Last Train to Nibroc
See Rock City
Gulf View Drive
Echo Theatre is proud to present the regional premiere of THE NIBROC TRILOGY, an award-winning three-play cycle that follows May and Raleigh from their first meeting in the 1940s, through the second World War and into the Eisenhower era. A tale told with romance, comedy and a grace evocative of its era in American history.
February 5-28, 2009
at the Bath House Cultural Center
May 7-31, 2009
at Theatre Too! hosted by Theatre 3.
Each play stands alone as a charming evening of theatre. Together, the Trilogy creates a unique Theatrical Event.
Directed by Ellen Locy and Pam Myers-Morgan
Featuring Morgan Justiss and Ian Sinclair
With Kristin McCollum, Susan McMath Platt and Nancy Munger
LAST TRAIN TO NIBROC
The trilogy opens with this charming two character play set in the early 1940s. We follow May Gill and Raleigh Brummett from their first meeting on a train bound for Kentucky through their budding romance. “Nibroc soars. It beguiles. It buries sweet memories in a real gentleman's proffered hankie and restores faith in the values of character and integrity, in the promise of true love.”
- Alexandra Bonifield, Lakewood-Now.net
SEE ROCK CITY
The second play in the series picks up a year later. It's 1944. May and Raleigh's young married life begins under the watchful eyes of their mothers and in the shadow of World War II. This engaging comedy deepens our involvement with this American family. “A charming love story, wonderfully written and performed ... It takes you back to simpler times ... Light and funny” - Matt Gunther, THE COLUMN
GULF VIEW DRIVE
Welcome to Florida! Ten years have passed, and May and Raleigh are living a post-war dream of career success and home ownership. Multi-generational living and the social upheaval of the 1950s are the backdrop for this moving conclusion to the Nibroc saga. "Hutton has filled her plays with juicy novelistic detail, and Echo's staging ... brings it all to vivid life. All five performers distinguish themselves.
Sinclair unites charm, vulnerability and hidden strength ...
Justiss' May is ...someone we can love and identify with...
Platt...allows us to laugh at Mrs. Brummett's foibles...
Munger shades...Mrs. Gill with all sorts of warm and subtle colors ...
Treva is a real breakthrough for McCollum. She's so transformed you almost wouldn't recognize her. "
- Lawson Taitte, Dallas Morning News
Production Managers: Kateri Cale and Terri Ferguson
Stage Manager: Alett Gray
Set and Light Design: Robert McVay
Costume Design: Suzi Cranford
Prop Design: Kateri Cale and Terri Ferguson
Sound Design: Rich Frohlich
Technical Assistants and Board Operators: Graeme Bice and Lisa Robb
Production Support and Crew: Julie Bice and Bailey Myers-Morgan
Dialect Coach: Elly Lindsay
Marketing: Linda Marie Ford
Box Office Manager: Jill Atkins
Photography: Ellen Locy and Pam Myers-Morgan
Additional Production Support: Brandi Andrade and James Stroman
For a backstage look at Echo's process for producing three plays at once, read "Pulling Back the Stage Curtain" by Linda Marie Ford
PLAYWRITING WORKSHOP WITH
ARLENE HUTTON
Sunday, February 22, 2009
10:00 am - Connections: A series of in-class writing exercies designed to provide new inroads to the wonders and revelations of the unconscious mind.
1:00 pm - Scare-Free Improv: Storytelling through improvisation applied to playwriting!
