The Bug Opera at the Miller Center for the Arts
Produced in Partnership with the Berks Opera Company, Yocum Insitute for Arts Education & Miller Center for the Arts
Composers: Geoffrey Hudson and Alisa Pearson
In 2020, as part of The Patterson Foundation’s Honoring and Onward initiative, in partnership with Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe, The Patterson Foundation announced a staged reading of a new one-act play, Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass: A Walk to Respect — written by award-winning playwright Beth Duda, with original spoken word poetry by Cedric Hameed.
In 2023, Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass: A Walk to Respect went on the road. Two shows were held at the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., welcoming hundreds of attendees.
This show is presented by Quaker Maid Meats
The Very Hungry Caterpillar is one of the four productions in The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show. It is an enchanting and delightful telling of the classic children’s book “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”, using large-scale puppetry that wows audiences all over.
Performances:
Friday, August 4 at 7:30pm
Saturday, August 5 at 7:30pm
Saturday, August 12 at 7:30pm
Sunday, August 13 at 2:00pm
A workshop presentation of “Love Is Afoot!,” is coming to the Pretzel City this summer! Co-producing with the Greater Reading Alliance of Community Theatres, Love Stinks, LLC and Marabella Enterprises present the hilarious romp is the classic boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl love story turned upside-down. Think “Singin’ in the Rain” if it was done by John Waters.
Dutiful Virginia decides to take control of her life, starting with unlearning everything she was taught how a woman should be. No sooner than deciding to dump her husband’s belongings on the doorstep in trash bags, she’s presented with a foreclosure letter for back taxes on her childhood home. With more than a few reservations, she gives in to the idea of turning the house into a Speakeasy to raise money for the taxes - which is exactly when all heck breaks loose.
Mountain Mary left a legacy of loving spirituality and profound healing. Matthias Schaumbacher left the opposite: a legend of greed and violence. How have the seeds planted in the stories of these two people, who lived such different lives, grown in this place we call home?
A new opera by Chris Heslop, with libretto by Vicki Haller Graff, and direction by Joel Richard Gori.
CAST
Mountain Mary - Maria Damore, soprano
Hollinshead - Thomas Killourhy, tenor
Schaumbacher - Connor McLaughlin, baritone
Becky - Emily Byrne, mezzo-soprano
Violins of Hope, Holocaust Awareness Program is being held November 2, 2021 from 3:30pm-5:30pm. This event is free and open to the public.
Based on the original Broadway production and the Academy Award-winning motion picture, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast JR. is a fantastic adaptation of the story of transformation and tolerance. It features some of the most popular songs ever written by Alan Menken and the late Howard Ashman, along with new songs by Mr. Menken and Tim Rice. The classic story tells of Belle, a young woman in a provincial town, and the Beast, who is really a young prince trapped under the spell of an enchantress.
