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Since the Schedule is subject to changes and additions, it is advisable to contact the Theatre by phone or e-mail in advance and to make reservations for live performances. Tickets for all performances presented by the Theatre are $15 for adults and $5 for students 18 and under, unless otherwise noted. For reservations and information phone (540) 675-1253 or send e-mail to TheatreVA@aol.com.
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| Friday, January 2, 2004 at 8 p.m. |
"Bend It Like Beckham" (PG-13)
film presented by RAAC |
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| Friday, January 16, 2004 at 8 p.m. |
"Whale Rider" (PG-13)
film presented by RAAC |
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| Sunday, January 18, 2004 at 4 p.m. | MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY OBSERVANCE |
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Rappahannock County's thirteenth annual celebration honoring the great civil rights leader, the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. A community event. No admission charge. Open, unreserved seating. |
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| Saturday, January 24, 2004 at 8 p.m. |
DON KEYSER and his "COUNTRY RHYTHM BOYS"
Traditional bluegrass, country and western music |
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Dave Edwards, bass; Rick Johnson, five-string banjo; Don Soliday, hound-dog dobro; Frank Monicure, mandolin and vocals; Tom Queen, dobro and acoustic guitar; Don Keyser, country-style fiddle, acoustic guitar and vocals. Tickets for this performance are $10 for adults and $5 for students 18 and under. |
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| Saturday, January 31, 2004 at 8 p.m. |
"THE APPLE CART"
by George Bernard Shaw |
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A production of Georgetown University's Mask and Bauble Society, which writes: "Set almost fifty years in the future, this science fiction tragicomedy is one of Shaw's most political plays and follows a fictional King of England as he struggles to reassert the king's power in a constitutional monarchy." |
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| Sunday, Febraury 1, 2004 at 2:30 p.m. |
"THE APPLE CART"
by George Bernard Shaw |
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A production of Georgetown University's Mask and Bauble Society, which writes: "Set almost fifty years in the future, this science fiction tragicomedy is one of Shaw's most political plays and follows a fictional King of England as he struggles to reassert the king's power in a constitutional monarchy." |
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| Friday, February 6, 2004 at 8 p.m. |
"Rabbit-Proof Fence" (PG)
film presented by RAAC |
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| Saturday, February 7, 2004 at 8 p.m. |
JIMMY BRUNO, guitar, MARK KRAMER, piano
Jazz Concert |
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The popular jazz guitarist returns to the Theatre accompanied for the first time here by pianist Mark Kramer. |
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| Saturday, February 14, 2004 at 8 p.m. | SMITHSONIAN AT LITTLE WASHINGTON |
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Music of Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, and the brothers Alessandro and Benedetto Marcello. James Weaver, harpsichord and Kenneth Slowik, cello, are the featured artists. |
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| Friday, February 20, 2004 at 8 p.m. |
"In America" (PG-13)
film presented by RAAC |
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| Saturday, February 21, 2004 at 8 p.m. |
BROOKS TEGLER QUARTET
A Tribute to the Benny Goodman Trio and Quartet |
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Joe Midiri, clarinet, Brooks Tegler, drums, Paul Midiri, vibes, and Larry Eanet, piano. Historical ancedotes will be related by John Tegler. "Goodman fans! You've got to hear this to believe it. Clarinetist, Joe Midiri, really does sound like the great Goodman." The Sun Sentinel, Ft. Lauderdale, FL; "Brooks Tegler on drums brings back memories of Gene Krupa with his great stick and brush work," The Washington Post; "Joe played for us last year ... and tore the house down. It was as though Benny Goodman had come back to life!" Pennsylvania Jazz Society News. |
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| Saturday, February 28, 2004 at 7 p.m. |
VARIETY SHOW
presented by Washington Baptist Church |
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Eighth annual variety show presented and performed by members of the Washington Baptist Church. A community event. No admission charge. Open, unreserved seating. |
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| Sunday, February 29, 2004 at 2 p.m. | LIONS CLUB MUSIC CONTEST |
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The annual James A. Bland Music Contest organized by the Rappahannock Lions Club for local schoolchildren. A community event. No admission charge. Open, unreserved seating. |
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| Friday, March 5, 2004 at 8 p.m. |
"Down from the Mountain" (G)
film presented by RAAC |
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| Friday, March 12, 2004 at 8 p.m. |
PLAY (Title to be Announced)
Christendom College Players |
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| Saturday, March 13, 2004 at 8 p.m. |
PLAY (Title to be Announced)
Christendom College Players |
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| Sunday, March 14, 2004 at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. |
PLAY (Title to be Announced)
Christendom College Players |
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| Friday, March 19, 2004 at 8 p.m. |
"Mystic River" (R)
film presented by RAAC |
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| Saturday, March 27, 2004 at 8 p.m. |
"BALLADS and BALLOTS"
Oscar Brand, guitarist, folksinger and balladeer |
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Oscar's CD "Campaign Songs 1803-1996" has been one of the Smithsonian's most popular recordings. He wrote a very successful off-Broadway show with Bill Brown (WIZ). It's called "How To Steal an Election", a vaudeville show about American election campaigns. In his long, varied and accomplished career, Brand won his first Peabody Award in 1982 for the National Public Radio broadcast, The Sunday Show. Fifteen years later he shared the Personal Peabody award with Oprah Winfrey. "An American Folk Music Legend", Boston Globe; "One of America's Best", New York Times; "One of the Really Great Folksingers of Our Time", Colorado West. |
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| Friday, April 2, 2004 at 8 p.m. |
"House of Sand and Fog" (R)
film presented by RAAC |
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| Friday, April 16, 2004 at 8 p.m. |
"Lost in Translation" (R)
film presented by RAAC |
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| Saturday, April 17, 2004 at 8 p.m. |
THE CHUCK REDD TRIO
Guitar; Vibes and Drums; Bass |
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Chuck Redd plays vibes and drums -- he is one of the Theatre's most popular jazz musicians. Playing at the Theatre for the first time are guitarist Richard Miller and bassist James King. Miller comes from a multicultural background, and was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to an American father and a Brazilian mother. He is a classical guitarist who has played at the Library of Congress, Strathmore Hall, and the Kennedy Center, and a "popular" musician who is especially noted for playing Brazilian and Latin Jazz. James King is in demand up and down the East Coast as a jazz bassist. He has toured with the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, Milt Jackson, and many others. |
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| Saturday, April 24, 2004 at 8 p.m. |
"OL' DIZ"
Ben Jones |
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A repeat, by popular demand, of Ben Jones' one-man show portraying Hall of Fame baseball pitcher, Dizzy Dean, the colorful and eccentric star of the Depression Era St. Louis Cardinals, the unforgettable "Gashouse Gang." A good way to open the 2004 Baseball Season. |
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| Friday, May 7, 2004 at 8 p.m. |
"Master and Commander" (PG-13)
film presented by RAAC |
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| Friday, May 21, 2004 at 8 p.m. |
"Something's Gotta Give" (PG-13)
film presented by RAAC |
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| Saturday, May 22, 2004 at 8 p.m. | SMITHSONIAN AT LITTLE WASHINGTON |
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Music of Haydn. The Smithsonian Chamber Program presents its new resident ensemble, The Esterhazy Machine. Prince Nikolaus Esterhazy was a passionate player of the baryton, and Haydn created for his pleasure the most important repertoire for this unusual instrument. Steven Dann, viola, Myron Lutzke, cello, Kenneth Slowik, Baryton, perform some of the many trios Haydn wrote for these instruments. |
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| Saturday, May 29, 2004 at 8 pm |
"OPERA'S STAR-CROSSED LOVERS"
Jacqueline Neimat, soprano, and friends |
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Lovely soprano Jacqueline Neimat returns to the Theatre, accompanied by Antonio Giuliano, tenor and George Peachey, pianist, to sing some of opera's beautiful and romantic love songs. |
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| Friday, June 4, 2004 at 8 p.m. |
"The Last Samurai" (R)
film presented by RAAC |
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| Saturday, June 5, 2004 at 8 p.m. |
"BALALAIKA!"
Washington Balalaika Society Orchestra |
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The Orchestra of the Washington Balalaika Society was formed in 1988 by eight musicians interested in the study and performance of Russian, Ukrainian and eastern European folk music on traditional instruments. They grew in size and repertoire and during the intervening years they have performed at the Kennedy Center, Constitution Hall, the Smithsonian, and with the Paul Hill Chorale. The Washington Balalaika Orchestra will play traditional folk music on balalaika, domra, bayan (Russian accordion) with Russian folk percussion and wind instruments. |
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| Friday, June 18, 2004 at 8 p.m. |
"Mystic River" (R)
film presented by RAAC |
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| Friday, July 2, 2004 at 8 p.m. |
"Miracle" (PG)
film presented by RAAC |
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| Friday, July 16, 2004 at 8 p.m. |
"Cold Mountain" (R)
film presented by RAAC |
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