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Join Us (And Sing): Meet Ensemble member Dylan Day from THE GUY WHO DIDN'T LIKE MUSICALS An invading alien hive mind has turned the citizens of Hatchetfield into singing and dancing "zombies". Now, it's up to a scrappy band of misfits to stop the show-stopping apocalypse from taking over the world.From Starkid Productions, creators of A VERY POTTER MUSICAL and THE TRAIL TO OREGON!, come...

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Join Us (And Sing): Meet Ensemble member Allison Andrews from THE GUY WHO DIDN'T LIKE MUSICALS Everything seemed normal in the city of Hatchetfield. Until...people began singing...and dancing. Just like that, a musical pandemic is sweeping the entire city. Now, it’s up to an average guy (who doesn’t like musicals) and his friends to save humanity from a musical apocalypse.You'll laugh! Yo...

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Join Us (And Sing): Justin Thomas is Sam Sweetly in THE GUY WHO DIDN'T LIKE MUSICALS Paul Matthews is an average guy who likes pizza, movies...ya know, average guy things. But when an alien lifeforce infects his hometown, Paul finds himself in a deadly battle with one thing he knows he dislikes: musical theatre.From Starkid Productions comes the hilarious musical horror-comedy THE G...

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Join Us (And Sing): Jared Wachsmuth is Ted Spankoffski in THE GUY WHO DIDN'T LIKE MUSICALS An invading alien hive mind has turned the citizens of Hatchetfield into singing and dancing "zombies". Now, it's up to a scrappy band of misfits to stop the show-stopping apocalypse from taking over the world.From Starkid Productions, creators of A VERY POTTER MUSICAL and THE TRAIL TO OREGON!, come...

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Join Us (And Sing): Andie Thomas is Emma Perkins in THE GUY WHO DIDN'T LIKE MUSICALS Everything seemed normal in the city of Hatchetfield. Until...people began singing...and dancing. Just like that, a musical pandemic is sweeping the entire city. Now, it’s up to an average guy (who doesn’t like musicals) and his friends to save humanity from a musical apocalypse.You'll laugh! Yo...

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Join Us (And Sing): Ethan Fite is Professor Hidgens in THE GUY WHO DIDN'T LIKE MUSICALS Paul Matthews is an average guy who likes pizza, movies...ya know, average guy things. But when an alien lifeforce infects his hometown, Paul finds himself in a deadly battle with one thing he knows he dislikes: musical theatre.From Starkid Productions comes the hilarious musical horror-comedy THE G...

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Join Us (And Sing): Sarah Deutsch is Zoey Chambers/Alice Woodward in THE GUY WHO DIDN'T LIKE MUSICALS Paul Matthews is an average guy who likes pizza, movies...ya know, average guy things. But when an alien lifeforce infects his hometown, Paul finds himself in a deadly battle with one thing he knows he dislikes: musical theatre.From Starkid Productions comes the hilarious musical horror-comedy THE G...

The final weekend of THE GUY WHO DIDN'T LIKE MUSICALS starts this Thursday!
This show is too funny to miss, so grab your tickets using the link below🎟️🔗👇🏻

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📸: Ken Burns

Ghost Light series returns with reading of classic thriller NIGHT MUST FALL

HCT's Ghost Light series returns with a staged reading of Emlyn William’s British thriller NIGHT MUST FALL on Monday and Tuesday, September 16th & 17th at 7:30PM in the Council Chamber.

Filled with psychological twists and turns, and a healthy dose of class humor, NIGHT MUST FALL follows wealthy widow Mrs. Bramson, who spends her days criticizing her niece, Olivia, and their house servants. That world is turned inside out by the charming Dan, who endears himself to Mrs. Bramson but causes Olivia to be concerned about Dan’s true intentions—and possible connection to the murder of a local woman.

HCT Guild member Candi Ford-Snow will be directing a cast that includes:
Dorothy Best as Mrs. Bramson
Kaylyn Hall as Olivia Grayne
Justin Wilson as Dan
Angie Gragg as Mrs. Terence
Christopher Honsaker as Inspector Belsize
Courtney Bowen as Dora Parkoe
Paul Sapp as Hubert

The readings are Monday and Tuesday, September 16th & 17th, starting at 7:30PM in the Council Chamber. Admission is free and open to the public. Concessions will be available for purchase.

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Join Us (And Sing): Justin Wilson is Bill Woodward in THE GUY WHO DIDN'T LIKE MUSICALS Everything seemed normal in the city of Hatchetfield. Until...people began singing...and dancing. Just like that, a musical pandemic is sweeping the entire city. Now, it’s up to an average guy (who doesn’t like musicals) and his friends to save humanity from a musical apocalypse.You'll laugh! Yo...

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Join Us (And Sing): Branden Nuhfer is Paul Matthews in THE GUY WHO DIDN'T LIKE MUSICALS Paul Matthews is an average guy who likes pizza, movies...ya know, average guy things. But when an alien lifeforce infects his hometown, Paul finds himself in a deadly battle with one thing he knows he dislikes: musical theatre.From Starkid Productions comes the hilarious musical horror-comedy THE G...

The reviews are in! Tomorrow kicks off our second weekend of THE GUY WHO DIDN’T LIKE MUSICALS, come find out what all the talk is about by purchasing your tickets using the link below🎟👇
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Join Us (And Sing): Journey Cable is Charlotte Sweetly in THE GUY WHO DIDN'T LIKE MUSICALS An invading alien hive mind has turned the citizens of Hatchetfield into singing and dancing "zombies". Now, it's up to a scrappy band of misfits to stop the show-stopping apocalypse from taking over the world.From Starkid Productions, creators of A VERY POTTER MUSICAL and THE TRAIL TO OREGON!, come...

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THE HIVE MIND INVADES HICKORY COMMUNITY THEATRE WITH THE GUY WHO DIDN’T LIKE MUSICALS

There is an alien invasion in Hickory this weekend, when The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals takes the stage at the Hickory Community Theatres. Performances begin on Friday, September 6th at 7:30pm and the show runs through September 14.

Loosely inspired by 1956 horror film Invasion of the Body Snatchers, this is the 11th stage show produced by StarKid Productions. The show follows Paul, an average guy who “doesn’t like musicals,” as the citizens of his town are gradually overcome by an alien hive mind that makes them sing and dance as if they are in a musical. It’s hysterically, horrific fun as a band of survivors fight to outwit the increasing number of singing and dancing “zombies”. Who will win in the end?

Performances of The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals will be September 6th through September 14, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sundays at 2:30pm and Thursday, September 12 at 7:30pm in the Jeffers Theatre. Tickets are $18 for adults and $12 for students and youth 18 & under. Tickets may be purchased online at hickorytheatre.org or by phone at 828-328-2283.

The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals is rated PG-13, with adult language and cartoonish violence.

ATTENTION‼️
Charlie & the Chocolate Factory auditions will now be on September 23rd and 24th at 6pm
If you are unable to attend those dates we will be accepting video auditions!
Those can be sent to [email protected]

The deadline is fast approaching to register for HCT's fall classes! Spots are still available for Public Speaking, Improvisation, and Adult Public Speaking.
Very few spots remain for Intro to Theatre and Adult Improvisation, so if you are interested you best act before they fill up!
You can register for class using the forms linked on the Classes page of the HCT website. Questions? Contact the Education Director at
[email protected] https://

CLASSES | Hickory Theatre The last day to register and pay for classes is Tuesday, September 3rd 2024. Classes require a minimum of seven students to run. HCT reserves the right to cancel any courses that do not meet the registration minimum.

Things are a bit different today. Could it be because the Hive Mind is approaching?

Temporary Hours Change for Tues 8-27-24 PLUS . . . It's Opening Weekend . . . but   We will be closing at 2:45 pm on Tuesday, August 27, 2024 instead of 5:00 so that our staff may attend the unveiling of the County Cultural Plan with Arts Culture Cata

MEET THE ACROBATIC PHYSIST FROM THE CAST OF THE UPCOMING PRODUCTION OF THE GUY WHO DIDN’T LIKE MUSICALS

The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals, the opening show of the Hickory Community Theatre’s 76th season, features a talented cast of local actors who play multiple roles. One of these actors is Sarah Deutsch, who recently relocated to Statesville from Pittsburgh, PA.

With equal parts of horror, science fiction and musical comedy, The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals, takes place in the fictional small town of Hatchetfield. The day after a meteor crashes into the local theatre, Hatchetfield residents slowly, one-by-one, start singing and dancing their way through the day. Deutsch plays triple roles as Zoey, a barista who is infected early on, Alice, a high school student waiting to be rescued from the oncoming musical horde, and a Greenpeace protestor.

She made her HCT debut in December, in the dual roles of Olga and Paulina in Anastasia. Her other recent roles include Ariel in Footloose at Theatre Statesville and Bridget in the Lee Street Theatre’s upcoming production of Lizzie. In addition to her acting talents, Deutsch is an accomplished figure skater, as well as a dancer and aerialist. Her talents go beyond the performing arts though, as she is currently working on her PhD in Physics through Cornell University and visited the Large Hadron Collider at CERN (outside Geneva, Switzerland) in 2019.

Regarding this upcoming production, Deutsch remarked, “I’ve made amazing friendships through Hickory Community Theatre and I’m very grateful for that. As far as this show, I’ve been a fan of StarKid Productions for years.” StarKid, also known as Team StarKid, is an American musical theatre company founded in 2009

Performances of The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals will be August 30 through September 14, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sundays at 2:30pm and Thursday, September 12 at 7:30pm in the Jeffers Theatre. Tickets are $18 for adults and $12 for students and youth 18 & under. Tickets may be purchased online at hickorytheatre.org or by phone at 828-328-2283.

The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals is rated PG-13, with adult language and cartoonish violence.

TWO NEWCOMERS JOIN HICKORY COMMUNITY THEATRE FOR THE UPCOMING PRODUCTION OF THE GUY WHO DIDN’T LIKE MUSICALS

Prepare for an unforgettable theatrical experience with the hilariously horrifying hit musical, The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals invades the Hickory Community Theatre. Loosely inspired by the classic sci-fi thriller, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, this toe-tapping spectacle follows Paul, an average guy with a distaste for musical theatre. When a strange asteroid crashes outside Hatchetfield, He mysteriously finds himself in a world where people are transformed into mindless musical-loving zombies. Playing two of those creatures, and a host of other townsfolk, are two newcomers to HCT, Dylan Day and Andie Thomas.

Day is a native of Statesville, whose love of musical theatre began at VPAC/Statesville High School, where he performed in such shows as Into the Woods, Addams Family and The Little Mermaid. He has also worked with Theatre Statesville, playing a Gypsy in Dracula and Lyle in their recent production of Footloose. “I auditioned for this show, he said, “because it was the first musical my wife showed me when we first met and I fell in love with it. It’s great to be in the ensemble because I get to be in all the best songs!”

Originally from Fayetteville, Thomas graduated from Appalachian State University in 2018 with her Bachelor's degree in English with a concentration in creative writing. She now works at ASU as an Administrative Support Associate, where she assists the chair, Dr. Leonardo Flores, and the other faculty members in the Department of English. She married her husband, Justin Thomas, who has been in many HCT productions, in 2021. “Hickory Community Theatre is a beautiful space and I’m so happy to be sharing the stage here with Justin.”

Performances of The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals will be August 30 through September 14, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sundays at 2:30pm and Thursday, September 12 at 7:30pm in the Jeffers Theatre. Tickets are $18 for adults and $12 for students and youth 18 & under. Tickets may be purchased online at hickorytheatre.org or by phone at 828-328-2283.

The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals is rated PG-13, with adult language and cartoonish violence.

POPULAR ACTOR RETURNS TO HICKORY COMMUNITY THEATRE FOR THE UPCOMING PRODUCTION OF THE GUY WHO DIDN’T LIKE MUSICALS

Branden Nuhfer, an actor who’s been very active in community theatre throughout the area, is returning to the Hickory Community Theatre for The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals, the opening show of the theatre’s 76th season. Performances begin on August 30 and run through September 14 in the Jeffers Theatre.

Nuhfer, who plays Paul, has been in several productions at HCT, going back to 2019, when he made his debut in Hair, for which he received a Kay Award for Outstanding Newcomer. He’s since received two more honors, with an award for Outstanding Lead Actor in Something Rotten and an Outstanding Ensemble Award for The Play That Goes Wrong. He’s also performed around the region, in productions such as Hello Dolly at the Green Room and Disaster with Lincoln Theatre Guild.

“My favorite things about working with Hickory Community Theatre,” he said, “are the performance space and the many friends I’ve made here. I love this show [The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals] and I like my character’s journey through the show.” Nuhfer is a native of Denver, NC and currently works as a teller for People’s Bank. In addition to his HCT Kay Award, he also received the award for “Most Swag” at the Daytona Beach Spring Break in 2009.

Performances of The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals will be August 30 through September 14, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sundays at 2:30pm and Thursday, September 12 at 7:30pm in the Jeffers Theatre. Tickets are $18 for adults and $12 for students and youth 18 & under. Tickets may be purchased online at hickorytheatre.org or by phone at 828-328-2283.

Be a part of the magic behind the scenes!
We're currently seeking tech crew for THE GUY WHO DIDN'T LIKE MUSICALS
Email [email protected] to get involved!

August 30th is quickly approaching!!!
We had such a fun time giving a little sneak peek at the Kay awards, and we can’t wait for you to see the rest of the show🤩
You can get your tickets now by using the link below 🎟️👇🏻

https://www.hickorytheatre.org/box-office

There is still plenty of time to register for fall classes! There are classes available for ages 8-17, as well as adult classes.

Choose the class/classes that best suit your interests: Improvisation, Public Speaking, or Intro to Theatre. Follow the link to the Classes page of the HCT website for more information about each class and the registration link.

See you in class 😁

CLASSES | Hickory Theatre The last day to register and pay for classes is Tuesday, September 3rd 2024. Classes require a minimum of seven students to run. HCT reserves the right to cancel any courses that do not meet the registration minimum.