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The Uwharrie Players presents “Down to Earth”

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Down to Earth By Bettye Knapp Director – James Cotton Stage Manager – Cathy Starnes Albemarle Neighborhood Theatre April 21, 22, 28, and 29 at 7:30pm April 23 and 30 at 3:00pm Two full-fledged angels descend to earth to pick up two elderly souls. One is a tyrannical and miserly old lady who has amassed a fortune by shrewd and domineering means and who is still looking for a way to take it with her – or she’s not going. She has nothing but contempt for her neighbor, an old man with nothing but his love for his cat and his flowers to cheer him, and who is fully resigned...

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Bright Star Audition Workshop

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The Uwharrie Players is so excited to announce BRIGHT STAR as our Summer Production which will be performed July 28-30 and August 4-6, 2023, at the Stanly County Agri-Civic Center in Albemarle. Thinking about auditioning for “BRIGHT STAR” but not sure what to expect? Get to know the show, directors, and audition process as well as this beautiful story and music at our FREE Audition Workshop Sat, April 15th. REGISTRATION link and more info at http://www.theuwharrieplayers.org/auditionworkshop.html    

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Children’s Theatre of Charlotte presents A Sick Day For Amos McGee

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Stanly County Partnership for Children along with the Stanly County Arts Council are excited to partner with the Children’s Theatre of Charlotte to bring A Sick Day For Amos McGee to the Albemarle Neighborhood Theatre. The event is free, however, donations are accepted. Friendship can be the best medicine when you’re feeling blue. Friends come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. In this heart-warming story about the joys of friendship, zookeeper Amos McGee knows friends can come in all sorts of species, too. Every day, Amos visits his animal friends at the zoo, running races with the tortoise,...

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The Diary of Anne Frank

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In this transcendently powerful new adaptation by Wendy Kesselman, Anne Frank emerges from history a living, lyrical, intensely gifted young girl, who confronts her rapidly changing life and the increasing horror of her time with astonishing honesty, wit, and determination. An impassioned drama about the lives of eight people hiding from the Nazis in a concealed storage attic, THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK captures the claustrophobic realities of their daily existence—their fear, their hope, their laughter, their grief. Each day of these two dark years, Anne’s voice shines through: “When I write I...

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The Diary of Anne Frank

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In this transcendently powerful new adaptation by Wendy Kesselman, Anne Frank emerges from history a living, lyrical, intensely gifted young girl, who confronts her rapidly changing life and the increasing horror of her time with astonishing honesty, wit, and determination. An impassioned drama about the lives of eight people hiding from the Nazis in a concealed storage attic, THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK captures the claustrophobic realities of their daily existence—their fear, their hope, their laughter, their grief. Each day of these two dark years, Anne’s voice shines through: “When I write I...

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The Diary of Anne Frank

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In this transcendently powerful new adaptation by Wendy Kesselman, Anne Frank emerges from history a living, lyrical, intensely gifted young girl, who confronts her rapidly changing life and the increasing horror of her time with astonishing honesty, wit, and determination. An impassioned drama about the lives of eight people hiding from the Nazis in a concealed storage attic, THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK captures the claustrophobic realities of their daily existence—their fear, their hope, their laughter, their grief. Each day of these two dark years, Anne’s voice shines through: “When I write I...

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