"The Plays the Thing" presented by Palomino Entertainment Group and the Williamsburg Regional Library
"The Play's the Thing," is a series of plays performed old-time radio style with live on stage sound effects, foley and actors in front of an audience. This series of radio plays is directed by Victoria Racimo and is produced by Palomino and WRL.
"Christmas at the Edgewater" by Victoria Racimo
Terry Menefee Gau
It's Christmas 1951 and famed Broadway actress and singer Gertrude Lawrence is performing a one-woman radio show at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago. The sight of a soldier in the audience causes her to pause in her performance. Memories of England before the war overwhelm her and, in a series of flashbacks, interlaced with songs and tunes of Christmases past, she recalls her early career in the theatre, and the very special role that Noel Coward played in her life. This one-woman play, performed by Richmond actress Terry Menefee Gau, and written and directed by Victoria Racimo, will transport you back to an earlier time through song and story.
December 14 - 16, 2006 at 8:00 p.m.
December 17, 2006 at 3:00 p.m.
"White Christmas" by Irving Berlin
Ed Whitacre, Amelia Zontini, Terry Menefee Gau and Paul Schutte
White Christmas is the classical holiday tale of love, friendship and music.
December 15 & 16, 2005 at 7:30 p.m.
December 18, 2005 at 3:00 p.m.
"War of the Worlds" by Orson Welles based on the H.G. Wells classic
Originally produced by Orson Welles and his "Mercury Theater on the Air" on the CBS radio network in 1938, "War of the Worlds" was a realistic depiction of a Martian invasion of America that spread panic throughout a nation that was already living through similar threats of war in Europe.
July 24, 2005 at 1:30 p.m.
"Anna in the Tropics" by Nilo Cruz - Virginia Premiere of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize winner for Drama.
Take a trip in your minds eyes to Florida in the 1920's to a Cuban-American cigar factory, where 'lectors' are employed to educate and entertain the workers. The arrival of a new lector is cause for celebration, but when he begins to read aloud from Anna Karenina, he unwittingly becomes the catalyst in the lives of his avid listeners, for whom Tolstoy, the tropics and the American dream prove a volatile combination.June 2 & 3, 2005 at 8:00 p.m.
Other Plays
Produced by Palomino Entertainment and Directed by Victoria Racimo
"Sylvia" by A.R. Gurney
Ashlie Bruun as Sylvia
June 30, 2005 @ 8:00 p.m.
July 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23 @ 8:00 p.m.
July 19 @ 2:00 p.m.
The Williamsburg Players - Williamsburg, VA
June 30, 2005 @ 8:00 p.m.
July 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23 @ 8:00 p.m.
July 19 @ 2:00 p.m.
The Williamsburg Players - Williamsburg, VA
"Greetings" by Tom Dudzick
Carole Meyer, Steve Holloway, Ed Whitacre, Traci Strom Jackson, & Frances Mitchell
December 26, 2004 @ 2:00 p.m.
December 27, 2004 @ 8:00 p.m.
December 28, 2004 @ 8:00 p.m.
The Kimball Theater - Williamsburg, VA
"Same Time, Next Year" by Bernard Slade
December 27, 2004 @ 2:00 p.m.
December 29, 2004 @ 8:00 p.m.
The Kimball Theater - Williamsburg, VA
Opened - June 24, 2004
The Williamsburg Players - Williamsburg, VA