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On the Mainstage....
March 14 - April 5, 2008 (Held Over)
********** World Premiere **********
The Greater Love
This new play examines the personal life of famed and beloved African American leader Frederick Douglass. Douglass - slave, orator, writer, abolitionist and ....lover. Married to his first wife, Anna Murray, the woman who helped him escape from slavery and gave him five children, Douglass also loved the fiery and independent journalist Ottilie Assing, with whom he had an affair for three decades. But after Anna's death, he married another woman - Helen Pitts, white and some twenty years younger - and Ottilie committed sucide in a park in Paris. Written by Frankie Little Hardin, directed by LaToya Morris and Danielle Lester; with Joy White as Rosetta, LaToya Morris as Anna, Beth Pivirotto as Ottilie and Terrance Afer-Anderson as Douglass.
Read Mal Vincent's review under "Reviews"....
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January 25 - March 1, 2008
PetSounds: The Life and Times of Nigel Zingraff
A return engagement of the show that took Hampton Roads by storm in the summer of 2007 (See below)
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February 14 - 17, 2008
Love's Journey: Tales for True Hearts
A special evening for lovers of all ages - stories, scenes, poems and songs all celebrating the power of love through the ages. Scripted and directed by Robert P. Arthur and featuring a scene from Sherri Bailey's Summers in Suffolk. Cast: Amber Wood, D.D.Delaney, Eileen P. Quinton, Matthew Crowley, Jeff Hewitt, Laureen Dabney and Coley Speaks.
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January 11-19, 2008
Marx in Soho
Guest artist Fenton Wilkinson brings the famed economic theorist to back to life in this entertaining and informative one man show, written by historian Howard Zinn. Marx has been granted one hour to come back to earth from heaven - where he's been trading ideas with Gandhi, Buddha, Jesus and Mark Twain - to defend his life and work. He meant to come back to his longtime home in Soho, London but is sent to bohemian Soho, New York by mistake; still, he soldiers on, extorting the audience, saying, "I am NOT A MARXIST!"
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December 15 - 30, 2007
East of the Sun, West of the Moon
This mainstage production by the Children's Theatre of Hampton Roads was a return of a beloved fairytale show. Originally produced at 40th Street Stage in December of 2005, this classic love story is a Norse variation of the Beauty and the Beast story. A great white bear comes to offer a poor family a deal: Wealth and comfort, in exchange for their Youngest Daughter, and because the bear seems to have a good heart, they agree. She will soon learn, unfortunately, that the Bear is of course a Prince who has been enchanted by some rather nasty Trolls. When the Youngest Daughter breaks her solemn promise, she must set out on an epic journey to redeem her faith, find the prince and prove that love conquers all fears.
Cast: Kathleen Moore, Joy White, Tennille Cyphers, Jason Cyphers, Jon Norton, Cami Walton, Shela Maung, Danielle Lester, Donald Phillips, Chris Bernhardt, Denise Hughes.
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December 14 - 23, 2007
D. D. Delaney's Concise Christmas Carol
Hampton Road's hippest playwright/philosopher actor D.D. Delaney returns to 40th Street for the second year with his own version of the Dicken's classic. This one man show is true tour-de-force, with Delaney playing all the characters in a show that runs just under one hour. It's the essential Carol, with all the wonderful elements of our favorite Christmas tale, told simply and theatrically, with stunning clarity and evocative power.
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November 16 - December 8, 2007
Bat Boy: The Musical
The cult musical hit based on - yes, it's true - the popular character from -gasp- The Weekly World News; a camp comedy horror ride which delighted audiences, required plastic ponchos for the 'blood spatter zone' and was the first show in the history of 40th Street to require a Live Animal Wrangler. Gleeful and witty, sadistic and silly, Bat Boy tells the story of a half boy/half bat creature discovered in the depths of a cave in West Virginia. Brought home by the town vet - a man with a secret - Bat Boy tries desperately to fit in and even finds love, but he is thwarted by the bigoted townspeople of Hope Falls. A modern morality tale for the age of media. Produced and presented by The Foppish Dandies & Company.
Directed by Philip Odango; Musical Direction by Kristen Martin, Costumes by Debi McGill; Properties & Special Effects by Donna Dickerson, Live Animal Wrangler April Shannon.
Cast: Eileen P. Quinton, Haylie McGill, Jillian Sweetland, Kent Collins, Rick Willard, William McGhee, April Shannon, Teddy Powers, DeEtta Jennings, Bill Armstrong, Tara Scott, Josephine Odango, Trish Gajos, Kristen Martin.
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November 11, 2007
HomeBound: An Evening Celebrating
Those Left Behind
A special presentation in honor of our military families. In Act I, readings of real letters to and from soldiers and their loved ones from the Civil War, World War I, II, Korean and Vietnam point to the timelessness of loss, longing and committment. In Act II, the improv comedy PlayBack Theatre takes audience stories and reenacts them. All proceeds from the evening benefited military domestic violence prevention programs.
Cast: Kent Collins and Frankie Little Hardin, with special musical guest Jerry Cronin.
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October 26 - November 3, 2007
The Hauntings: Shadow Tales
Scary stories, haunting melodies, poetry and scenes evocative of All Hallows, performed by some of the finest performers in Hampton Roads. Special performance by CORE Theatre Company, with their original adaptations of Poe's Tell-Tale Heart and The Pit and the Pendulum. Scripted by Robert P. Arthur and directed by Betty Xander.
Cast: Amoreena Wade, Amber Wood, D.D. Delaney, Celia Burnette, Matthew Crowley, Jeff Hewitt, Malcolm Powell. CORE Theatre is Edwin Castillo, Emel Ertugrul, Brant Powell
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