THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER
Nov. 28-Dec. 22, 2007
 From the book by Barbara Robinson  A couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant is faced with the Herdman kids, the most inventive, awful kids in the history of the world. They haven’t heard the Christmas story, they don’t attend church regularly and nobody knows anything about their parents. Once they discover what the Christmas story is about, it’s mayhem and fun for all.

MISERY
Jan. 23-Feb. 10, 2008
 Adapted by Simon Moore from the novel by Stephen King
Blizzard winds drive romance novelist Paul Sheldon off the road and into a snowbound hell, where his cries for help can only be heard by his Number One Fan – Annie Wilkes.   Fear becomes the only Muse in a life-and-death game of chapter and verse, and Paul is forced to do whatever it takes to give Annie the Misery she craves. 

THE FOREIGNER
Feb. 27-Mar. 16, 2008
By Larry Shue
You can’t believe everything you hear.  Just ask Englishman Charlie Baker, an out-of-place guest at a remote fishing lodge in Georgia.  When Charlie’s shyness keeps him tongue-tied, his fellow Brit tries to cover by telling the locals that Charlie can’t understand English.  Which translates into a farcical free-for-all for secrets, gossip, and scandal, Southern-style.

THE STINKY CHEESEMAN - AND OTHER FAIRLY STOOPID TALES
Apr. 1-6, 2008
 By Kent Stevens; Adapted from the book by Jon Scieszka; Music by Gary Rue  Take one Jack the Narrator and mix with two paranoid chickens. Fold in an ugly duckling, a giant, and a grade-A clever fox.  Add a cup of frog slime, layer with a red hood, and sprinkle with magic beans.  Top it off with cheese, bacon and olives and half-bake yourself one funky fairy tale soufflé!

TALES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
Apr. 16-27, 2008
 By Michael Bigelow Dixon & Jan Cole A cruel Sultan, bewitched by a magic scimitar, is quickly slicing through his list of brides.  But clever Princess Scheherazade has laid out a plan to save her pretty neck.  She weaves a tapestry of enchanted tales, spinning them one by one - but never quite finishing them, leaving the Sultan begging for more each morning.

NORFOLK SOUTHERN FESTIVAL OF NEW WORKS
May 7-18, 2008
Fresh.  New.  Innovative.  Inspiring.  Creative.  For 18 years, Mill Mountain Theatre has put these words on stage, thanks to the generous underwriting of the Norfolk Southern Foundation. Follow the stage directions and be the first to see produced new works.

INTO THE WOODS
June 4-29, 2008
 Book by James Lapine; Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
In Sondheim’s spectacular Tony award-winning musical extravaganza, once-upon-a-time takes a wickedly clever turn into once-upon-what-if.  A wish, a witch, and a curse send Cinderella, Rapunzel, their Princes and Little Red Riding Hood on an unexpected journey with Jack (of Beanstalk fame), a Baker and his wife, and a Giantess with an axe to grind.

IDOLS OF THE KING
July 23-Aug. 24, 2008
 By Ronnie Claire Edwards & Allen Crowe Spotlights dazzle off a thousand sequins.   The hair.  The pose.  The microphone.  And the Once and Future King has got us all shook up.  The songs, the stories, the myth and the legend beam onto the stage in this tour de force concert celebrating Elvis and the sound that changed music forever.