Mary Baldwin University opens its 2014–15 theatre season with the musical Quilters by Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek. Directed by Mary Baldwin Theatre Professor Terry Southerington with musical direction by Brian Holsopple, the musical dives into the subject of frontier life and womanhood and runs October 3–5 and October 8–12, 2014.
Set in the American West, the play follows Sarah, a pioneer woman, and her six daughters as they tell their own and other women’s stories of life on the frontier. Audiences witness scenes of trial and hardship and laughter and joy — enhanced with music, dance, and vivid storytelling — set in a background of traditional quilt patterns.
The cast of Mary Baldwin Theatre performers includes Michelle Brandt as Sarah with Tiara Bowling, Myra Diehl, Kara Dotten, Carolyn Kennedy, Frances Koogler, and Aerial Woods as her daughters.
The season will continue with These Shining Lives by Melanie Marnich, November 19–23; Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman, February 11–15; The Lone Star Love Potion: An American Farce by Michael Parker, March 25–29; and Mary Baldwin’s student-directed, one-act play festival, The Play’s the Thing, May 6–10.
All performances are in the Fletcher Collins Theatre in Bertie Murphy Deming Fine Arts Center at Mary Baldwin University. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday with Sunday performances at 2 p.m. Doors open a half hour before every performance. Single show tickets are $12 for adults and $7 for students and seniors.
Season tickets and single show tickets are available by calling 540-887-7189, Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., or online. Season tickets are $50 for adults and $25 for students and seniors.