The Silver Stage Players, launches its 72nd season during 2008; The Silver Stage Players ... Season 2008, "Turn Off the Box...Turn On Your Mind!" This exciting season opens with Quilters, the Broadway musical by Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek. Summer turns to thoughts of classic greek theater with the 2400 year old matriarchal comedy Lysistrata by Aristophanes.The company will also lend a helping hand at such community service projects as the Elko Relay for Life and the Thomas Scott Memorial Golf Tournament among others.
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“Who would have thought that quilts, quilting, quilters had so much joy and pain, laughter and tears, so much life, beauty and drama in them?” --DramaLogue
The Silver Stage Players along with the Silver Sage Quilters are proud to usher in the company’s seventy-second season, Turn Off the Box…Turn on Your Mind!, with the staging of Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek’s Tony Award nominated Broadway musical Quilters. Performances will be held in the Great Basin College Theatre March 6, 7, 13, 14 beginning at 7 pm and March 15 with performances at 2 and 7 pm. General admission tickets are $10.
Quilters tells the life-story of Sarah Bonham and her six daughters as they face womanhood, marriage, childbirth and all the adversity our nation’s pioneer women had to endure. Challenged by tornadoes, fire, illness, even death the sisters discover love, warmth, humor, steadfastness and dignity in the face of hardship. Combining music, dance movement and scenes of vivid dramatic intensity, the musical captures the true spirit of these women and pays an eloquent tribute to their courage and tenacity. Quilt blocks reflecting the lives of the characters serve as a backdrop of Sarah’s tale. Stitched by hand, piece by piece, inch by inch all the moments of her life unfold and are captured in her work. What is created by show’s end is much more than a quilt, rather it is a true family legacy!
The show is directed by Vicki Rossolo. Mrs. Rossolo last directed the Players in 1995’s Damn Yankees and is a 30-year veteran of the SSP. Starring in what the New York Post says is “a show pieced together with love and stitched with pride” is long-time SSP member Amy Nisbet and newcomers Jo Brown, Kari Bates, Marianne Johnson, Olivia Cobian, Lydia Jones and Sarah Blair.
Celebrating its 72nd anniversary, the Silver Stage Players is dedicated to providing the finest theater, community service and educational opportunities to its members and the residents of northeastern Nevada. Its history is one of creativity and thought provoking theater. The company has challenged audiences, pushed the envelope of live theater and attracted the area's most talented actors, designers and directors since the 1930s. Recent productions include Greater Tuna, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Godspell, The Man of La Mancha and Much Ado About Nothing.
For more information about Quilters or the Silver Stage Players, please call Vicki Rossolo at (775) 738-7471, e-mail the company at act@silverstage.org or visit us on the web at www.silverstage.org. The Silver Stage Players are proud members of the Elko Chamber of Commerce and The Theater Coalition.
Silver Stage Players…the ART of Elko!
