“Art ain’t easy—even if you’re smart,” laments the frustrated title character toward the end of the Waterworks Players’ terrific new production of Sunday in the Park with George, a story that explores the labors of love and art, creativity and connection. It is inspired by Georges Seurat’s famous pointillist painting, “Sunday Afternoon on the Island […]
Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s soaring musical Sunday In the Park With George opens April 19th at the Waterworks Players. A work revolving around the fictionalized French pointillist painter Georges Seurat, Sunday In the Park With George was the critically acclaimed winner of the 1984 New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical, 1985 […]
The Waterworks Players spring show is Sunday In the Park With George, the Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s soaring musical about a painter’s struggle between creating art and living life. A complex work revolving around the fictionalized French pointillist painter Georges Seurat, Sunday In the Park With George was the critically acclaimed winner of the 1984 New York Drama […]
The Waterworks Players regrets the cancellation of Terrence McNally’s Master Class, scheduled to run March 1st and 2nd. We hope you will join us for our spring musical production of Sunday In the Park With George in late April. For more information or to volunteer, contact the Waterworks Players at 434-392-3452 or info@waterworksplayers.org.
What do you get when you combine a fairy tale, clever contemporary jokes, unexpected dance numbers, an audience who is part of the performance and a rampaging elephant? The answer is an old fashioned British-style pantomime right here in Farmville. Waterworks Players’ Rumplestiltskin is a delightfully quirky and entertaining show that is a must-see for […]
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s beloved musical South Pacific opens April 20th at the Waterworks Players. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by James Michener, South Pacific is the telling of two parallel love stories, both of which are threatened by the dangers of prejudice and war. When the musical debuted in 1949, it won the Pulitzer […]
The Waterworks Players spring show is scheduled to be South Pacific, the beloved Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein musical. Due to the large cast and technical help, we are hosting a brief general interest meeting on Sunday evening, February 26th, at 7:30 pm to discuss the production for anyone interested in participating. Set on a […]
If you try to locate Almost, Maine while searching MapQuest on your computer or looking at Rand McNally’s Atlas, you will not find it residing in New England as the title of Waterworks Players’ next production suggests. Rather, your search would carry you to Mexico, Australia, Dubai, as well as locations throughout the United States […]
Waterworks Players proudly presents the pantomime Hansel and Gretel to celebrate this year’s 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, “Pantomimes are melodramatic presentations of familiar nursery […]
The Terre Haute, Indiana apartment of aspiring architect Willum Cubbert will be the setting for Waterworks Players production of The Nerd, a comedy Variety says“…the audience almost never stops laughing” and the Milwaukee Tribune calls “…a spring tonic of side-bruising laughter…”. Jordan Whiley is cast as Vietnam veteran Willum Cubbert, a young professional with a […]