Violet
MUSIC
Jeanine Tesori
BOOK & LYRICS
Brain Crawley
DIRECTOR
Bill Fennelly
March 23 – May 12, 2000
Gut-busting, in-your-face comedy!
SYNOPSIS
Based on the Doris Betts story. “the Ugliest Pilgrim.” Brian Crawley’s book for Violet follows the 1964 bus journey of a backwoods North Carolina women desperate to find a televangelist who’ll pray away her prominent facial scar Enroute. The spunky, but obviously naïve Violet finally enters the wider world and she quickly cozies up with two young soldiers on the bus: the handsome, cocky Monty and more sensitive Flick, a black man Violet at first insults but soon cares for this 25-year-old. Violets odyssey intersects with glimpses of her adolescent self, leading up to the accident that scarred her. we witness young Vi’s closeness with her widowed father, a humble man who encourages her strength but is the unintentional agent of her anguish.
“ALL THE MORE POWERFUL FOR BEING SO FEARLESSLY UNPREDICTABLE.”
– Los Angeles TIMES
“SEARING AND SENSATIONALLY FUNNY!”
– New York Times
“EXPLOSIVE. INSANELY ENTERTAINING AND COMPLETELY ENGAGING.”
– New York Magazine
Cast & Creative Team
Rebekah Baty
Violet
Geoff Schmith
Monty
Gavin Gregory
Flick
Caleb Clark
Actor five
COREY J. FINLEY
PETER UNDERSTUDY
ABBEY KINCHELOE
LYDIA UNDERSTUDY
JESSE SMITH
COACH UNDERSTUDY
MUSIC
JEANINE TESORI
BOOK & LYRICS
BRAIN CRAWLEY
DIRECTOR
BILL FENNELLY
LIGHTING DESIGNER
BART MCGEEHON
COSTUME DESIGNER
KENTON MCGHEE
Sound Designer
JILL MELANCON
SET DESIGNER
ROCHELLE BARKER
CHOREOGRAPHER
ROBERT EGIZIO
MUSICAL DIRECTOR
BRITT DAVIS
PROPS
SHEILA OLIVER
Stage Manager
Joan Foster McMarty
PRODUCTION MANAGER
SEAMUS M. BOURNE
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
D. CONNOR MCVEY
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
ENGLISH BRACKETT
PRODUCTION ELECTRICIAN
TOM PRIESTER
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER
ELIZA CRAFT
CASTING DIRECTOR
SHEILA OLIVER
CASTING ASSOCIATE
JUSTIN KALIN
CHARGE SCENIC ARTIST
AMANDA NERBY
WIG DESIGNER
LAMONT SAMUELS
RUNNING TIME
Two hours with one intermission
CONTENT ADVISORY
Audience Advisory: This production contains full nudity, strong adult language and descriptions and depictions of sensitive and intense issues and situations. For more detailed information about potential trigger warnings, please click HERE
SEATING
There is open seating for this production.
PERFORMANCES
Previews
May 12 & 13 at 8 pm
Opening Night
May 14 at 8 pm
Regular Performances
May 14 – June 12, 2022
Wednesdays – Saturdays at 8 pm
Sundays at 2 pm
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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