CYRANO

WALDRON STAGE October 1 - 5, 2008
ADAPTED BY JO ROETS; TRANSLATED BY AUDREY VAN TUYCKOM BASED ON THE PLAY BY EDMOND ROSTAND
Part of MMT’s Players Tour program, this retelling of the story of a romantic hero with a way with words, a loving heart, and a nose that is nothing to sneeze at, asks what makes a man. Is it his face or what lies within his heart? An imaginative, fast-paced one act play using only three actors.

SPITFIRE GRILL

TRINKLE MAIN STAGE OCTOBER 15-NOVEMBER 2, 2008
MUSIC AND BOOK BY JAMES VALCQ; LYRICS AND BOOK BY FRED ALLEY BASED ON THE FILM BY LEE DAVID ZLOTOFF
A feisty parolee follows her dreams to a small town picked out of an old travel book and finds a place for herself working at Hannah’s Spitfire Grill. It’s for sale but there are no takers for a business in a depressed town, so the newcomer suggests raffling it off. Soon the mailbox is full of offers and things are cooking at the Spitfire Grill. Come find out why New York Magazine says, “The Spitfire Grill is one of the most heartfelt musicals of recent years, its homespun charms as inviting as a warm winter blanket.” A musical “chick flick”. "An abundance of warmth, spirit and goodwill! ... Some of the most engaging and instantly infectious melodies I’ve heard in an original musical in some time." --USA Today

NANCY RUTH PATTERSON’S
A SIMPLE GIFT

TRINKLE MAIN STAGE December 3 - 28, 2008
ADAPTED FOR THE STAGE BY PATRICK BENTON
Ten year old Carrie O’Connor has lots of questions: Where does her mother, a New York children’s writer, find ideas for her best- selling Michael Madigan series? Why does her father, a busy surgeon, sometimes spend more time curing people than caring for her? How would her life change if she landed a role in a play directed by a famous Broadway director? Carrie unwraps the answers in the adaptation of a Junior Library Guild selection called “a love song to the theatre… a love song to life.” She unwraps the answers in Mill Mountain Theatre’s holiday show for the whole family, A Simple Gift.

DRIVING MISS DAISY

WALDRON STAGE January 21 - February 8, 2009
BY ALFRED UHRY
You’ve never met a backseat driver quite like Miss Daisy. Later adapted into the Oscar’s Best Picture in 1990, the play is a 25 year long ride with Miss Daisy, a Southern Jewish woman, and her chauffeur, Hoke. As social history changes in their hometown of Atlanta, the two, despite their differences, grow closer and more dependent on each other. It comes to a poignant conclusion as Daisy admits to Hoke, that he is, in fact, her best friend. The intimate atmosphere of the Waldron Stage puts you in the passenger seat for a journey you won’t want to miss. "'Driving Miss Daisy'' is small and pure and healthily skeptical as it chronicles, from a privileged position, the social changes taking place in the South between 1948 and 1973, and the remarkable 25-year friendship that embraces those changes."

GREATER TUNA

TRINKLE MAIN STAGE MARCH 4-22, 2009
BY JASTON WILLIAMS, JOE SEARS & ED HOWARD
What started out as a party skit among friends has become one of the most produced plays in America. Greater Tuna is a hilarious comedy about Texas’ third smallest town, where the Lion’s Club is too liberal and Patsy Cline never dies. The eclectic band of citizens that make up this town are portrayed by two actors, making this satire on life in rural America a comic tour de force as they depict all the inhabitants -- men, women, children and animals! It’s a talented tandem telling a ton of tall tales that’s not to be missed. A comedy with TEX appeal! "Howlingly funny . . .clever...entertaining...kind of a small-scale Peyton Place with a bigoted accent ...hilarious...sort of a Spoon River Anthology with a Texas drawl.—Variety

Classic Children’s Story TBA

TRINKLE MAIN STAGE March 31 - April 11, 2009

MMT is working on securing the rights to one of the most beloved children’s stories of all time.  Check back here soon for more details

NORFOLK SOUTHERN FESTIVAL OF NEW WORKS

WALDRON STAGE April 30 - May 10, 2009
The beginning is the most important part of the work. ” – Plato The Norfolk Southern Festival of New Works is now in it’s 19th year at Mill Mountain Theatre thanks to the generous underwriting of the Norfolk Southern Foundation. Come see what’s up and coming in theatre today and help shape the future of these plays by participating in moderated panel discussions. Hundreds of submissions are made each year, MMT will produce the top two plays submitted.

SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN

TRINKLE MAIN STAGE JUNE 3-28, 2009
BOOK BY BETTY COMDEN AND ADOLPH GREEN LYRICS BY ARTHUR FREED; MUSIC BY NACIO HERB BROWN
A fantastic mixture of dancing and humor that made the incomparable Gene Kelly a house-hold name. Hollywood is making the transition from silent movies to sound in this light-hearted spoof, which includes some of America’s best-loved comedy routines, dance and love ballads. Favorite musical numbers include “Good Morning,” “Singin’ in the Rain,” “All I Do is Dream of You,” and “Make ‘em Laugh.” Bring the whole family back to a time when musicals were all the craze in Hollywood and it was okay to be caught “singin’ and dancin’ in the rain.” "This tinsel-town musical pushes all the right buttons with its sparkling script, tremendous song and dance numbers, style and panache. A must see for the whole family."

SOUVENIR

TRINKLE MAIN STAGE JULY 22-AUGUST 16, 2009
BY STEPHEN TEMPERLY
Could an American Idol reject sell out Carnegie Hall? Meet Florence Foster Jenkins. A socialite and spokesperson for the arts, Jenkins gave a series of charity concerts in the 1930’s and 1940’s. The concerts and recordings she gave as gifts to friends have become stuff of legend, not because of the quality, but because of her complete lack of rhythm, pitch and tone. The show is a “fantasia” inspired by the real-life collaboration between Jenkins and pianist Cosme McMoon. "People may say I can't sing, but no one can ever say I didn't sing." Simon, Paula and Randy may be covering their ears but you’ll be applauding the show that The New York Times calls “A sweet love letter of a play.”