Lime Kiln announces spring auditions
Staff Report
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Theater at Lime Kiln will host open auditions for actors on Thursday, March 18th, at 6:30 p.m. at the Johnson Theatre at the Lenfest Center for the Arts on West Nelson Street in Lexington.
This season, Lime Kiln is planning to produce three musicals, including the 50th anniversary of The Fantasticks and Stonewall Country, which Lime Kiln resurrected last season.
Lime Kiln is collaborating with Mindbending Productions, the student theatre troupe from Washington and Lee, to produce the first show. Senior Jenna Worsham, who is currently directing Ah, Wilderness! at W&L, has signed on to direct The Fantastick. The very-active Josh Harvey is slated to be music director. Rehearsals begin April 12, and the show runs May 20-23. Read more
Lime Kiln readying for premiere of Dracula
Casting is complete, and rehearsals have begun for Dracula, or How’s Your Blood Count? presented by Theater at Lime Kiln on Sept. 24-26. Long time Lime Kiln actor Tom Conway, who recently appeared in the return weekend of Stonewall Country, directs.
Conway, a professional actor and director from Chattanooga, Tenn., says this will be the craziest comedy ever to hit Lime Kiln. “This is British farce. Nothing is sacred, and with the talent we have involved in this, the funny meter just keeps rising,” said Conway. “Mark Cline is both scary as Dracula one moment, and the next I am rolling out of my seat. Rob Mish is just plain wicked funny. And we just started. I can’t wait for the next rehearsal, to see what they will come up with next!” Read more
Labor Day weekend at Lime Kiln
The Labor Day concert tradition returns to Theater at Lime Kiln on Sunday, Sept. 6, with Blues, Bluegrass and Barbeque. The evening festival begins at 6 p.m., featuring local blues band Honest Labor, solo blues artist Scott Ainslie, and Brennan Gilmore’s bluegrass band Walker’s Run.
Lime Kiln executive director Kim Renz says this is another way Lime Kiln is working with artists from the area and touring artists to create unique events for the community. “This festival is different than our spring MusicFest in many ways. We have three acts over four hours, and while all three have connections to Rockbridge County, the event also sports a regional and national flavor.”
Seldom Scene return to Lime Kiln
On Sunday, Aug. 16, at 7:30 p.m., Theater at Lime Kiln presents with longtime bluegrass favorite, The Seldom Scene.
Formed in the Bethesda, Md., basement of banjo player Ben Eldridge in 1971, The Seldom Scene grew from a one-night-per-week, local ensemble to one of the most influential bluegrass groups in America by the 1980s. Read more
Auditions at Lime Kiln for Dracula
Theater at Lime Kiln today announced auditions for Dracula, or How’s Your Blood Counts, Saturday, Aug. 15, at 10 a.m. in the Kiln at 601 Borden Road.
Tom Conway, a professional actor and director from Chattanooga, Tenn., will direct. Conway, who performed in last month’s return of Stonewall Country, has directed on every level, from high school to community to professional theatre. He was a member of the Lime Kiln professional company for several years in the ’80s and ’90s. Read more
MacBeth on stage this week at Lime Kiln
On Thursday, July 30, the Traveling Players Ensemble will perform Shakespeare’s Macbeth in the Bowl, starting at 7:30 p.m.
“Shakespeare’s plays have been an important part of our work at Lime Kiln since the beginning.” said executive director Kim Renz. “From A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 1967, to Cymbeline in the 1984, to Romeo and Juliet and MacBeth this season, we present something from Shakespeare’s body of work almost every season.” Read more
Gary Ruley and Mule Train at Lime Kiln this weekend
Gary Ruley and Mule Train take the Lime Kiln Bowl stage Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. Together with a band of talented musicians, Ruley formulates a hi-test bluegrass, new grass and roots music ensemble, connecting generations of yesterday and today with inventive sounds of powerful acoustic music. Read more
