2011.11.01
More about “Civil War Voices” Thursday at Blacksburg’s Lyric Theatre
From my Inbox to you:
Live at the Lyric Presents
The Barter Theatre in Civil War Voices
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011 8pm
$25 Gold/$20 Silver/$10 Students
Tickets at www.thelyric.com
Live at The Lyric is proud to present a Bicentennial Commemoration of the Civil War, as performed by The Barter Theatre Company. Experience our nation’s history from an original perspective, based on factual accounts from our ancestors.
Civil War Voices is filled with the courage, sacrifice, personal suffering and triumph of the people and time that galvanized our nation, giving a perspective on the Civil War that is not contained in any history books. Written by James R. Harris and traditional music with original arrangements by Mark Hayes.
This stirring performance by visiting cast members of the renowned Barter Theatre includes passionate stories as told by those who experienced our civil war, and recorded their most intimate and revealing narratives waiting by the fireplace for their husbands and sons to return home.
“Civil War Voices is a stirringly stitched collage of authentic music, letters, remembrances and diary entries brings to life the feelings, hopes and despairs of long-ago-perished people”
http://www.bartertheatre.com/shows/show_detail.php?show_id=130
Join us for an unforgettable and inspiring evening at the historic Lyric Theatre in downtown Blacksburg, complete with the original 1930 tapestries, the golden glow of the replica lanterns, and amazing acoustics.
More information online at www.thelyric.com/live
THE CAST
(performed in the style of classic story theatre; the actors all play multiple characters and never leave the stage)
Eugene Wolf as Narrator and Joseph Henry Harris
Tricia Mathews as Grandmother, Cornelia Harris, Mrs. Davis and others
Wendy Piper as Mother, Keckley’s Mother, Mrs. Lincoln and others
Rick McVey as Father, President Lincoln, General Lee and others
Adam J. MacDonald as Theophilus Perry and others
Holly Williams as Harriet Perry and others
Chavez Ravine as Elizabeth Keckley
Dan Folino as Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Willie Lincoln and others
Arthur W. Marks as Cook, Sgt. George Buck, General Braxton and others
Nathan Whitmer as Slave Master, George Keckley, General Hunt and others
Scott Gendel as the pianist
Claire Morison as the violinist
Did you know…?
1946: Barter is designated The State Theatre of Virginia, making it the first professional Theatre to attain this status.
1956: Barter establishes the annual “Ernest Borgnine Award” to honor the best new actor of each season. Borgnine, a Barter Alum, won an Oscar preceding this event.
1979: Barter is given their first ever Virginia Governor’s Award for Excellence in Art.
