2017 was Mill Mountain Theatre’s inaugural year of the ‘Waldron Fringe Series’. The series provides an opportunity to produce a collection of groundbreaking contemporary works in the Equity theatre’s more intimate space: the Waldron Stage. The upcoming production of Nick Payne’s 2015 award-winning play: Constellations will be running Feb 22 – Mar 11 with an all star cast and creative team. Come see the show the New Yorker called “A singular astonishment.” Husband and wife duo Jay Briggs (Director) and Amanda Sox (Marianne) return to Mill Mountain Theatre with fellow South Carolina actor Thomas Azar (Roland).
Constellations is a spellbinding journey about a simple encounter between a man and a woman that quickly defies the usual boundaries of a relationship, and ends by asking audiences to ponder the differences between choice and destiny. Watch Marianne and Roland’s relationship play out in an infinite number of ways. They meet and go for a drink, or maybe they don’t. Maybe they get married, or maybe their time together will be tragically short. Part science and part romance, this sophisticated love story has been a smash hit across the country and around the world.
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Be sure to secure your seat to Constellations running February 22-March 11 on the Waldron Stage at Mill Mountain Theatre. Tickets range from $15-20 and can be purchased online at millmountain.org or by calling 540-342-5740.
Actress Amanda Sox (Marianne) was last seen on the Trinkle MainStage as Ms. Poppenghul in Mill Mountain’s 2017 production of Moonlight and Magnolias. In addition to being an actress, she is also married to Constellations director Jay Briggs. Having worked all over the country, she was most recently in The Cake at The Warehouse Theatre in Greenville, South Carolina. Other regional credits include Christmas on the Rocks (Cindy Lou Who), Richard III (Lady Anne), and Othello (Desdemona) at The Warehouse Theatre; A Christmas Carol at Virginia Stage Company; Night of The Iguana at Berkshire Theatre Festival; Rough Magic at The Hangar Theatre. Up next, Amanda will be playing Gwendolyn in The Importance of Being Earnest at Lean Theater Ensemble in Hilton Head, SC. Sox is a proud graduate of Elon University with a BFA in Acting.
Playing opposite Sox is Equity actor Thomas Azar* (Roland). Azar is excited to mark his Mill Mountain Theatre debut, credits include Shakespeare in Love (Alliance Theatre); In the Next Room, Angels in America, Stones in His Pockets (The Warehouse Theatre), Hamlet, Women Beware Women (Shakespeare Theatre/ACA), Yellow Face (TheatreWorks), Romeo & Juliet, Richard III (California Shakespeare Theater). Film: In a Room at the Edge of Infinity, No Ordinary Love. Web: “The First Five Years”. MFA: Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Academy for Classical Acting at the George Washington University. With love to Maegan, Tristan, and Benjamin. www.ThomasAzar.net
Following Constellations in the Waldron Fringe Series are The Christians (May 18-19) and Spring Awakening (June 21-30). The Christians will be a staged reading of Luke Hnath’s award winning play detailing the event of Pastor Paul approaching the pulpit on the day when his megachurch is celebrating paying off its debt. To the surprise of his congregation, his sermon reveals that the church is taking a new direction theologically. Fractured by a dispute over salvation and damnation, this is a play about religious schism in modern America. Spring Awakening will be a fully produced production of the a contemporary rock musical exploring teenagers caught between the tumult of adolescence and the frustrating lack of experience. This 2006 Tony Award winning musical will feature our summer apprentice company.
Get your tickets to Constellations now by clicking here or by calling 540-342-5740. *Thomas Azar appears courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association
