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February 28, 2008 issue


Relax and Enjoy Casual Theatre Saturday

Story by Anna Oakes

Cabin Fever Theatre, a new program by the Blowing Rock Stage Company, offers High Country folks the chance to enjoy theatre a few months before the summer theatre season begins. Its slogan is Get Out and Play! and the inaugural performance will be held Saturday, March 1, at 7:30 p.m. for one night only in the second-floor multipurpose room at the Hayes Performing Arts Center in Blowing Rock.

“Our main purpose is just to get potential audience members out of their house on a chilly winter night [to] go see a play or two with friends and have some fun,” said Kenneth Kay, producing artistic director of Blowing Rock Stage Company.

Local actors and Stage Company staff will perform four short plays: Mrs. Sorken, a comedy by Christopher Durang; Anything for You by Cathy Celesia; The Philadelphia by David Ives; and Term Limit by Viki Boyle, a Stage Company regular. Term Limit won the Best Play award at the last year’s 15-Minute Play Festival in New York.

Cabin Fever Theatre provides a space in the Blowing Rock Stage Company’s repertoire for a wider variety of styles and subjects—including serious issues and absurdist comedy—that typically do not have a place in its summer season, Kay said. The evening will be especially “heavy on the comedy,” he added. “There’s nothing like having a couple of laughs and sharing them with your friends.”

The room will be arranged cabaret-style, with tables and chairs, so that audience members can enjoy snacks and beverages at their tables while watching the show. A Hayes Center concession stand will offer snacks and drinks, including soda, beer and wine, for sale.

Tickets for Cabin Fever Theatre are $10 for adults and $3 for students and may be purchased at the door or in advance by calling the Hayes Center Box Office at 828-295-9168. The Hayes Center is located at 152 Jamie Fort Road, just off of U.S. Highway 321 in Blowing Rock.

Want To Go?

Date: Saturday, March 1
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Hayes Center multipurpose room, Blowing Rock
Cost: $10 adults/$3 students