Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, October 8, 1995 TAG: 9510100109
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For one thing, all three plays are by Virginia playwrights.
"Somehow, that's never happened before," said Martha Wiese, marketing director for the theater.
Doug Grissom teaches at the University of Virginia. His "Ned and Dan's History Emporium" will run Oct. 10, 12 and 14 at 2 p.m. It's a play about a black ex-convict hired by a white redneck to dig holes in an attempt to find treasure on a bogus map. The play is one of the finalists in the new-play competition.
Tom Ziegler, who is on the faculty at Washington & Lee, returns to the theater this year with "Small Sacrifices," another finalist in the competition. Ziegler's "Grace and Glorie" was produced at Mill Mountain last year.
According to a theater news release, Ziegler's new play "addreses the issue of child abuse in a warm, humorous and moving manner." Issac Kaufman, an old Jew sitting on a park bench, is reminded of his dead wife and the Holocaust as he tries to help a young girl. It runs at 2 p.m. on Oct. 11, 13 and 15.
Finally - and here's the other of this year's firsts - there's a musical: "Through the Picture Tube," a comedy about the impact of television on modern day Americans. "Tube" is by Richmond actor and playwright Ed Sala, with music by Michael Hirsch. It runs Oct. 17-19 at 7:30 p.m., Oct. 20 at 8 p.m., Oct. 21 at 2 and 8 p.m., and Oct. 22 at 2 p.m.
All three plays will be script-in-hand productions in Theatre B. Tickets are $5.
by CNB