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Production staff
Benjamin P. Robinson, Director
Joe Wehunt, Music Director
Kim Granner, Scenic Designer
Guy Perticone, Lighting Designer
JeanE Bartlett, Stage Manager |
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Queens of country music rule Centre Stage August 6-29
 Polish up the rhinestones and break out those cowboy boots! Centre Stage presents Country Queens: Nashville’s Leading Ladies, an homage to the legendary queens of country music featuring our own queens of the stage singing those love ‘em, leave ‘em and can’t do without ‘em songs made famous by Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, Dolly Parton, Patsy Cline, Kitty Wells, Reba McEntire and Barbara Mandrell. These extraordinary women have defined classic country style for generations. The evening highlights their breakout songs, signature songs, and number one hits.
This special concert will be headlined by Greenville musical artists Debra Capps, Cheryl Connelly, Tamy Heard, Summer Keller, Katie Martin, Diane Mitchell, Cindy Mixon and Meredith Reed. Benjamin P. Robinson will direct. His Centre Stage directorial credits include Beehive, Sophie Tucker: Last of the Red Hot Mamas (which he also wrote), The Fantasticks, and The Dining Room.
Joining Robinson as co-creator and musical director is Joe Wehunt. Joe is a composer/sound designer at Skyline Post (a film postproduction facility) and freelance writer, arranger and guitarist. He has worked with Bob Hope, George Burns and The Fifth Dimension, and has served as music director for many shows at Centre Stage, including for last summer’s hit, Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story as well as this season’s Clear Lake: the Rock ‘n Roll Reunion.
Country Queens: Nashville’s Leading Ladies will run August 6-29 with 8 p.m. performances Aug. 6-8, 13-15, 20-22 and 27-29 and 3 p.m. performances August 9, 16 and 23. Ticket prices are $25 for adults, with discounts for students and seniors. All seats reserved. The box office can be reached at 864.233.6733 2-6 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 2 hours before performances.
Cazbah caters opening night!
Our opening night reception for Country Queens: Nashville's Leading Ladies was catered by The Cazbah, now with locations in Greenville (just one block away from the theater) and Greer.
Jane Young
Seeing Red |
Barbara Stitt
Quiet Place |
Featured gallery artists
Centre Stage partners with the Metropolitan Arts Council (MAC) to present the works of Upstate visual artists in our public areas during the run of each production. Our featured artists during Country Queens are Barbara Stitt and Jane Young.
Artist statement: Barbara Stitt
My inspiration comes from almost any subject matter that sparks my interest at the time, and I have always been fascinated by pattern, design, texture and color. I enjoy working with these applications on various supports (paper, board, canvas, fabric etc.) in a random and spontaneous manner, then bringing the chaos into order. The process of creating a painting, for me, is similar to solving a mystery which must be brought to a believable conclusion.
Artist statement: Jane Young
As artists, we define and share our world through creation. Every piece of art has meaning or connection for someone, inviting him or her to share the journey. William Faulkner wrote: “And who better to save man’s humanity than the writer, the poet, the artist…” That is the sum of our measure as artists.
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