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2013
Auditions Set for Barefoot In the Park
Waterworks Players next production is Neil Simon’s Barefoot in the Park, one of Broadway’s most enduring and successful romantic comedies. Jordan Whiley will direct this timeless “laugh out loud” comedy, in which Paul and Corie Bratter are newlyweds who are realizing the honeymoon is over. He is a serious young lawyer and she is a free-spirited […]
2013
When Love and Art Collide: A Review of Sunday in the Park with George
“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 […]
2013
Cast Announced for Sunday In the Park With George
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 […]
2013
Auditions for Sunday In the Park With George
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 […]
2013
Master Class Cancelled
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 [email protected].
2012
Don’t miss Waterworks’ Rumplestiltskin, a show for the entire family
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 […]
2012
Waterworks Players Announces South Pacific Cast
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 […]
2012
Interest Meeting for South Pacific
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 […]
2012
Waterworks Players Announces Cast for Almost, Maine
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 […]
2011
Waterworks Players to Present Hansel and Gretel
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 […]
This project is supported, in part, by the Virginia Commission for the Arts, which receives support from the Virginia General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
