Waterworks Players
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2018
Auditions for “Blithe Spirit”
Waterworks Players is holding auditions on August 26th and 27th for its October production of Blithe Spirit. Written by Noel Coward, Blithe Spirit is a celebrated comedy about ghosts that set a London West End long-run record in the 1940s. The play did well on Broadway and was made into a film in 1945 starring […]
2018
Auditions for Lucky Charms
The Waterworks Players is holding auditions on July 29th and July 30th for its September production of Brett Hursey’s Lucky Charms. This is a compilation of seven short plays that are together presented as one complete work, like a collection of short stories. These plays are comedies and most feature zany characters and absurdist plots. […]
2018
Waterworks Announces Cast for The Illusion
A magician’s dark cave in the south of France is the setting of Waterworks June production of The Illusion. Written by Pulitzer Prize winner for drama Tony Kushner, 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. Clint Wright will direct […]
2018
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 […]
2018
New Director/Classic Play
When asked, “Why Gaslight?”, director Don Blaheta had a ready answer. “Well, there’s the current political environment. And I don’t mean just in the last year or two. Years ago Jon Stewart was showing clips of politicians blatantly lying paired with clips that proved the lies. It’s getting worse, though: and when someone repeatedly and […]
2018
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 […]
2018
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 […]
2018
The Charitable Sisterhood of the Second Trinity Victory Church: a review
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 [email protected] or call 434-392-3452. Dudley Sauvé and Waterworks Players have delivered another […]
2018
Once More, with Feeling
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 [email protected] or call 434-392-3452. The Charitable Sisterhood of the Second Victory Church, […]
2018
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 [email protected] or call 434-392-3452. A cinder-block basement and a stormy night is […]
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.
