Tickets: $20 adults $15 full-time students. 'The Sound of Music,' Asheville Community Theatre, 8 p.m. Tickets: $20 adults $15 students age 18 and under. 28, Tryon Fine Arts Center, 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon. '6 Rms Riv Vu,' presented by Hendersonville Little Theatre, 2 p.m. The GCT’s production of “Boeing Boeing” was presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.'The Foreigner,' 2:15 p.m. I wouldn’t miss it for the world,” she said with a smile. “You can definitely look for me in the 10th anniversary show of Putting on the Ritz. “To everyone who promoted our show, sold tickets, donated or loaned materials, provided rehearsal facilities and/or supported it with their attendance, thank you so much,” he said.Īs for Bell, she is already looking forward to next spring and another chance to share the Camellia City’s community theater experience with her children. Live theater is able to stimulate and broaden our minds and inspire our creativity in a way that all the high-tech devices in the world will never be able to do, no matter how advanced they become.”Īnsley expressed his appreciation for all the businesses and citizens who supported the latest GCT production. People need to stop and realize that what we are doing on this stage makes our world a better place now and for future generations. “It is a struggle to get people to support the arts these days-not only here in Greenville, but all over,” he said. “They love coming with me and seeing how a show, whether it’s a GCT production or Putting on the Ritz, is put together,” she said.Īnsley would love to see more parents like Bell getting involved and getting their children involved in the arts in their local communities. When I pick up the torch and run with it again, I hope she is there with me.”īell says she makes her community theater experiences a family affair by having her children Levi and Madelyn join her at rehearsals. I definitely would not have wanted to do the show without her. Lori’s strengths also happen to include excellent blocking and stage direction skills. “My strengths are in artistic vision, organization and execution. And my assistant director, Lori Neilson, is undoubtedly the blocking queen,” Ansley said. “Anything I asked of anyone, they did it, without question. The easiest aspect of it all, the director says, is the cooperation he received from cast and crew along the way. “I was concerned for the cast members and whether or not they actually had the time to get their parts done, but they came through beautifully,” he said with pride. With only six cast members there were “lots of lines to learn and plenty of blocking.” Tweaking and fine-tuning of the production took place all the way up to opening night, Ansley said. Levi and Madelyn ran lines with me almost every day this summer trying to help me prepare for the role of Gloria.” But more times than not, my children are helping me run lines and work on blocking. “I try my best to be mama and wife during the day and study lines at night when everyone is sleeping. “It is always hard trying to juggle everything at home and prepare for a role, but I am blessed to have a wonderful family who supports me and encourages me,” Bell said. And afterwards, I was very satisfied with the execution of the show, actors, crew and audience reaction.”īell says being surrounded by understanding and helpful folks at home enhances the whole community theater experience for her. “During that first show, I was beaming with pride because I knew that they were nailing it and everything was falling into place.

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