B Street Theatre Continues THE NIBROC TRILOGY With SEE ROCK CITY 7/18 Thru 8/23

B Street Theatre will stage the second play of THE NIBROC TRILOGY, SEE ROCK CITY, continuing the story of young Kentuckians Raleigh and May, so delightfully started in LAST TRAIN TO NIBROC.

Building on the narrative (and success) of LAST TRAIN TO NIBROC, Ms. Hutton penned two sequels: SEE ROCK CITY and GULF VIEW DRIVE. Each play can be seen and enjoyed as a stand-alone piece, without having seen the earlier play in the series.

Picking up a year after the ending of Arlene Hutton's critically acclaimed LAST TRAIN TO NIBROC, the tender and funny sequel SEE ROCK CITY follows May and Raleigh through the end of World War II and introduces the characters of their two mothers-in-law. This tender portrayal of married life, set against the backdrop of World War II, shows the best of the human spirit and its ability to overcome any and all obstacles. The second play of a trilogy, and the recipient of the MacLean Foundation's "In the Spirit of America" Award, SEE ROCK CITY stands alone as a very funny, touching and universal portrayal of a young couple very much in love.

THE NIBROC TRILOGY is running sequentially in the B Street Theatre's B-2 space over a 5-month period. Reprising his role as Raleigh will be B Street company member Jason Kuykendall. Company member Dana Brooke will play May. Additional casting for SEE ROCK CITY includes Judy Jean Berns and, B Street new-comer, Elizabeth Palmer. B Street Company member Elisabeth Nunziato will direct SEE ROCK CITY.

With romance, comedy and a grace evocative of the era in American history during which it is set, Arlene Hutton's THE NIBROC TRILOGY follows one couple's tumultuous journey through WWII on the home front and post-war America.

In LAST TRAIN TO NIBROC, May and Raleigh meet in 1940 on an eastbound train which carries the bodies of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Nathanael West. Unable to enlist because of a medical condition he wants to be a writer, she wants to be a missionary and they discover they are from neighboring towns in Kentucky. In this boy-meets-girl romance, nominated for Best Play 2000 by the New York Drama League, two young people navigate through the tough time of a country at war discovering what they have to give up and to get what they really want.

In SEE ROCK CITY, the Appalachian romance continues the story of May and Raleigh, who plan to honeymoon at Rock City, Tennessee in 1943. When victory overseas brings unexpected consequences at home, the young Kentucky couple is forced to face hidden truths and find common solutions to the challenges of a new post-war
America.

In GULF VIEW DRIVE, Hutton's saga ends with the aftermath of war and the breakup of the traditional family. Ten years into their marriage, May and Raleigh live in an island community off the gold coast of Florida. Their dream house shrinks as relatives descend, further testing the couple's love in the romantic, humorous, and insightful glimpse of life in the 1950's

LAST TRAIN TO NIBROC runs through Sunday July 12.

SEE ROCK CITY previews July 18 at 8:00 p.m., and Sunday July 19 at 1:00 p.m. Opening is Sunday July 19 at 7:00 p.m. Closing is Sunday August 23.

GULF VIEW DRIVE previews Saturday August 29 at 8:00 p.m., and Sunday August 30 at 1:00 p.m. Opening is Sunday August 30 at 7:00 p.m. Closing is Sunday October 4.

All three plays will run the B-3 schedule. Tuesday-Friday at 7:00 p.m.; Saturday at 8:00 p.m.; Sunday at 1:00 p.m. Ticket prices for THE NIBROC TRILOGY range from $18.00 to $35.00. $20.00 per show if tickets for all three shows are purchased at the same time.

The B Street Theatre is located at the corner of 27th and B Streets in Mid-Town Sacramento, behind Stanford Park Baseball Field at 27th and C Streets.

For further information contact the B Street Theatre box office: (916)443-5300 or visit our website at www.bstreettheatre.org.