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2007-2008 Willy Awards

Foothills Performing Arts

Foothills Performing Arts announces its 31st Annual Willy Awards Banquet to be held on August 23, 2008 7:00pm at the J.E. Broyhill Civic Center, Hudson NC.  All 2007-08 Season Ticket holders, directors, cast members; production crewmembers and friends of the theatre are invited to attend. 

The Willy logo (a stage screw) is a piece of theatrical hardware used for securing scenery supports on a versatile stage.  Artistic director, Bill Wilson, chose the symbol in 1978. 

Up for awards for Best Production are You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown based on the Charles Schultz comic Snoopy and directed by Corrie Davis / Stephen King’s Misery directed by Scott Woodard / Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus directed by Joshua Scott/ Lying In State, written by David C. Hyer and directed by Michael Philyaw / John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, directed by Keith Smith / and Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business, based on the books by Barbara Park and directed by Amber Ellis.  Awards will be given for Best Character Actress and Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Actor, and Best Leading Actress and Actor for adults and children categories. Also presented will be the Eliza F. Bishop Award for Volunteer of the Year.

Information will be available on our 2008-09 Season which includes: The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society’s Production of Macbeth written by David McGillivray and Walter Zerlin Jnr. / The Raindrop Waltz written by NC storyteller Gary Carden / A Tuna Christmas by Ed Howard, Joe Sears & Jaston Williams / The Memory of Water written by Shelagh Stephenson / Cheaper By the Dozen based on the book by Frank Gilbreth & Ernestine Gilbreth Carey / and Neil Simon’s Lost In Yonkers.  Positions are available for Artistic and Technical Direction.  Audition information is available on-line www.foothillspeformingarts.org

Mooresridge will provide a catered dinner for the banquet consisting of roast beef, chicken, tossed salad, roasted potatoes, rolls, dessert and drink.  The cost is $10.00 per person.  Please RSVP by August 18, 2008. 

Our All-Season Pass is on sale and can be purchased for $35.00 by contacting the theatre.  Good for six visits the pass can be used for one year following the date of purchase. 

For more information please call (828) 726-2318 or mail your reservation to Foothills Performing Arts, 2855 Hickory Blvd., Hudson NC 28638.

 

“The Mission of Foothills Performing Arts, Inc. is to promote, encourage, and develop appreciation of theatre and involvement in the performing arts.”  The Board would like to thank all that have supported community theatre in Caldwell County.