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2017
Waterworks Announces the Cast of Shrek the Musical
A quiet swamp is the perfect home to a grumpy, gruff, green ogre until his hermit existence is thrown open by a group of homeless fairy tale characters, who invade to seek refuge from the cruel, vertically-challenged Lord Farquaad. Shrek, the reclusive ogre, seeks out Farquaad to offer a deal: if Shrek rescues the Princess Fiona […]
2017
Secrets and Lies: announcing the 2017-18 theatre season at Waterworks
Waterworks Players Community Theatre is proud to announce our 2017-18 season, entitled “Secrets and Lies”. These five productions feature a diverse range of characters who have something to hide, in genres spanning from suspense-thriller to light-hearted comedy. The season opens with Shrek: the Musical. With music by Jeanine Tesori and book and lyrics by David […]
2017
Waterworks Players to Hold Auditions for Shrek: The Musical
“Once upon a time, there was a little ogre named Shrek…” And thus begins the tale of an unlikely hero who finds himself on a life-changing journey alongside a wisecracking donkey and a feisty princess who resists her rescue. Throw in over a dozen other fairy tale misfits, and you’ve got the kind of mess […]
2017
Review of “Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None”
Walking into the Waterworks playhouse I was mesmerized by the extraordinary set, designed by Moffat Evans, that lay situated in the middle of a semi-circle of theatre style seating. It was not difficult to put yourself in the 1940’s living room of a secluded island manor off the coast of England. Everything was strategically placed, […]
2017
Scott Chapman: He Got His Wish
A foreboding retired judge. A gullible, slightly timid doctor. A dignified parlor man. An old, ruthlessly religious woman. These are only a few of the ten strangers dining in an island mansion, all of them invited there by a mysterious U.N. Owen. A record begins to play, and the unseen host begins to accuse each […]
2017
Waterworks Announces the Cast of And Then There Were None
Waterworks Players will take Southside audiences to a small island off the English coast for its August production of Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None. This play is based on her celebrated murder-mystery thriller that sold over 100 million copies globally, and made into numerous films adaptations. The play centers on ten strangers lured […]
2017
Auditions for And Then There Were None
The Waterworks Players is holding auditions on May 7th and 8th for its August production of And Then There Were None. Written by Agatha Christie originally as a novel, And Then There Were None is a celebrated murder-mystery thriller that has sold over 100 million copies globally, made into numerous film adaptations, and produced as […]
2017
Legally Blonde is a joyous, rousing treat
Waterworks Players’ Legally Blonde: The Musical is a joyous, rousing treat that brings community to community theater by casting student-actors from Longwood University and Hampden-Sydney College along with an ensemble of seasoned Waterworks actors from the Farmville community and beyond. Although five of the 11 cast members are making their debuts at Waterworks Theater itself, […]
2017
All Aboard for the Last Train to Nibroc at Waterworks Players
It is December 1940 and two young strangers meet on an east-bound cross-country train. May, who plans to be a missionary, shares a crowded seat with Raleigh, a medically discharged flyer with dreams of becoming a writer. Far from home, they are both surprised to learn they grew up close to each other in neighboring […]
2017
Auditions Set for Legally Blonde
The Waterworks Players next production is Legally Blonde: the Musical. The show opened on Broadway in 2007, receiving 7 Tony and 10 Drama Desk Award nominations. In London the production was nominated for 5 Olivier Awards, winning three, including Best New Musical. Based on Amanda Brown’s novel that was made into a move of the […]
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This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
