2591 E. First Street
Blue Ridge, Georgia 30513
706-632-9223
www.BlueRidgeCommunityTheater.com
2015 Blue Ridge Community Theater Season
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Seating begins 30mins prior to show time; concessions (popcorn, candy, soda, beer/wine)
are sold and permitted in the theater.
BRCT Mainstage productions run three weeks: Thurs.-Sat. at 7:3pm; Sun. at 2pm
Sunny D Children’s Theater productions run two weeks: Fri.-Sat.at 7:30pm; Sun. at 2pm
Live Music Concerts start at 7:30pm
Main Stage Productions
Brighton Beach Memoirs By: Neil Simon
Performances: Feb. 12- Mar. 1
Description: Dramatic Comedy
Neil Simon's autobiographical play of the young teen in 1937
living with his family in a crowded, lower middle-class Brooklyn house.
Dreaming of baseball and girls, Eugene must cope with the mundane
existence of his family life in Brooklyn: formidable mother, overworked
father, and his worldly older brother Stanley. Throw into the mix his
widowed Aunt Blanche, her two young (but rapidly aging) daughters
and Grandpa the Socialist; you have a recipe for hilarity, served up
Simon-style. This bittersweet memoir evocatively captures the life of a
struggling Jewish household. (PG-13)
2591 E. First Street
Blue Ridge, Georgia 30513
706-632-9223
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The Moving of Lilla Barton By: John MacNicholas
Performances: Apr. 9- Apr. 26
Description: Comedy
The humorous and touching tale of a southern Alabama town’s
ethical, spiritual and political dilemma over how to get the Widow Lilla
Barton to move out of the parsonage her father built for she and her
Reverend husband. Include a pushy realtor, who wants the depressed
woman out, a decent Southern gentleman, who thinks she should be
allowed to stay, and an ex-Yankee newspaper editor, who cannot even
begin to understand these mysterious Southern ways, plus a Bishop
who wanted marry the young Lilla and you have an evening of great
laughs and drama. (PG-13)
Breakfast with Less & Bess By: Lee Kalchaim
Performances: May 14- May 31
Description: Comedy
Les and Bess are a married couple who co host a radio talk show
in New York City before the turmoil of the sixties stirred the country out
of its complacency. Les and Bess are about to have their talk show
canceled because of lack of interest. Since their marriage is based on
their show, they may have to cancel their marriage as well. Les wants to
go to Houston to be a sports announcer his dream. Bess wants to stay
in New York. Will Les and Bess stay together? Will their budding radical
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of a son straighten up? Will their daughter actually marry the sailor she
has just met? Will their long distance phone call from Princess Grace of
Monaco ever come through? Stay tuned... (PG-13)
Radio TBS By: Mark Landon-Smith
Performances: Jul. 9- Jul. 26
Description: Comedy
Radio hostesses and society doyennes Vesta Poteet and Dixie
Mandrell bring to you the comings and goings of The Luna Del Mar
Manufactured Home Oasis and Monkey Empire, and what a jumpin'
place this trailer park is. There's a visit to Graceland from rovin'
reporter Missy Goode; the upcomin' Miss Manatee contest, if forced
contestant Mayola Felts can stop eaten' every sweet thing she can get
her hands on. The colossal celebration at Luna Del Mar, penicillin
capital of central Florida, is A Tribute to the Kings, a little drive-by
nativity with some rock n' roll. If you think that this kings' tribute runs
smoothly, you'll also believe that teased hair is a thing of the past. (PG13)
A Night in the Theater By: Lawrence Casler
Performances: Aug. 20- Sept. 6
Description: Comedy
Margaret and Stanley Locker and their friends, Donna and Walter
Pace, are at the theatre for their weekly dose of culture. This week's
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ordeal is Hamlet. After they seat themselves with some confusion, the
play consists of their incessant and hilarious chatter about themselves,
their children, a dead friend and even occasionally Shakespeare's play.
Secrets emerge and friendships unravel amid the audiences’ laughter.
You may even recognize these rude playgoers as the obnoxious people
who sometimes sit behind you. (PG-13)
Steel Magnolias By: Robert Harling
Performances: Oct. 1- Oct. 18
Description: Dramatic Comedy
Truvy's beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the
ladies, who are "anybody", come to have their hair done. Helped by her
eager new assistant, Annelle, the outspoken, wise-cracking Truvy
dispenses shampoos and free advice to the town's rich curmudgeon,
Ouiser,; an eccentric millionaire, Miss Clairee, and the local social
leader, M'Lynn, whose daughter, Shelby, is about to marry a "good ole
boy." Filled with hilarious repartee and not a few acerbic but
humorously revealing verbal collisions. The sudden realization of their
mortality, when tragedy hits draws on the underlying strength—and
love—which give the play, and its characters, the special quality to
make them truly touching, funny and marvelously amiable company in
good times and bad. (PG-13)
2591 E. First Street
Blue Ridge, Georgia 30513
706-632-9223
www.BlueRidgeCommunityTheater.com
Dicken’s Christmas Carol By: Mark Landon-Smith
Performances: Nov. 27- Dec. 13 (opens Friday)
Description: Comedy
From the bonny shores of England comes the Styckes-UponThump Repertory Theatre Company, a stuffy old travelling troupe
embarking on their fifteenth annual farewell tour of the Dickens' tale.
The company includes Sir Selsdon Piddock, the consummate actor, with
Mrs. Bettina Salisbury, Dame Rowena Middleton-Lewis, Mrs. Cordelia
ffoliet-ffolkes ffortescue Woods, Teddy Shub and Elyot Crummels in
multiple supporting roles. Sweet Cynthia Imbry, the general
understudy, suddenly finds herself thrust onstage to perform a role
she's ill-prepared for! Bettina, the company diva, pretends to be ill,
certain the production will be cancelled. However, much to her shock
and rage, the show does go on without her! Mayhem ensues as this
professional company scrambles to keep the show going and
everything that could possibly go wrong does, to hilarious, ridiculous
results! (G)
Special Fundraising Event:
Reader’s Theater: Love, Loss and What I Wore By: Nora &
Delia Ephron
Performances: Sept. 24-27 (1 weekend only)
Description: Comedy/Drama
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A play of monologues and ensemble pieces about women, clothes
and memory covering all the important subjects—mothers, prom
dresses, mothers, buying bras, mothers, hating purses and why we only
wear black. Based on the bestselling book by Ilene Beckerman. Reader’s
Theatre is a style in which the actors do or do not memorize their lines
but use vocal expression to help the audience understand the story
rather than visual storytelling. (PG-13)
Sunny D Children’s Theater
The Secret Garden By: Helen P. Avery
Performance: Mar. 13- Mar. 22
Description: Comedy/Drama
Mary Lennox is the spoiled child of uncaring parents. Mary's parents are
diplomats in India and Mary's experiences in India…especially at the Festival of
Diplomats … answer the question. What was Mary's life like when she lived in
India? It is India that she is introduced to the "magic" of life & death…Her parents
die and leaves her an orphan. She is sent to Yorkshire to live with her uncle and
guardian in a mansion on the moor. There she hears mysterious crying down the
halls and knows that the housekeeper and doctor are plotting something evil.
Through the sympathy of a young housemaid, Martha, and her brother, Dickon,
who tames animals, including a rabbit, Mary comes to understand what love
means. Together they solve the mystery of the crying. In the "secret garden", she
and her friends experience the restorative powers of creativity and selfrealization.
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Blue Ridge, Georgia 30513
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Sunny D Summer Camps: Drama & Musical
“Myths & Legends”
Camp: June 8- June 21 Performances: June20-21
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow By:
Performance: Oct. 30- Nov. 8
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Live Music Is Better Concert Series
Copious Jones
Copiousjones.com
Performance: Friday, January 16
Roxie Watson band
Roxiewatson.com
Performance: Friday & Saturday, Mar. 27 & 28
Gretchen Peters
Gretchenpeters.com
Performance: Saturday, May 2
Joe Gransden- Cabaret Style
Joegransden.com
Performance: Friday, June 12
Diane Durrett
Dianedurrett.com
Performance: Saturday, August 1
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Denny Jiosa
jiosa.com
Performance: Saturday, September 12
Kurt Thomas
KurtThomasMusic.com
Performance: Saturday, October 24
Michelle Malone
michellemalone.com
Performance: Friday, November 13