2006-2007 Concert-Lecture Series & Averett Players' Schedule

Venues
Averett Players' Tickets

September 11
Dr. Carol Meyers
“Eve and Adam”
Lecture
7:30 p.m.
Blount Chapel
Free (no ticket required)
Dr. Carol Meyers is a faculty member in Duke University’s department of religion. Her specialties are Biblical studies and archaeology, and she is a prominent scholar in the study of women in the Biblical world. She has authored or co-authored eight books and has edited or co-edited five others. Meyers co-directs Duke’s summer in Israel program, and she is an affiliated faculty member of Duke’s Women’s Studies Program.

September 21-23
“Schoolhouse Rock Live!”
Averett Theatre Players and Averett’s Music Department
Theatre for Young People Series
Thurs., Fri., 7:30 p.m.; Sat. 2 p.m.
Pritchett Auditorium
Adults $8, students/senior citizens $6
“Schoolhouse Rock Live!” brings to life the four-time Emmy Award-winning 1970s Saturday morning cartoon series “Schoolhouse Rock.” The cartoon series, which taught history, grammar, math, science and politics through clever songs, has made its way to the stage where Tom, a school teacher who’s nervous about his first day of teaching, tries to relax by watching TV. As he watches, various characters emerge and show him how to win his students over with imagination and music. The production features such beloved songs as “Conjunction Junction,” “Three is a Magic Number” and “Just A Bill.”

September 26
The Richmond Ballet
7:30 p.m.
Pritchett Auditorium
Free (no ticket required)
The Richmond Ballet will be performing American Masterpieces of Dance during its Averett appearance. It includes pieces from “After Eden” (John Butler), “Who Cares?” (Balanchine), “Allegro Brillante” (Balanchine), and “Inconsequentials” (de Mille). The Richmond Ballet was formed in 1957 by local dance enthusiasts as a performance outlet for students in local dance programs. It became the first professional ballet company in Virginia in 1984.

November 12
Averett Singers and Handbell Choir
Fall Concert
4 p.m.
West Main Baptist Church (450 West Main St.)
Free (no ticket required)
A seasonal favorite, the Averett Singers and Handbell Choir’s Fall Concert is sure to put you in the mood for the upcoming holidays.

November 16-18
“The Laramie Project”
Averett Theatre Players
Thurs., Fri., Sat., 7:30 p.m.
Pritchett Auditorium

February 5
Nikki Giovanni, poet, author and educator
“Racism 101”
7:30 p.m.
Pritchett Auditorium
Free (no ticket required)
A world-renowned poet, writer, commentator, activist and educator, Giovanni will be discussing her book “Racism 101,” which is a collection of essays about the situation of Americans on all sides of various race issues. Giovanni has written more than two-dozen books, including volumes of poetry, illustrated children’s books and three collections of essays. Her three most recent volumes of poetry, “Love Poems,” “Blues: For All the Changes” and “Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea” were winners of the NAACP Image Award in 1998, 2000 and 2003.

March 23 – April 15
Averett Student Art Show
Averett’s Main Campus
Free (no ticket required)

March 25
Averett Singers and Handbell Choir
Spring Concert
4 p.m.
West Main Baptist Church (450 West Main St.)
Free (no ticket required)
A perfect way to welcome in warmer weather, the Averett Singers and Handbell Choir are sure to chase away any lingering winter blues.

March 29-31
“Our Town”
Averett Theatre Players
Thurs., Fri., Sat., 7:30 p.m.
Pritchett Auditorium
Adults $8, students/senior citizens $6
Written by Thornton Wilder, “Our Town” is set in the fictional Grover’s Corners, N.H. “Our Town” tells the story of the Gibbs and Webb families – specially the story of Emily Webb and George Gibbs who fall in love and get married. “Our Town” eventually won Wilder his second Pulitzer Prize and went on to become one of the most popular American plays of the 20 th century.

April 3
Katherine Meadows and Sheryl Lee, pianists
The Julian and Elnora Light Memorial Concert
7:30 p.m.
Pritchett Auditorium
Free (no ticket required)
Former Danville resident Katherine Meadows had extensive formal training at the Interlochen Center for the Arts, North Carolina School of the Arts and New York University. She has performed throughout New York, Virginia, North Carolina and Connecticut. Meadows has worked with such distinguished artists as Clifton Matthews, Gregory Haimovsky, Gwendolyn Toth and Miyoko Lotto.

Canadian pianist Sheryl Lee began her piano studies at the age of four. She made her orchestral debut with the Utah Symphony under the baton of Joseph Silverstein at age 12. She studied at New York University, University of Southern California and Yale University. Lee has worked with a number of artists including Peter Frankl, Hamish Milne, Lee Kum Sing and Miyoko Lotto.

Venues

Blount Chapel
Blount Chapel is located in the breezeway of Frith Hall, which is adjacent to Jordan Common. To get to the chapel from Mountain View Avenue go down the outside stairs of Frith Hall, taking a left at the bottom and entering through the archway. The chapel seats 170 people. Parking for Blount Chapel can be found along Mountain View Avenue, at Alumni Hall or in the lower level parking lot located off of Woodland Drive.

Tickets for Averett Players’ productions may be purchased in advance or on the night of the show from the Pritchett Auditorium Box Office 791-5712. Seating is general admission. Season tickets for Averett Players’ productions may be purchased for $20 (adults) or $15 (senior citizens and students). Averett Players’ performances are not part of the Concert-Lecture Series.