The Autumn Players Readers Theatre Showcase was initiated by and is dedicated to the
memory of Bernie Hauserman (1937 – 2009).
*All shows at 2:30 pm * All tickets on sale at door one hour prior to the performance.*
2012-13 Season
Light Up the Sky
By Moss Hart
Directed by Arnie Sgan
Friday, September 28 and Saturday, September 29, 2012 in 35below
Sunday, September 30, 2012 at the Reuter Center on UNCA’s campus
This backstage comedy shines the spotlight on the Broadway opening of a new play by a young, untested playwright. A colorful and very flamboyant cast of theatre folk take the audience right into the 1940’s theatre scene in New York with its crazy highs, lows and ever-present unpredictability. This production marks the 20th birthday of The Autumn Players.
*All shows at 2:30 pm * Tickets are $5.00 and are on sale at door one hour prior to the performance.*
Uncle Vanya
Translation by Brian Friel, from the play by Anton Chekhov
Directed by Anita Chapman
Friday, November 9 and Saturday, November 10, 2012 in 35below
Sunday, November 11, 2012 at the Reuter Center on UNCA’s campus
Set at the turn of the twentieth century, this tragicomic portrait of life on a country estate in Czarist Russia reaches deeply into the heart of human experience. Caught in a web of misunderstandings, jealousies and affections, the members of an extended family poignantly struggle to face their disappointments and missed opportunities and to meet the future with courage and hope.
*All shows at 2:30 pm * Tickets are $5.00 and are on sale at door one hour prior to the performance.*
In Praise of Love
By Terence Rattigan
Directed by Beth Ely
Friday, March 15 and Saturday, March 16, 2013 in 35below
Sunday, March 17, 2013 at the Reuter Center on UNCA’s campus
Inspired by the real life marriage of Rex Harrison to Kay Kendall, this play paints a portrait of a literary critic who keeps the world, as well as his terminally ill wife and adolescent son at arm’s length, with his cutting, hard-edged banter. It is his loyal friend, a bestselling American author, who tries to smooth things over and to repair the damaged relationships within the family unit.
*All shows at 2:30 pm * Tickets are $5.00 and are on sale at door one hour prior to the performance.*
Spoon River Anthology
Adapted for the stage by Charles Aidman, From poetry by Edgar Lee Masters
Directed by RoseLynn Katz
Friday, June 14 and Saturday, June 15, 2013 in 35below
Sunday, June 16, 2013 at the Reuter Center on UNCA’s campus
A medley of characters from a small Illinois town in the Nineteenth Century tell their life stories after their lives are over. Their tales run the gamut – some bold and colorful, some full of everyday frustrations and more than a few revealing long-kept secrets from the grave. This classic piece of Americana includes folk singing and music.
*All shows at 2:30 pm * Tickets are $5.00 and are on sale at door one hour prior to the performance.*
Mary, Mary
By Jean Kerr
Directed by Jim Reid
Friday, September 6 and Saturday, September 7, 2013 in 35below
Sunday, September 8, 2013 at the Reuter Center on UNCA’s campus
This witty comedy by the author of Please Don’t Eat the Daisies centers on a fateful night and day nine months after the divorce of wisecracking Mary and sensible Bob. They meet at his apartment in efforts to stave off an IRS audit, but the plot thickens when they are joined by Bob’s young fiancée, Tiffany, and other characters. This show enjoyed a nearly four year run on Broadway.
*All shows at 2:30 pm * Tickets are $5.00 and are on sale at door one hour prior to the performance.*
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