
Auditions
By Ed Kinman

Waterworks Auditions for Mousetrap

Waterworks Players will take Southside audiences to Monkswell Manor, a once-regal estate converted into a guesthouse for its August production of Agatha Christie’s Mousetrap. This legendary “whodunit” opened in London’s West End in 1952 and has been running continuously to this day. It has been presented in 27 different languages in more than 50 countries […]

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14 Jan
2019
Auditions
By Ed Kinman

Auditions for Chess

Waterworks Players is holding auditions on January 20th and 21st at 7.30 p.m. for its April production of the musical Chess. With a book by Richard Nelson, Chess delves into a politically driven, Cold War–era chess tournament between two grandmasters from the United States and the USSR. Don Blaheta will direct the production that contains […]

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24 Apr
2018
Auditions
By Ed Kinman

Auditions for “The Illusion”

The Waterworks Players is holding auditions on April 29th and April 30th for its June production of Tony Kushner’s The Illusion. This work is adapted from Pierre Corneille’s seventeenth-century comedy, L’Illusion Comique, which follows a contrite father seeking news of his prodigal son from a sorcerer. The magician conjures three episodes from the young man’s life. Inexplicably, each scene finds the […]

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29 Mar
2018
News
By Ed Kinman

Waterworks Announces Cast for Gaslight

Fog-bound Victorian London is the setting for Patrick Hamilton’s Gaslight (Angel Street). As a 1941 Broadway hit first under the title Angel Street and twice made into a film as Gaslight, Gaslight remains one of the longest-running non-musicals in history. The play is set in 1880 at the lower middle-class home of Bella Manningham (Charlotte […]

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26 Feb
2018
Auditions
By Ed Kinman

Auditions for Gaslight (Angel Street)

The Waterworks Players is holding auditions on March 4th and 5th for its April production of Patrick Hamilton’s Gaslight (Angel Street). A Broadway hit first produced under the title Angel Street and twice made into a film as Gaslight, Gaslight tells the story of the Manninghams, who live in 19th century London. As the production […]

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28 Jan
2018
News
By Ed Kinman

Waterworks Announces Cast for The Charitable Sisterhood

Please note that the playwright, Bo Wilson, will now be attending the Saturday, February 18th performance. It was initially advertised that he would attend Friday, February 16th performance. We apologize for any inconvenience. If you would like to switch your tickets, please email info@waterworksplayers.org or call 434-392-3452. A cinder-block basement and a stormy night is […]

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28 Dec
2017
Auditions
By Ed Kinman
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Auditions for The Charitable Sisterhood of the Second Trinity Victory Church

The Waterworks Players is holding auditions on January 7th and 8th for its February production of The Charitable Sisterhood of the Second Trinity Victory Church. A comedy written by Virginia playwright Bo Wilson, The Charitable Sisterhood is a story of a group of ladies who meet to organize a relief effort for homeless Guatemalans by […]

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26 Nov
2017
News
By Ed Kinman

Waterworks Players to Present Aladdin

You may think you know the story of Aladdin, a tale of a street rat who is granted three wishes from a Genie of the Lamp. But this year’s holiday pantomime production of Aladdin by Waterworks Players makes a delightfully different take on a children’s yarn popularized by Disney. As a beloved form of theatre in the […]

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25 Oct
2017
Auditions
By Ed Kinman

Auditions Set for Aladdin

The Waterworks Players next production is Suzan Holder’s Aladdin, a British pantomime to celebrate the holiday season.  Beloved by children and adults alike, pantomimes are as much a part of Christmas throughout the British Isles as singing carols, trimming the tree, and exchanging presents.  As a popular form of theater, pantomime combines song, dance, and slapstick […]

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11 Jul
2017
News
By Ed Kinman

Waterworks Announces the Cast of And Then There Were None

Waterworks Players will take Southside audiences to a small island off the English coast for its August production of Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None. This play is based on her celebrated murder-mystery thriller that sold over 100 million copies globally, and made into numerous films adaptations. The play centers on ten strangers lured […]

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