Hatbox Theatre Hosts New Hampshire Premiere Of AMELIA

For one weekend only, the Hatbox Theatre will host the New Hampshire Premiere of Alex Webb's beautiful and tragic Civil War love story, Amelia. An all-star cast will perform April 18 and 19th at 7:30 pm and April 20th at 2 pm and 7:30 pm. Tickets are $17, $14 for members, seniors and students and $12 for senior members.

Amelia is a heroic Civil War tale of one woman's search for her husband across the battlefields of America. Disguising herself as a Union soldier, Amelia works her way south from Gettysburg following any bit of news she can find regarding her husband Ethan's, regiment. Amelia will be played by Sheree Owens while Ethan, and all the other characters she encounters, is played by Wayne Asbury.

Amelia is the inaugural production of Good JoB productions, a company created by the husband and wife team of Bryan and Johanna Halperin. Bryan will also serve as director. His work may be familiar to Concord audiences as he has recently directed the award-winning Barnum as well as LOVE/SICK at Hatbox, and Once on this Island, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and The Farnsworth Invention with the Community Players of Concord.

Says Bryan, "Johanna and I couldn't think of a better play to kickoff our company than a beautiful love story about two people meant to be together but kept apart by circumstances beyond their control. It was originally written by an actor, Alex Webb, to perform with his wife, so it felt right for us to share this experience together as well. I have wanted to direct this play since I first discovered it in 2011 and have just been waiting for the right time, venue, and actors to come together."

Amelia will be a tour-de-force for Owens and Asbury who have years of theatre experience between them throughout New Hampshire and beyond. According to Bryan, "Having worked with Sheree many times, I knew she was the perfect person to bring the character of Amelia to life, all we needed was the right guy to pair her with. When we met Wayne and had the two of them read the play together in our living room we knew we had found the ideal match!"

A production team of experienced vets will help bring Amelia to the stage including set design by Hannah Joy Smith, lighting design by Tyler Soucy, sound design by Chuck Fray, costume design by Gay Bean, sound and projections run by Dave Peck and the production will be stage managed by Katie Griffiths.

"Ultimately Amelia is a play about love. And we would love for you to go on this beautiful journey with us," says Halperin.

ABOUT HATBOX THEATRE: Hatbox Theatre is a live performance arts space with a mission to create a cooperative community to develop unique, intimate experiences for both audiences and artists. The Hatbox Theatre is located at the Steeplegate Mall at 270 Loudon Rd in Concord NH.