Waterworks Players and Benchmark Community Bank have joined forces to produce the hit Broadway musical Les Misérables, opening this weekend at the Waterworks Theater in Farmville. Dudley Sauve, Director of Les Misérables, joins Teresa Stewart, Vice President and South Main Street Branch Manager, and Cheryl Gee, Assistant Vice President and East Third Street Branch Manager […]
Before it hit the screen, it hit the stage, and now Les Misérables is coming to Farmville’s Waterworks Players. Set in 19th-century France, “the world’s longest-running musical” follows the ex-convict Jean Valjean in his journey to redemption and has been thrilling and inspiring its audiences—from London to Broadway—for thirty years. Critics have hailed it […]
Auditions for Les Miserables, the next production by the Waterworks Players will be held Sunday and Monday, March 1st and 2nd at 7:30 at the Waterworks Theater. All roles are open which include multiple chorus roles for both men and women, and two young girls, one of whom has to sing, and one young man. […]
What’s a great antidote for overcast days, long nights and bone-rattling cold? A good post-Valentine’s laugh, of course, and that’s exactly what The Waterworks Players’ current production provides. Small Doses, a sampling of 10-minute plays by Brett Hursey, is just what the doctor ordered. Crisply directed by Hursey, these seven vignettes paint our all-too-human foolishness […]
The following excerpt is from an interview (“psychological intervention”) with Longwood playwright Brett Hursey. Hursey wrote Small Doses — a collection of seven ten-minute comedies — soon to be produced by the Waterworks Players on February 20th and 21st at 8:00 pm. Question: So, are you happy with the production so far? Hursey: Well, the […]
The Waterworks Players announces auditions for the February production this Sunday and Monday, January 11 and 12 at 7:30 at the theater. The production will consist of two unpublished plays by two local playwrights, performed in Readers’ Theatre style, i.e. scripts will be used, and the audience will be encouraged to imagine the various locales […]
Waterworks Players proudly presents the pantomime Cinderella 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 theatre, “Pantomimes are melodramatic presentations of familiar nursery rhymes or children’s […]
The Waterworks Players next production is Cinderella, 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 comedy […]
Driving Miss Daisy is a curious theatrical event. Because of the hugely popular movie version that reprised Morgan Freeman as chauffeur Hoke Coleburn and featured Jessica Tandy as the redoubtable Miss Daisy—the role for which, at 81, she finally won a well-deserved Oscar—many Daisy lovers have never experienced Alfred Uhry’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play as a […]
As this is turning out to be one long, hot July in Central Virginia, you won’t want to miss the opportunity to enjoy a refreshingly light slice of summer fun right here in Farmville. Starting this Friday and Saturday, July 18 and 19, Waterworks Players presents Who’s on First? A Nightmare Comedy written by Jack […]