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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Waterworks Players next production is Beauty and the Beast, a British pantomime to celebrate the 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, pantomime combines song, dance, […]
by Julia Palmer Calling all theater lovers! You do not want to miss the Waterworks Players production of Christopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. If this play is new to you, the catchy title provides just a hint of the originality and fun that await discovery. This production is community theater at […]
Daphne Mason and Martha Womack, two of The Waterworks Players’ longest-running troupers, are happy when they’re in the same play together—Fiddler on the Roof, Big River and Mame come to mind—and happier still when they’re playing opposite each other. Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, the debut Waterworks production this season, allows them to […]