Flat Rock Playhouse Presents BEEHIVE: THE 60's MUSICAL!

Grab your go-go boots and step back in time when the hair was bigger, the clothes were brighter, and the music was bewitching! The Flat Rock Playhouse presents the all women cast of Beehive: the 60s Musical. Continuing the fall season, the production will run from 13th October through 30th October at the Clive and Nina Allen Mainstage in the village rock of Flat Rock.

Written and compiled by Larry Gallagher, Beehive: the 60s Musical features songs like "It's My Party," "Proud Mary," and "My Boyfriend's Back," chronologically orchestrated for a journey through the music of the 60s. This production will transport you through a time of change, social unrest, and girl power as it comes to the forefront of society.

The cast brings a whole lot of R-E-S-P-E-C-T staring the vocal stylings of Shaleah Adkisson, Alexis Sims, DaNyel Fulton, Galen Crawley, Merrill Pieffer and Nicole Winter.

The live music will be brought by a six-part band consisting of Alex Shields as the Music Director and on piano, Paul Babelay on drums, Daniel Iannuci on bass, Bill Altman playing guitar, Chris Imhoff on trumpet, and Wes Parker playing saxophone will bring this rocking music to life.

Beehive: the 60s Musical will be directed by Lisa K. Bryant. The show will be choreographed by Amy Jones with Alex Shields as the Music Director. Adam Goodrum will serve as Production Manager. CJ Barnwell, Leeanne Deaver, Kurt Conway serves as Light, Costume, and Sound Design respectively. Bill Muñoz serves as Stage Manager with Lindsey A. Moss as Assistant Stage Manager.

Beehive: the 60s Musical is presented by the Mainstage Series Sponsor, Henderson County Tourism Development Authority (www.VisitHendersonvilleNC.org) joined by BMW of Asheville as Opening Night Sponsor. The Executive Producer of Beehive: the 60s Musical is John Cox and Peter Parry.

TICKETS AND SCHEDULE

Beehive: the 60s Musical will run October 13th through the 30th at Flat Rock Playhouse's Clyde and Nina Allen Mainstage. Performances Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30PM, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at8:00PM, matinees Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday at 2:00PM.

Tickets are $15 - $40 and can be purchased by calling The Playhouse box office at 828-696-0731, toll-free at866-737-8008 or online at www.flatrockplayhouse.org. Flat Rock Playhouse is located at 2661 Greenville Highway, Flat Rock, NC 28731.

FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE

In 1937, a group of struggling performers, led by Robroy Farquhar, organized themselves as the Vagabond Players. The Vagabonds worked in a variety of places over the course of three years, and in 1940 found themselves in the Blue Ridge region of Western North Carolina. The local and tourist community welcomed them with open arms when they presented their first summer season of plays in a 150-year-old grist mill they converted into The Old Mill Playhouse at Highland Lake. So successful was that summer, they returned in 1941. After WWII, the Vagabond Players reorganized, came back to the region and opened a playhouse in nearby Lake Summit. The Lake Summit Playhouse thrived during the post war years and soon the Vagabond Players were looking for a larger and permanent home. In 1952, the troupe of performers, and a newly formed board of directors, made an offer to buy an 8-acre lot in the Village of Flat Rock. This new home made the Vagabonds "locals" and a rented big top gave birth to Flat Rock Playhouse. As the beautiful Western Carolina region continued to grow, so did The Playhouse and in 1961, by Act of the North Carolina General Assembly, Flat Rock Playhouse was officially designated The State Theatre of North Carolina. What began as a few weeks of summer performances in 1940 is now a nine-month season of plays including Broadway musicals, comedy, drama, and theatre for young audiences. The Playhouse's dual mission of producing the performing arts and providing education in the performing arts includes a professional series; a summer and fall college apprentice and intern program; and Studio 52, year-round classes and workshops in theatre and film for students from kindergarten through adults. Flat Rock Playhouse now hosts over 98,000 patrons annually and is a significant contributor to the local economy and the Arts in North Carolina.