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Amazing Job to the Acapella Choir and College Singers this morning in Chapel!!

Special Shoutout to Juaquin, who sang a solo and killed it!

Keep doing awesome things, friends!

Today is our final show.

Our Audiences have loved it.

We are so lucky and privileged to be performing such a thought-provoking, timely, and important show for our community right now.

You have one more chance to see this brilliant cast on stage at 2:30pm. It is not one to be missed.

Also, GO VOTE! Before and after our performance our friends from the League of Women’s Voters of North Carolina are helping people get registered. 💙🥳

See you there!

📸: Bill West-Davis

The Reviews are in!!

We had a Marvelous Opening Night!

Swipe to see what our audiences had to say about the show! We still have 2 more performances today at 7:30 and tomorrow and 2:30pm. Don’t miss your chance to be part of this powerful conversation. 💙

Get your tickets at the link below or in our bio! 👇🏻

https://tickets.lr.edu/section/playmakers-j1to?

📸: Bill West-Davis

Curtain’s up!💙🇺🇸

Wishing the cast of “What the Constitution Means to Me” a fantastic opening night. Break a Spleen!

Get your tickets now!

📸: Bill West- Davis

Happy “Constitution Day”!!!

Congress designates Sept. 17 as a day to recognize the value and history of the guiding document.

How appropriate that this day falls during our tech week for “What the Constitution Means to Me”!

Come Celebrate with us this weekend, Sept. 20th and 21st at 7:30 and Sept. 22nd at 2:30 in Belk Centrum!

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Meet the Cast 💙

Theatre Professor, Lindsay Weitkamp’s powerful portrayal of Heidi Schreck in What the Constitution Means to Me is not to be missed. Her thought-provoking performance will leave you inspired and in awe.

We took the time to ask her some questions regarding the show, her character, and the process! Swipe to read what she said!

Meet the Cast 💙

Mike Iveson, is brought to life by the incredible Dalton Isaac. His performance is a perfect blend of humor and sincerity. You will NOT want to miss him on the Belk Stage!

We took the time to ask his some questions regarding the show, his character, and the process! Swipe to read what he said!

Meet the Cast 💙

LR student Kayriel Maddox shines as the Debator in What the Constitution Means to Me. Her performance is a must-see!

We took the time to ask her some questions regarding the show, her character, and the process! Check it out!

Join us!

Playmakers open 2024-2025 season with thoughts and thrills | Lenoir-Rhyne University The troupe will present an examination of democracy with "What the Constitution Means to Me" in September, followed by the creepy kookiness of "The Addams Family" in October and November.

We had a wonderful read through and are thrilled to announce the spooktacular cast of 𝓣𝓗𝓔 𝓐𝓓𝓓𝓐𝓜𝓢 𝓕𝓐𝓜𝓘𝓛𝓨!!

Coming to Belk Centrum at Lenoir Rhyne University, this HALLOWEEN!! 🪦🎃👻

October 31st, November 1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th at 7.30pm
November 3rd and 10th at 2.30pm

Join us for a frightfully good time!! 🖤

What the Constitution Means to Me at the Belk Centrum, Lenoir-Rhyne University!

This thought-provoking play stars Lindsay Weitkamp, Dalton Isaac, and Kayriel Maddox. Here are some production photos from rehearsals! You will not want to miss this show.

September 20st @ 7.30
September 21st @ 7.30
September 22nd @ 2:30

Tickets on sale now, link in Bio!!!

Have an awesome day, all!
And don’t forget: auditions next week! 😎

Welcome, Callie Cope, who is joining as our Costume Designer and Shop Manager this year! Callie has served as a costume designer, actor, and educator in theatres in the surrounding area for several years. She has loved sewing and designing clothes and costumes since she was a small child. She enjoys using color theory to design costumes and to add another layer to the storytelling of theatre. In her free time, you will find Callie sewing children’s clothing for local boutiques. She is an LR alum and is excited to mentor students in the same place she grew her love for theatre and design!

**AUDITIONS!**
Same dates as THE ADDAMS FAMILY auditions! Do both! Questions about Bear With Us? Please contact Dr. York at [email protected]!

**AUDITIONS!**

Congratulations to Playmaker, Gabe Tarpley for winning the Hickory Community Theatre Kay Award for “Outstanding Featured Performer in a Musical”!!

Gabe won for his performance as Graffiti Pete in HCT’s final show of the 75th season, In The Heights!

We are so proud of you!!

Join us in Belk Centrum Sept. 20-22! $10 General Admission or FREE with a student ID. https://calendar.lr.edu/event/what-the-constitution-means-to-me
Ticket link coming soon!
This production is part of Bears Engage 2024: Democracy and Dialogue.
This project was supported by Arts Culture Catawba through the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. “What the Constitution Means to Me” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com

LR theatre students are busy, busy this summer! Theatre, theatre, and more theatre! Scroll through to see what some of them are up to!

Happy graduation, Bears! 🐻 🎓🎭

Happy graduation! Emma Seibert (she/they) graduates with honors today, with majors in theatre and psychology. You’ve seen her on stage as Joan in FUN HOME, Kate in BIG WORK, and as several roles in COMEDY SHORTS. They’ve been assistant director, stage manager, dramaturg, production carpenter, lighting designer, Theatre Program Assistant, President of Playmakers and the National Theatre Honor Society: Alpha Psi Omega, led us all to be “loose and funky”, and represented our program so well at countless recruitment and community events. As both a student and an artist, she has made a considerable impact on the theatre community at LR. They are truly a liberal arts theatre student who has embraced the opportunity to learn about each part of the collective whole. She is a broad and deep thinker, an enthusiastic collaborator, and her genuine zest for knowledge is absolutely contagious. Emma was the 2024 recipient of the Pearl Setzer Deal Playmaker Award. She is freelancing right now (already has a gig!) and will then continue her theatre studies in graduate school to one day become Dr. Seibert. We’re so proud of you, . Onwards and upwards, dear Playmaker!

Happy graduation! Chris Wilson (he/him) graduates today with a BA in youth and family ministry and a minor in church administration. He has been a Playmaker for two years now and you know him from his many roles around LR’s campus, as well as his roles on stage as Lord Lovelace in ADA AND THE ENGINE and Tim in NOISES OFF, both of which required a British accent! Chris has been such a positive light in the program and we’re thrilled that he spent time with us in the theatre. We’re so proud of you, . Onwards and upwards, dear Playmaker!

Happy graduation! Playmaker Rachel Mauney (she/they) graduated in December with a BA in music. Last year, she brought us to tears in “The I Love You Song” in THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE, and this past fall she shared her honest, researched, and touching portrayal of Helen Bechdel in FUN HOME. Rachel currently lives and works in Washington D.C. where she is a standby for the Washington National Opera chorus. We’re so proud of you, .m! Onwards and upwards, dear Playmaker!

Happy retirement! Jonathan Ray “JRay” retired in December, but we were so delighted that he joined us in Playmakers’ very next production: NOISES OFF. He played Sheldon and also served as our dialect coach. Jonathan worked with us at LR for several years, teaching classes such as Theatre Appreciation, Script Writing, Theatre for Youth, and Acting I. He also directed shows, such as THE COMEDY OF ERRORS and THE TEMPEST, and adapted and directed The Little Read productions of THE TURTLE OF OMAN, A MAP OF THE WORLD, THE OLD TRUCK, THE TURTLE OF MICHIGAN and a radio version of CLEMENTINE. A most excellent teacher, director, and colleague. We appreciate you, ! Happy retirement and we’ll see you back in LR’s theatre, yes? 😉