Calendar of Events
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Clayton Center for the Arts: Foothills Community Players Presents The Dining Room
Category: Theatre
The play is set in the dining room of a typical well-to-do household, the place where the family assembled daily for breakfast and dinner and for any and all special occasions. The action is comprised of a mosaic of interrelated scenes—some funny, some touching, some rueful—which, taken together, create an in-depth portrait of a vanishing species: the upper-middle-class WASP. The actors change roles, personalities and ages with virtuoso skill as they portray a wide variety of characters, from little boys to stern grandfathers, and from giggling teenage girls to Irish housemaids. Each vignette introduces a new set of people and events; a father lectures his son on grammar and politics; a boy returns from boarding school to discover his mother's infidelity; a senile grandmother doesn't recognize her own sons at Christmas dinner; a daughter, her marriage a shambles, pleads futilely to return home, etc. Dovetailing swiftly and smoothly, the varied scenes coalesce, ultimately, into a theatrical experience of exceptional range, compassionate humor and abundant humanity.
Tickets: Adults $17 Seniors and Students $15
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Call the Clayton Center Box Office for more details.
Cumberland County Playhouse: Driving Miss Daisy
Category: Kids & family and Theatre
January 12 - April 14th
A Timeless American play that inspired the Academy Award winning film, Driving Miss Daisy, is the Affecting story of the decades long relationship between a stubborn Southern matriarch and her compassionate chauffeur
Admission: $24 for Adults, $23 for Seniors, $22 for groups (15 or more Adults/ Seniors), $12 Kids/Students. Includes a $3 Service/facility charge
The WordPlayers: “Walk Don’t Ride! - A Celebration of the Fight for Equality”
Category: History & heritage and Theatre
The WordPlayers, a Knoxville theatre company, will tour “Walk Don’t Ride! - A Celebration of the Fight for Equality” by Peter Manos from January 20 through Feb. 29, 2012.
“Walk, Don't Ride” is a presentation of drama and song depicting events that helped shape American freedom. Events included are: The Montgomery Bus Boycott, The Nashville Lunch Counter Sit-ins, and The Greyhound/Trailways Freedom Rides.
“Walk, Don't Ride” is an example of the best kind of “edu-tainment,” and has been booked in 14 different venues, including middle schools, high schools, colleges, and churches.
There are seven public performances, the first being Jan. 25 at First Baptist Church, 510 Main St., Knoxville at 6:00 pm. For a complete list of performances, please visit www.wordplayers.org.
For more information, please call 865.539.2490 or visit www.wordplayers.org.
