NORFOLK SOUTHERN FESTIVAL OF NEW WORKS

Waldron Stage May 7 – 18, 2008

Page to Stage, right before your eyes.
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.

Splitting Heirs
by Freyda Thomas
The servants run the show in this original play, inspired by Jean-Francois Regnard's 18th Century farce Le Legataire Universel. They devise a plan to lure the master's money away in a trust but they need him to die first. With characters reminiscent of favorite commedia types, you'll be wrapped up in the wordplay and schemes in Splitting Heirs.

Dreamtime
by Maura Campbell
Dreamtime is inspired by the real life murders of two Dartmouth professors by teenage boys. Dreamtime uses a variety of expressionistic techniques and Aboriginal philosophy to explore this incomprehensible act of violence. Surprisingly, in spite of the grisly and senseless nature of the slayings, the play reveals the possibility of hope. Dreamtime is a definitive statement of what love is.

Matt Harris
Hanley Smith
Steven Gibbs *
Alexandria Miller
Chris O'Carroll *
Judy Leavell *
Aaron Keller *
Kurt Aller
Lucinda McDermott *

Donnie and the Monsters
by Robert Gibbs
May 17 at 10:00am
Trinkle Main Stage

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Click here to see a video with Dreamtime playwright Maura Campbell!