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News

15 Jul
2019
News
By Ed Kinman

Waterworks Players Announces Cast for Mousetrap

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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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08 Apr
2019
Reviews
By Craig Challender

It’s Your Move: A Review of Chess

“Each game of chess / Means there’s one less / Variation left to be played; // Each day got through / Means one or two / Less mistakes remain to be made.”  These opening lines from “Prologue”/”The Story of Chess” point us to the inevitable—but not predictable—conclusion of Chess, the 1988 American version of Tim Rice, Benny […]

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29 Mar
2019
News
By Mary Jo

Cast Announced for Chess

The Cold War, two superpowers, and an international chess championship sets the stage for Waterworks Players’ production of Chess. Inspired by the political machinations of the Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky chess match, Chess tells a story of love and political intrigue in which Americans and Soviets attempt to manipulate an international championship for political ends.   Chess is a […]

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03 Feb
2019
News
By Mary Jo
A Phoenix Too Frequent

Cast Announced for A Phoenix Too Frequent

The gray austere interior of a granite mausoleum is the setting for Waterworks Players production of Christopher Fry’s A Phoenix Too Frequent. As a comic version of the once well-known tale of the “Widow of Ephesus” written by the Roman author Petronius, Fry’s one-act play has been described by theatre critic Christopher Hoile as a […]

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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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27 Nov
2018
Auditions
By Mary Jo
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Auditions for A Phoenix Too Frequent

The Waterworks Players is holding auditions on December 2nd and 3rd for its February 2019 production of A Phoenix Too Frequent. Written by Christopher Fry, A Phoenix Too Frequent is a one-act comedy that has been adopted for television for audiences in Europe and Australia. Jordan Whiley will direct the production. The play concerns a […]

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23 Nov
2018
News
By Mary Jo

Waterworks Players Announces Cast for Holiday Panto

You may think you know Snow White’s story, a tale of a jealous queen who orders the murder of her innocent stepdaughter. Or you can recite Cinderella’s trials, a troubled heroine living in unfortunate circumstances. But this year’s holiday pantomime at Waterworks Players makes a delightfully different take in which the worlds of fairytale and […]

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05 Oct
2018
News
By Mary Jo

Cast Announced for Blithe Spirit

The fashionable living room of mystery writer Charles Condomine and his wife, Ruth, is the setting for Waterworks Players production of Blithe Spirit. The Condomines are getting ready to hold an after-dinner séance with friends to provide research for Charles’ start of a new novel. They expect it to be a hoot, and it is—but […]

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06 Sep
2018
News
By Mary Jo

Lucky Charms Opens at Waterworks Players

Caitlin Mazura will make her directing debut at Waterworks Players on September 7th with Lucky Charms, a collection of seven plays written by a local playwright Brett Hursey. “Think of this like a collection of short stories,” says Mazura, “these are comedies that feature a host of zany characters and absurdist plots.” This is the […]

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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.


 
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