Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:29:12 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
From: Allison Weakley
Subject: trifoliate orange

I concur with Al and Sam that trifoliate orange is an invasive plant in Chatham County.  This species (Poncirus trifoliata, aka Citrus trifoliata) has invaded floodplains along Robeson Creek in Pittsboro (where it forms dense thickets), and I’ve seen it also in floodplains along Harlands Creek.  Because the fruits are “heavy” (and have lots of seeds), they usually drop to the ground below the parent plant where they produce many seedlings.  But when water is available to carry the fruits (as in a floodplain), they are capable of spreading downstream and invading new ground.

~Allison Weakley

Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 15:13:19 -0400
From: Molly Matlock
Subject: Cultural Wonder off the Beaten Path: Things You Must Have on Your  Calendar

First, if you have not yet heard, the Bynum Front Porch Music Series is back! Every Friday night at 7 pm through August. Check the calendar at www.bynumfrontporch.org. Get your roots music on!

Also, catch ChathamArts’ improv instructor and comic genius, Anoo Brod this Saturday at “Spring Loaded” @ Elizabeth Kenan Theatre at UNC-CH. Call for reservations: 919-491-7745 or 919-923-1168. This event sold out last year, and I hope you’ll go and be inspired to register for ChathamArts’ next round of improv classes launching June 8.

It’s incredibly fun in a slightly terrifying way, you know, like the 76-foot free fall slide at Wet ‘n’ Wild. Take the class. It’ll make you a better person. Register for this and our other summer classes and youth camps at http://www.chathamarts.org/programs/programs-classes10.html
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And for future social planning, here’s what ChathamArts’ has in store:

ChathamArts and the Durham Symphony Orchestra bring a special, *first ever* symphony program to Chatham County. Sunday, May 23, 7 pm, in the beautiful new Benjamin J. Lee Performing Arts Center at Northwood High School. The evening’s program will feature work from “Porgy and Bess” among others and includes a one-time only special violin Tchaikovsky Concerto. Tickets are also available for the Decadent Dessert Reception with Maestro William Henry Curry www.chathamarts.org/programs/springpopsconcert2010.html

Thank you to Bill Willcox and the Chatham News and Record for the Fab-o cover story in this week’s issue!

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Next: ChathamArts Sustainable Cinema at the Fearrington Village Barn.
Admission at door $5/$3. Cash Bar & Concessions
http://www.facebook.com/l/f3e04;www.chathamarts.org/programs/sustainablecinema.html

Tuesday MAY 25th, 7:00 PM: Shooting4Change Films Premiere with Special
Guests Sacrificial Poets, Girls Rock NC, and Opinionated Films!

A celebration of youth empowerment though creativity. One Shooting4Change
member stated, “Our films could help some teen or kid out there in the
world. I’ve been through a lot… and there is a lot of other kids out there
that’s been through the same kinds of things.”
Also participating in the event are:

The Sacrificial Poets, North Carolina’s only youth performance poetry team.
http://www.facebook.com/l/f3e04;sacrificialpoets.com.

Nyssa Cave of Girls Rock NC! www.girlsrocknc.org.

Opinionated Films, a Chapel Hill filmmaking group of five teens with autism,
ages 14-15, will present a preview trailer of their movie *5-4-3-2-1* – a
short murder mystery about friendship, deception and revenge.
*****
June 13th, 4 – 7 pm at the Sustainable Agriculture Campus as Central
Carolina Community College: It’s ChathamArts’ Annual Potluck in the Pasture..
Book reading and signing with CLYDE EDGERTON. Music by KICKIN’ GRASS. ART
and LOCAL food by YOU and your neighbors!!! Don’t miss it!
*****
Then, JUNE 29th, ChathamArts’ Sustainable Cinema screens JUNEBUG with
Screenwriter/Playwright ANGUS MACHLACHLAN. Pre-Screening Reception 6:30-8
PM, Film at 8:00 PM: ChathamArts brings you the Indie hit JUNEBUG! (Rated R,
1 hour 47 min.) A pre-screening reception/party will be held at the Roost’s
beer garden at Fearrington Village from 6:30 – 8:00. Actor and playwright
Angus MacLachlan was nominated for several awards for Junebug’s screenplay
and recently adapted one of his plays into the film STONE directed by John
Curran and starring Robert De Niro, Milla Jovovich, and Edward Norton.
*****
June 27th: BRAvo! Lingerie Soiree for the Arts

Following the courthouse fire, the ChathamArts Gallery artists sought some
immediate uplift. Since then, their imaginations have encountered no limits..
Marcelle Harwell Pachnowski, Lyn Sims, Florence Johnson, Stan Pomeranz, and
John Makowski say that they couldn’t stop laughing when they began
brainstorming fresh ways to make Chatham the “most colorful cultural
destination in the South.” They have a series of top secret efforts up their
sleeves, but the first one they’re unveiling is the “ChathamArts BRAvo!
Lingerie Soiree.”

Area artists and other local agencies and businesses have been working
tirelessly to help “support the arts with support bras during this sagging
economy.” They’ve knitted, welded, carved, and crafted a variety of “bra-art
sculptures,” which will be raffled at the “BRAvo! Soiree” on June 27th at
the City Tap from 4 – 7 pm. There’ll be live music, food, beverage, and foxy
male bra models there to flaunt the merchandise.
A BRAvo! preview is on exhibit at the ChathamArts Gallery throughout May and
June, 115 Hillsboro Street, Pittsboro, NC 27312. It’s not too late to submit
a bra of your own to the cause. Call 919-542-4144 or email
info@chathamarts.org for details.
*****
P.S. Tune into ChathamArts’ Radio Talk Show “Inside the Artist’s Studio”
every Tuesday afternoon from 4 – 5 pm on WCOM-FM, 103.5. Live stream at
www.wcomfm.org, or listen to archived recordings at http://tiny.cc/efqvo

See you on the flip side,

Molly Matlock
Executive Director
Chatham County Arts Council
PO Box 418
Pittsboro, NC 27312
http://www.facebook.com/l/f3e04;www.chathamarts.org
919-542-0394

Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 09:55:22 -0400
From: Lesley Landis
Subject: Thank you

Saturday’s 9th Annual ClydeFEST was an absolute success in every definition of the word! Based on unofficial counts, the turnout hovered around 1000 children, parents, and grandparents who enjoyed the authentic, homemade, county fair whimsy of ClydeFEST.  More importantly, the day made innumerable unforgettable happy memories for hundreds of citizens of Chatham County and beyond. There’s no better measure of success than that.

The Chatham County Arts Council is deeply and sincerely grateful for the generous gifts of time, boundless energy, and tremendous creativity from Clyde Jones and the residents in the Village of Bynum. In addition, ChathamArts thanks our ClydeFEST sponsors: Cap’t John’s Dockside Restaurant, Weaver Street Realty, Crook’s Corner, Chatham Homes Realty,
and Carolina Brewery, as well as the ongoing support of corporate sponsors Briar Chapel/Newland Communities, Progress Energy and Fearrington Village.
Thank you!

–

Lesley Landis

President, Chatham County Arts Council <http://chathamarts.org/>

Next up: Sustainable Film: “Miss Nancy Minds Their Manners”, Tues., 4/27 @
7pm, Fearrington Barn

Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:12:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jim and Bev Wiggins
Subject: Judy Hogan on her life as aging poet-farmer, Apr 22

The Friends of the Pittsboro Memorial Library invite you to come share an enjoyable evening with NC poet and free-lance writer Judy Hogan discussing  “My Life and Economics as an Aging Poet-Farmer.†  The event will be held on Thursday evening, April 22, at 7:30pm at the Senior Center, 365 Hwy. 87 North in Pittsboro.

Judy Hogan’s passion to write led to valuing her time more than money.  In 1998 she began farming to grow her own food and stay healthy and, of necessity, began inventing some very creative “solutions†to life’s challenges. Judy helped found the NC Writers Network, has published five books of poetry and two non-fiction works, writes regularly for the Chatham County Line, and teaches creative writing at Central Carolina Community College. Free to the public.
Please visit the Friends website at www.pittsborolibraryfriends.org
-
Jim and Beverly Wiggins

Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 12:20:34 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
From: Marian Wall
Subject: calling local craft people

Chatham Marketplace is looking for local craft people to present their wares on Friday, May 7th, and Saturday, May 8th.  This is just before Mother’s Day, so please keep that in mind.

Please send an email to marian@chathammarketplace.coop if you are interested.  Please let me know what you make and when you would like to come, so we can co-ordinate a good variety. The times will be 3 pm – 7 pm.

Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 08:23:21 -0400
From: Shakori Hills
Subject: How Shakori Hills Celebrates Earth Day – April 22-25

Silk Hope, NC – This April 22 marks the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day! To celebrate, the Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance will be doing its part to reduce its footprint, to put the earth first, and to educate all festival attendees about how easy and fun it is to protect and care for our planet.

Throughout the weekend, as festival goers buy food, throw out their trash, and clean up the area around their camp site, they will notice Shakori Hills’s efforts to cut down on litter going to the landfill. All food vendors provide compostable plates, bowls, cups, and utensils, which are separated out at trash stations around the food area. There are also recycling and composting sites throughout the grounds. For a festival that has a peak of 8,000 attendees, that’s a lot of avoided garbage. To reduce plastic bottle use, festival goers can bring their own bottles and refill them with water from the Blue Green Machine. The Machine is a water filtering system that takes water from the local well and filters it, giving free water to anyone
who needs it, thanks to their owners, Kinetico.

Shakori Hills has also teamed up with The Abundance Foundation – a local organization whose purpose is to increase public awareness of sustainable energy usage and local food consumption in Chatham County. Together, the organizations are  working on a plan to make the festival and its home solar power dependent in the next few years. Both organizations will be taking donations from the public at the festival, and will have a solar panel on display to show attendees how it works.

In an effort to promote alternate forms of fuel and of transportation, the festival has two separate shuttles that run on bio-diesel fuel to run folks to and from the festival. One shuttle
is sponsored by Ninth Street Bakery in Durham. It picks up in Durham, Chapel Hill, and Carrboro during the day and runs back at night, and the cost to ride is just $5. Customers riding this shuttle also get $5 off of their festival ticket at the gate. The second shuttle is sponsored by Piedmont Biofuels and Chatham Transport, and it runs back and forth to the local co-op grocery store Chatham Marketplace so that festival-goers can buy groceries and supplies they may need while camping. This shuttle is free! To find out shuttle times and stop locations, visit www.shakorihills.org/shuttles.

Shakori Hills has taken special care to create a place for people to learn about what effects,
good and bad, we as humans have on the earth. The
festival’s biggest tribute to the planet and the
holiday that celebrates it is the Earth Day Fair
(formerly called the Sustainability Fair). This
is a designated spot on the festival grounds
where there will be discussions, demonstrations,
and special guests. Activities are scheduled
=46riday through Sunday. A full list of Earth Day
=46air events can be found at
www.shakorihills.org/earth-day, but here are some
examples:

Making and Using Biodiesel Fuel, Chris Jude and
David Thornton, Piedmont Biofuels Design/Build.
Chris and David will lead a down and dirty
detailed presentation on this clean and renewable
alternative fuel. Learn from the experts how to
make one’s car, tractor, or home heating
earth-friendly machine! A primer on what
biodiesel is, how to use it, and even see a
hands-on biodiesel production in action. Also,
Piedmont will be on hand for fuel sales in the
parking lot by appointment. Friday at 2:30pm and
=46riday at 1pm

Green Jobs by Central Carolina Community College
with Laura Lauffer, Sustainable Technologies
Coordinator. Green Jobs are all the rage but what
does that mean? What are local trends in green
jobs, state and national trends? What
certifications are needed, how can you make any
business or technology more sustainable? Laura
will lead this informative interactive
discussion, come ready to share your experiences,
ideas and hopes for your green job!5:00pm – The
Independent Progressive Politics Network will host a forum.

The Power of Solar Thermal Energy, Fred Stewart,
Solar Consultants. A full 14% of total energy
used by an average home is due to maintaining hot
water. Imagine the amount of energy saved if
every house in this country had a solar thermal
hot water system. Fred Stewart will conduct a
highly educational discussion on solar thermal
systems. What are they? And how much energy can a
system save a household. With more than 27 years
experience installing solar energy systems, Fred
is the expert. Solar Consultants has installed
thousands of thermal solar systems across the
state and helped develop some of the most
innovative solar energy systems in the world.
Saturday at 11am.

Green Building Round Table, Michael Chandler of
Chandler Design-Build, Inc. Bring your green
building thoughts and dreams for a reality check
with Michael Chandler, local green builder,
teacher and writer, two time finalist for NAHB
Green Custom home of the year, DOE Energy Value
Housing Award Winner and NAHB Green Building
Professional of the year. This is not a talk,
it’s a question and answer session, so bring your
questions and get informed answers. Saturday at
5pm.

With the music, the crafts, the great family
activities, and the wonderful food at the Shakori
Hills GrassRoots Festival, it’s easy to forget
all the other wonderful things that happen there.
These earth-friendly activities represent some of
the very core values of the community that the
festival is creating: education and living
sustainably. 40 years after the inception of the
holiday that is Earth Day, Shakori Hills has not
forgotten how to celebrate it.

More festival information

Featured musical acts include: B=E9la Fleck,
Chiwoniso, Rusted Root, Bassekou Kouyate, Donna
the Buffalo, Abigail Washburn, Preston Frank,
Vince Herman & Great American Taxi, Rosie Ledet &
The Zydeco Playboys, Eilen Jewell, Crooked Still,
Scythian, Asylum Street Spankers, Sim Redmond
Band, and The Hackensaw Boys

Tickets and info: Festival tickets are on sale
now and available by phone and at
www.shakorihills.org/tickets-info. Four day
passes are $90 in advance and $100 at the gate.
Kids 12 and under are FREE! Day passes are $22
(Thurs), $30 (Fri), $37 (Sat), and $26 (Sun).
Youth prices (13-15) are $11, $15, $18, and $13.
Tent camping is $10 per tent and vehicle camping
is $50 in advance and $60 at the gate.

Any questions, please contact me at press@shakorihills.org.

–
Sara Waters
Press/Public Relations and Co-coordinator
Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance
Spring Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival: April 22-25, 2010
Fall: October 7-10, 2010
1439 Henderson Tanyard Rd.
Silk Hope, NC 27312
http://www.shakorihills.org/
919-542-8142

Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 13:16:19 -0400
From: Molly Matlock
Subject: April 17th ClydeFEST Kids’ Art Day with Clyde Jones: Where Great Memories are Built to Last

And do your grocery shopping at the Chatham Marketplace for your chance to win free tickets! Here are details on a family/kids’ event you just can’t afford to miss!

April 17 at Bynum Ball Park
ChathamArts’ ClydeFEST:  Fun and games for all ages
Images available at http://www.chathamarts.org/programs/clydefest.html

BYNUM –   The  9th Annual ChathamArts ClydeFEST celebrating legendary folk artist Clyde Jones promises a full day of fun and games, food and music. Festivities are set for Saturday April 17 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Clydeville at the Bynum Ballpark, just around the corner from Jones’ famous backyard full of cedar giraffes, alligators, deer, rabbits and other chain
saw “critters.” Admission is $7 for adults and $3 for children. Adult tickets include a chance to win a Clyde Critter.  Bynum is located off of U.S. 15-501 between Pittsboro and Chapel Hill. For information: 919-542-0394, www.chathamarts.org (Rain date: April 18.)

While the self-taught artist’s works have been exhibited all over the world, and are on display all over Bynum, they are not for sale. Jones makes them available for charity auctions, and he’ll create one on the spot to auction off to the highest bidder at ClydeFest, with proceeds benefitting ChathamArts, the county’s nonprofit arts council.

As always, children will paint and glitter Clyde’s wooden animal cut-outs (butterflies, turtles, penguins and more) made especially to be taken home as signed souvenirs. Joining Jones in the artfully decorated ClydeMobile will be his buddy, Georgia folk artist Peter Loose, with his pet African tortoises.

The ClydeFEST stage will feature live music by Tommy Edwards and Friends, Sandbox, the Northwood High School Jazz Band, Dan the Magic Man, and Girls Rock North Carolina.

The Durham Symphony Orchestra will present a musical petting zoo and Can-Tr will have a pony on-site. The Abundance Foundation will explain how to make compost with worms and the Bynum Community Garden will show the kids how to grow vegetables. You can also learn about the Haw River Assembly and Friends of Pittsboro Library, among other participants.

What’s more, the Chatham County Schools Young Authors Award winners (to be named April 13) will read from their creative writing.

Ubi the Clown will hand out spontaneously sculpted balloon hats and toys. Kids can enjoy tic-tac-toe with tires and flowers, face painting, storytelling, hula hooping, magicians, fortune tellers, and be entertained by face painters, stiltwalkers, storytellers and more!

You won’t go hungry. The Immaculate Baking Company will create giant cookies shaped like Clyde Critters, which the kids can decorate.

There will be plenty of refreshments for sale by the Barbecue Joint, Chatham Marketplace, Liberacion Juice Station and Barney’s Hot Dogs.

Proceeds will benefit ChathamArts, the county nonprofit arts council, which supports arts in the schools, promotes the work of local artists through a Pittsboro gallery and sponsors a range of arts events and performances throughout the year.

Molly Matlock
Executive Director
Chatham County Arts Council
PO Box 418
Pittsboro, NC 27312
www.chathamarts.org
919-542-0394
ChathamArts, Winner:
2009 Independent Weekly Arts Award
2009 WCHL Village Pride Award
2010 Jerry L. Markatos Human Relations Award for Diversity in Media

Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 10:09:49 -0500
From: Shakori Hills
Subject: Spring Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival – April 22-25

8th Annual Spring Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance

Silk Hope, NC -  The Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance will hold its annual spring festival from Thursday, April 22 to Sunday, April 25, 2010. The festival will feature
more than 50 bands and performers on two big outdoor stages, a large Dance Tent, and an intimate Cabaret Tent. Located on 72 beautiful farmland acres at 1439 Henderson Tanyard Road in Silk Hope, North Carolina, just down the road from Chapel Hill, Raleigh, Durham, Burlington, and Greensboro. The festival also features local crafts, delicious food, various children’s activities, environmental sustainability workshops, and much more in a family-friendly environment. More info at www.shakorihills.org.

Featured acts include: Béla Fleck, Chiwoniso, Rusted Root, Bassekou Kouyate, Donna the Buffalo, Abigail Washburn, Preston Frank, Vince Herman & Great American Taxi, Rosie Ledet & The Zydeco Playboys, Eilen Jewell, Crooked Still, Scythian, Asylum Street Spankers, Sim Redmond Band, and The Hackensaw Boys

Other great acts on the program: Bowerbirds, Hobex, The Beast, Orquesta GarDel, Des Ark (solo), The Bluegrass Experience, Saludos Compay, Big Fat Gap, Midtown Dickens, Hammer No More the Fingers,  Mandolin Orange, The Gravy Boys, Greg Humphreys, Inflowential, Club Boheme, The Music Maker Revue featuring: Cool John Ferguson, Pat “Mother Blues” Cohen, Captain Luke, Ron Hunter, & Lightnin’ Wells, Elikem African Dance, The Grady Girls, stephaniesid, Holy Ghost Tent Revival, Dark Water Rising, David Gans, Kelley & The
Cowboys, Ralph Roddenbery Band, Sol Driven Train, Possum Jenkins, The Smart Brothers, The Honeycutters, Sol & Funk Root, The TalkToMes, The Side Effects, Scatterbones, Spirit Family Reunion, Jack Maverick & His Wild Rebels, Big Al Hall & The Marching Rams, Hee Haw Nightmare, The Steamrollers, Cole Park, Acroentertainment, Northwood Jazz Band, Daygot Leeyos Edwards, The Minglewood Ramblers, Louise Kessell, Cane Creek Cloggers, Emerson Waldorf String Band, Apple Chill Cloggers, and Red Herring Puppets

The Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival will also be continuing its tradition of the Hopes & Dreams program, in which artists playing the festival will go into local schools for workshops and performances. The festival has always had high priorities in community and education. Hopes & Dreams has proven to be an effective and fun way to get that message across. Kids of all ages get to interact with local artists and bands.

Festival tickets are on sale now and available by phone and at www.shakorihills.org/tickets-info. Four day passes are $90 in advance and $100 at the gate. Kids 12 and under are FREE! Day passes are $22 (Thurs), $30 (Fri), $37 (Sat), and $26 (Sun). Youth prices (13-15) are $11, $15, $18, and $13. Tent camping is $10 per tent and vehicle camping is $50 in advance and $60 at the gate.
–
Sara Waters
Press/Public Relations and Co-coordinator
Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance
Spring Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival: April 22-25, 2010
Fall: October 7-10, 2010
1439 Henderson Tanyard Rd.
Silk Hope, NC 27312
http://www.shakorihills.org/
919-542-8142

Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:21:52 -0500
From: gina harrison
Subject: Northwood Bets on Guys & Dolls for Spring Musical

Will Nathan Detroit find a place for “The Oldest Established Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York” before Big Jule arrives? Will Miss Adelaide finally get Nathan to the alter after 14 years?  Will Sky get that Mission Doll Sgt. Sarah Brown to fly to Havana for DINNER? And most importantly, which is more popular—Mindy’s Cheesecake or Mindy’s Strudel?

The answers to these and other completely inconsequential questions will all be revealed when the Northwood Arts Education Department presents the 1950 Broadway classic, Guys & Dolls, March 25-27 at 7pm in Northwood’s Benjamin J. Lee Auditorium.

Based on Damon Runyon’s famous New York stories of the depression-era denizens of Broadway and Times Square, with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, Guys & Dolls includes some of the American musical theatre’s best known works—Luck Be A Lady, Bushel and a Peck, I’ve Never Been in Love Before, and Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat.

This year, in addition to the three 7pm performances, there will be a special Friday night “dinner theatre” option, featuring a pre-show Cuban dinner. Enjoy a “Night in Havana” from the Barbeque Joint that includes Cuban Roast Pork, Arroz con Pollo, Cuban Black Beans & Rice, salad greens and Flan for dessert. Proceeds benefit the NHSAEF Scholarship Fund.

Dr. Lori Carlin, directing her 13th spring production, commented, “In selecting our spring musical for the Gala season, we were looking for a big name show that would draw students and community members alike. Guys & Dolls has been called “the perfect musical comedy.” The show is big, bright, fun, and engaging. We’ve produced it once before and have fond memories of that experience. This year we are taking a fresh approach to producing this classic show. Our student performers and technicians have their work cut out for them but I feel certain that we will find a way to exhibit the talent & spirit that Northwood students bring to the stage every year. And we are looking forward to sharing Guys & Dolls in our beautiful newly renovated auditorium!”

Tickets are available online at http://www.SeatYourself.biz/northwood. General admission is $8 for adults, $6 for seniors and children under 5. Reserved seats are $10 and tickets for the friday night dinner and show are $24. Dinner seating is from 5:30–6:20 pm.

The Northwood High School Arts Education Foundation (NHSAEF), a 501(c)(3) non-profit, all-volunteer organization, is a community initiative dedicated to ensuring excellence in arts education by identifying, creating, and supporting programs that enrich learning, foster student achievement, and increase community involvement. Visit www.NHSAEF.org to learn more.

Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:03:01 -0500
From: Ellen Bland
Subject: Upcoming community theatre show

Announcing this spring’s show by Central Carolina Community College theatre students and community actors, artists, and musicians:

“Working, a Musical”
Wed & Thurs April 14 & 15 at 7 pm
Fri & Sat April 16 & 17 at 8 pm
Sun April 18 at 3 pm & 7 pm

Chatham Mills , 480 Hillsborough St., Pittsboro

This show is based on the oral history “Working”  by Studs Terkel, and our production features a diverse group of over 30 talented folks! We hope  you’ll find, as we have, that this show is relevant, given the current economy and our rapidly changing workplaces/perceptions of work.

Limited seating: $12 Tickets will go on sale March 5 at CCCC Pittsboro and  www.brownpapertickets.com

Adapted by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso with music by James Taylor,  Craig Carneila, Micki Grant, Stephen Schwartz, Mary Rogers, and Susan Birkenhead.  Produced by special arrangement with Music Theatre International, Inc.