PERFORMING ARTS CONCERTS
STORYTELLING
APPALACHIAN FESTIVAL OF PLAYS AND PLAYWRIGHTS
BARTER THEATRE PERFORMANCES
LATE NITE IMPROV
The Virginia Highlands Festival's Performing Arts Series brings a dazzling variety of professional entertainers from around the world to historic Abingdon.
Sponsored by Cumberland Resources
Performing Arts Concerts
Sunday, July 25, 7:30 p.m.
Barter Theatre - $10 All Seats
Tickets Available at the Barter Theatre Box Office
www.bartertheatre.com
Barbara Bailey Hutchison
Barbara Bailey Hutchison is a Grammy Award winning singer songwriter as well as an
accomplished visual artist. A national magazine voted her Best Acoustic Act, Best Solo Act, and Best Female Performer. Her lyric driven, melodic, often humorous alternative folk style offers music in which everyone can find themselves. Barbara has recorded 17 CDs, performed at The White House three times, and toured throughout the United States, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, and Thailand. Her rich clear vocals have been featured in commercials for McDonald's, Hallmark Cards, and other national advertisers.
Visit www.bbhsings.com for more information.
Josh White, Jr.
Josh White, Jr. has been performing on stage since the age of four, with numerous recordings from his 1956 Decca Record "See Saw" to his most recent "Josh White, Jr. -- LIVE" by Silverwolf in 2003. He has appeared on countless television shows and has performed throughout the world. This past winter he did a one month tour in Australia. From 1963 through the 1980s he headlined in more than 2000 college concerts throughout the US. He has won numerous awards, including the first Harry Chapin Humanitarian Award presented by NACA in Nashville in 1987. Do not miss the opportunity to experience a performer of this quality on the Barter stage during our festival. Cuff Gracey will be accompanying Josh. Visit www.joshwhitejr.com for more information.
A Rip-Roaring, Acoustic "Fu Arts" Foursome! Lenny Ski, Brian's cohort, shares the role of "maestro" during the performance, while offering a genre-busting variety of fiddle wizardry
Three Men and & Maestro
Monday, August 2 - 7:30 p.m.
Barter Theatre
$16 Adults, $14 Senior, $12 Youth
Tickets Available at the
Barter Theatre Box Office
www.bartertheatre.com
Back by Popular Request. Brian Gurl guides this fabulous foursome on a journey that creates an exciting and playful tension between artistic refinement and rip-roaring musical fun. Four dynamic guys charm and dazzle the audience with a highly energized fusion of pop, jazz, ethnic, classical, Bluegrass and Broadway. Visit www.gurlandgirl.com for more information.
Storytelling
Tuesday, July 27 & Wednesday, July 28 - 7:30 p.m.
Admission $8
Tickets available at the Abingdon Market Pavilion
Bil Lepp is a nationally renowned storyteller and five time champion of the West Virginia Liars' Contest. His outrageous, humorous tall-tales and witty stories have earned the appreciation of listeners of all ages and from all walks of life. Though a champion liar, his hilarious, insightful stories often contain morsels of truth which shed light on subjects such as politics, religion, relationships, and human nature. Visit www.buck-dog.com for more information.
Barter Theatre
$13 Adults, $11 Senior, $9 Youth
John Chappell as "Mark Twain! On Stage" is more than comedy, more than drama, and way more fun than you can imagine. Mark Twain's stinging commentaries on the human race, on politics, slavery, lying, religion and life are stunningly fresh and blazingly funny. It is a live hilarious recreation of Mark Twain himself, in all his wit and wisdom, as you might have seen him 100 years ago. It is audiences laughing at his tall stories, moving from laughter to poignant reflection, occasionally squirming at his savage irony...all the while captivated by a perfect illusion of the living presence of the man himself. For more information visit www.alkahestartists.net.
Barter Theatre Productions
Appalachian Festival of Plays and Playwrights
Mini-Production
A Southern Exposure
Barter Stage II
Admission $20 Adults, $12 Youth
July 27, 7:45 p.m.
July 28, 2:00 p.m.
July 29, 7:45 p.m.
July 31, 2:00 p.m.
August 3, 7:45 p.m.
August 5, 2:00 p.m.
August 6, 8:15 p.m.
August 7, 8:15 p.m.
This annual festival celebrates the richness of the Appalachian tradition by showcasing the stories of this region, both past and present, and the inspiration it provides the playwrights and writers who live here. The ultimate goal is to share our rich cultural heritage with audiences across the nation. Since 1933, Barter Theatre has been developing new works and nurturing area talent.
This year you will enjoy A Southern Exposure by Kelley Kingston-Strayer. Audience and artist discussions about the play, led by Barter professionals, will follow each presentation. Admission is free but a donation is suggested.
Staged Reading of New Works
7 Brand New Plays, Barter Stage II
July 30, 1:00 and 4:00 p.m.
August 2, 1:00 and 4:00 p.m.
August 3, 1:00 and 4:00 p.m.
August 6, 2:00 p.m.
Admission varies. Advance tickets available at Barter Theatre's Box Office. For more information, call the Barter Box Office at 276-628-3991.
Mike Ostroski, Amy Baldwin and Dan Folino, Revolutions, 2010
"Revolutions"
Barter Stage II
Saturday, July 24 2:00 p.m.
Wednesday, July 28, 7:45 p.m.
Friday, July 30, 8:15 p.m.
Saturday, July 31, 8:15 p.m.
Monday, August 2, 7:45 p.m.
Thursday, August 5, 7:45 p.m.
Saturday, August 7, 2:00 p.m.
Go on a time-shifting joyride between the present and the 1960s as three college friends come together for a reunion celebration in Revolutions by Richard Alfieri. As their dreams from the past collide with their present reality, long-hidden secrets emerge redefining their relationships and their perceptions of what was and what is. This unique and highly theatrical examination of The Big Chill generation and their complex legacy will "blow your mind." MATURE CONTENT AND LANGUAGE.
Gannon McHale and Danny Vaccaro, Tuesdays With Morrie, 2010
"Tuesdays With Morrie"
Barter Stage II
Sunday, July 25, 7:00 p.m.
Monday, July 26, 7:45 p.m.
Thursday, July 29, 2:00 p.m.
Sunday, August 1, 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, August 4, 2:00 p.m.
Sunday, August 8, 7:00 p.m.
Mitch Albom's Tuesdays With Morrie, by Jeffrey Hatcher and Mitch Albom, is a touching, humorous and unforgettable true story which shares the friendship between Mitch, an accomplished journalist and Morrie, his former college professor. Sixteen years after graduation, Mitch catches Morrie's appearance on a television news program and sets out on a journey to reunite with his mentor.
"The Blue-Sky Boys"
Barter Theatre
Saturday, July 24, 8:15 p.m.
Wednesday, July 28, 2:00 p.m.
Thursday, July 29, 7:45 p.m.
Saturday, July 31, 2:00 p.m.
Sunday, August 1, 3:00 p.m.
Wednesday, August 4, 7:45 p.m.
Thursday, August 5, 2:00 p.m.
Friday, August 6, 8:15 p.m.
Saturday, August 7, 8:15 p.m
Ever wonder how we got to the moon? Experience the imaginative and somewhat unorthodox creative process used by a group of maverick engineers to accomplish the seemingly impossible task of landing men on the moon and returning them safely to earth. With visits from the likes of Apollo, the Red Baron, Galileo and Buck Rogers, The Blue-Sky Boys, by Deborah Brevoort, is a thrilling and amazing adventure of the race for space full of surprises. Sometimes the best way to find a real world solution is to dream it.
"James and the Giant Peach"
Barter Stage II
Saturday, July 24 - Saturday, August 7
10:00 a.m. Call for dates.
Admission $9.50.
From the author who brought you Charlie and the Chocolate Factory comes a fantastic story of imagination in James and the Giant Peach, adapted from Roald Dahl's novel by Richard R. George. James, an orphan, is sent to live with his horrible aunts, Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker. His remarkable adventure begins when he finds an ENORMOUS peach in their yard filled with scores of talking insects! Little does he know that this peach and its passengers will take him on a journey across the globe and bring him fame and fortune beyond his wildest dreams.
Tianna Jane Stevens & Eugene Wolf, Annie, 2010
Barter Theatre
Saturday, July 24, 2:00 p.m.
Sunday, July 25, 3:00 p.m.
Wednesday, July 28, 7:45 p.m.
Thursday, July 29, 2:00 p.m.; Friday, July 30, 8:15 p.m.
Saturday, July 31, 8:15 p.m.
Wednesday, August 4, 2:00 p.m.
Thursday, August 5, 7:45 p.m.
Saturday, August 7, 2:00 p.m.
Sunday, August 8, 3:00 p.m.
Leapin' Lizards! The endearing spunky orphan comes to Barter for our huge summer musical! Join the adventurous Annie and her loveable mutt Sandy as they foil Miss Hannigan, befriend President Roosevelt and finally find a home with billionaire Daddy Warbucks. One of the world's best-loved musicals, Annie features such favorite songs as "It's a Hard Knock Life," "Easy Street" and "Tomorrow."
To Purchase Tickets for Barter Theatre Performances call Barter Theatre Box Office at 276-628-3991 or visit www.bartertheatre.com.
Adults Only
Barter Stage II
Friday & Saturday, July 30-31, 11pm
Admission payable at the door
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