SART’s 2008 Season

34th SEASON

by WILLIAM GIBSON

produced by Asheville Savings Bank

June 4 – 15 2008

“Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.”          ~Helen Keller~

Derived from Helen Keller's autobiography, The Story of My Life. The story of the relationship between Keller, a deaf -blind child, and her teacher Annie Sullivan.

Directed by WILLIAM GREGG

A DOCTOR Doug Hauschild
KATE Jane Porterfield
KELLER Michael Mattison*
HELEN Savannah Crespo
MARTHA Jeanette Duncan
PERCY Barshia Young
AUNT EV Joan Atwood
JAMES Cameron Gregg
ANAGNOS Jeremy Greco
ANNIE SULLIVAN Flynt Burton
VINEY Angela Jones
SCHOOL GIRLS Ashley Bosonetto, Hailey Davis,
Emilia Gregg, Nadia Miller, Teghan Murphy

Set Design Richard Seagle
Lighting Design Robert C. Berls
Costume Design Paula McWhirter-Buck
Production Manager Neil St. Clair
Production Stage Manager Angela Gross

*Denotes a member of Actors Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. Appearing under special contract.

a new play by YASMINA REZA
translated by Christopher Hampton

produced by Gasperson Moving & Storage
and The Furniture Market

June 18 – June 29 2008

Tony Award winning Comedy
Celebrate 25 years of SART actors Michael Mattison, Ben Starr Coates and Randy Noojin.
Stylish, Sophisticated, Stimulating and Hilarious…Three men endure the far reaches of their friendships when one of them purchases an unusual painting.

Directed by CHARLES OTTE

MARC Michael Mattison*
SERGE Ben Starr Coates*
YVAN Randy Noojin*

Set Design Richard Seagle
Lighting Design Robert C. Berls
Costume Design Paula McWhirter-Buck
Production Manager Neil St. Clair
Production Stage Manager Bill Gregg*
Stage Manager Cindy Baldwin

*Denotes a member of Actors Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. Appearing under special contract.

written by CONNIE RAY
conceived by ALAN BAILEY
musical arrangement by MIKE CRAVER

produced by
Bill Boughton with Edward Jones in Weaverville

July 2 – 13 2008

You laughed, cried and sang with them in Smoke on the Mountain and Sanders Family Christmas.

Reverend Mervin Oglethorpe and the Sanders Family are back with entertaining and touching stories mixed with fabulous Bluegrass Gospel music.

Directed by PAUL SCHIERHORN
Musical Direction by BRUCE LANG

MERVIN OGLETHORPE Bradshaw Call
BURL Tony Medlin
VERA Mandy Sayles
STANLEY Bruce Lang
DENNIS Daniel Hensley
DENISE Ashley Manning
JUNE Katie Keiley
MUSICIANS Bucky Hanks and Brad Curtioff

Set Design Richard Seagle
Lighting Design Robert C. Berls
Costume Design Paula McWhirter-Buck
Production Manager Neil St. Clair
Production Stage Manager Angela Gross

*Denotes a member of Actors Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. Appearing under special contract.

a new comedy by
JESSIE JONES,
NICHOLAS HOPE
and JAMIE WOOTEN
www.joneshopewooten.com

produced by Weaverville Eye Associates

July 16 – 27 2008

33 summers, 5 women, 1 beach house...a great comedy!
First professional production of The Dixie Swim Club.
Five Southern women, whose friendship began on their college swim team, set aside a long weekend each year to recharge that friendship. Free from men, kids and jobs, they meet every August at the same beach cottage on North Carolina's Outer Banks to laugh, catch up and meddle in each other's lives.  "The Dixie Swim Club" focuses on four of those weekends over a period of thirty plus years.

Directed by WILLIAM GREGG

SHEREE Maria Mason*
DINAH Eileen Russell
LEXIE Kate Russell
JERI NEAL Elizabeth Aiello*
VERNADETTE Kay Crews St.Clair

Set Design Richard Seagle
Lighting Design Robert C. Berls
Costume Design Stan Poole
Production Manager Neil St. Clair
Production Stage Managers Cindy Baldwin / Angela Gross

*Denotes a member of Actors Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. Appearing under special contract.

by DAVID WRIGHT

produced by Dan & Beverly Lunsford

July 30 – August 3 2008

SART’s 54th World Premiere
Winner of SART’s 26th annual ScriptWorks playwright’s festival held in May 2007.
Post World War; Set in Western NC; based on the biblical story of Ruth.
Entreat me not to leave thee. For whither thou goest, I shall go; and whither thou lodgest, I shall lodge; thy people shall be my people; and thy God, my God.

Directed by JOHN MOON

ALMA CLAYTON Elaine Blanton
THELMA WHITESELL Dianne Chapman
JULIUS KINGSFORD Michael Mattison*
NAOMI MCINNES Kay Galvin
RUTHIE MCINNES Ashley Manning
JUNIOR KINGSFORD Anthony Giordano
BEAU STROUD Bradshaw Call
COOT CAMERON Tony Medlin
PHIL LAWSON / POLICE OFFICER Robert P. McDaniel

Set Design Richard Seagle
Lighting Design Robert C. Berls
Costume Design Paula McWhirter-Buck
Production Manager Neil St. Clair
Production Stage Manager Cindy Baldwin

*Denotes a member of Actors Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. Appearing under special contract.

lyrics by TIM RICE
music by ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER

produced by
Connie Buckner & Jack Davis and Fred & Phyllis Young

August 6 – 24 2008

Don’t Cry For Me Argentina
Featuring Liz Aiello in the title role.
One of the world’s greatest musicals, bringing to life the dynamic, larger-than-life persona of Eva Peron.

Directed by WILLIAM GREGG
Musical Direction by PAUL SCHIERHORN
Choreography by HEIDI KULAS

EVA PERON Elizabeth Aiello*
PERON Ben Starr Coates*
CHE Brian Scharfenberg
PERON’S MISTRESS Chelsey Gaddy
MAGALDI Doug Hauschild
ENSEMBLE Jennifer Ariel, Aimee Bohner, Chris Caggiano, Bradshaw Call, Cat Curtis, Michael Ray Fisher, Emilia Gregg, Doug Hauschild, Daniel Hensley, Ashley Manning, Robert McDaniel, Teghan Murphy, Mandy Sayles, Adrian Smith, Alison Young

Virginia McKnight live keyboards
Bruce Lang live guitars, acoustic & electric
Paul Schierhorn synthesizers
Daniel Hensley synthesizers

Set Design Richard Seagle
Lighting Design Robert C. Berls
Costume Design Deborah Austin / Susan Sertain
Production Manager Neil St. Clair
Production Stage Managers Cindy Baldwin / Angela Gross
Assoc. Music Director Daniel Hensley
Dance Captain Cat Curtis
Follow Spot Lucas Gregg

*Denotes a member of Actors Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. Appearing under special contract.

2008 SART COMPANY

(other than those listed above)

Technical Director Robert C. Berls
Costume Shop manager Paula McWhirter-Buck
Master Carpenter Jillian Summers
Master Electrician/Sound Josh Hasty
Props Master Bradshaw Call
Stage Manager Apprentice Anna Thrift
Lighting Asst./Sound Operator Jeff Silverman
Wardrobe & Costume Asst. Robert McDaniel
Carpenter Asst. Cassidy Robbins
Production Asst. Adrian Smith
Costume Asst. Aimee Bohner
Costume Asst. Giny Speaks
Carpenter Apprentice Chris Caggiano
Props Asst. Heather Gainey

House Manager Erne Bruce
Box Office Manager Kathlene Ford Walters
Sr. Office Asst. / Box Office Asst. Jessica St.Clair
Office Asst. / Box Office Asst. Michael Ray Fisher
Box Office Asst. Jennifer Ariel
Box Office Asst. Jeremy Greco
Box Office Asst. Daniel Hensley

OTHER 2008 Shows

These 3 following productions were presented
"outside" of the regular SART Summer Season of Shows in 2008

CLICK on the SHOW here below to read more about it

SART
Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre
P.O.Box 1720 / 44 College Street
Mars Hill, NC 28754

Business Office
828.689.1384
828.689.1272 (fax)
email

Box Office
828.689.1239
(May-August)

SART presents the mainstage summer season of productions each year in the historic Owen Theatre on the campus of Mars Hill College, Mars Hill NC.
Owen Theatre is equipped with hearing-impaired assistance devices
and wheelchair designated seating / access.

SART is supported by the North Carolina Arts Council
with funding from the state of North Carolina
and the National Endowment for the Arts,
which believes that a great nation deserves great art.