Children's Theatre
Ghostchasers
Rockingham Community College
Advanced Technologies Building Auditorium
Wentworth, NC

Director: Tony Hummel      

Put in a call for the Ghostchasers! An electrical storm forces Harriet Hollyhock's plane to land in Hangtown. What better time to visit her famous cousin, Dr. Horace Roy, who operates an asylum for extremely nervous patients? At the asylum things are hysterical. An earthquake jolt has freed a poltergeist, and it's creating dangerous mischief. What can Harriet suggest? Call the Ghostchasers! The Ghostchasers are led by Honcho, who is loaded with an arsenal of kooky weapons. If the nasty ghost wasn't trouble enough, the patients have locked up the staff, and no one can tell who's who.

October 27^th   10:30 am
                       1:00 pm

Children's Theatre - Storybook Theatre
Rumplestiltskin
Rockingham Community College
Advanced Technologies Building Auditorium
Wentworth, NC

Director:  Deborah Davies

The children enter the room or theatre. Glady, the clown, helps seat them around the "set," which consists of a large box and two chairs. The theatre is sectioned off, and the children assigned "roles" in the play. Some are sheep, cows, woodchoppers or townspeople, who respond to various cues during the play. Other children are selected to take part in the action of the play itself. And then RUMPELSTILTSKIN begins! From beginning to end, they are not only entertained as an audience, but become personally involved as they play out their various roles. The magic created is incredible!

Main Stage - Musical
Sanders Family Christmas
Rockingham Community College
Advanced Technologies Building Auditorium
Wentworth, NC

Director: Stephen Hale

In this sequel to the ever popular New York hit Smoke on the Mountain, the Sanders family returns to Mount Pleasant, NC, home of the Mount Pleasant Pickle Factory. It's Christmas Eve, 1941. Reverend Oglethorpe has invited them to the Baptist Church to sing and witness, getting the congregation into the down home holiday spirit before the boys, including one of the Sanders' own, are shipped off to World War II. More than two dozen Christmas carols, many of them vintage hymns, and hilarious yuletide stories from the more or less devote Sanders family keep the audience laughing, clapping and singing along with bluegrass Christmas favorites. Richly entertaining, this wildly infections musical brings cheer to audiences eager to see how their friends from Smoke on the Mountain have been getting along.

February   22^nd  8:00 pm
                23^rd  8:00 pm
                24^th  3:00 pm

Main Stage
Steel Magnolias
Rockingham Community College
Advanced Technologies Building Auditorium
Wentworth, NC

Director: Jon Young

The action is set in Truvy's beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies who are "anybody" come to have their hair done. Helped by her eager new assistant, Annelle (who is not sure whether or not she is still married), the outspoken, wise-cracking Truvy dispenses shampoos and free advice to the town's rich curmudgeon, Ouiser, ("I'm not crazy, I've just been in a bad mood for forty years"); an eccentric millionaire, Miss Clairee, who has a raging sweet tooth; and the local social leader, M'Lynn, whose daughter, Shelby (the prettiest girl in town), is about to marry a "good ole boy." Filled with hilarious repartee and not a few acerbic but humorously revealing verbal collisions, the play moves toward tragedy when, in the second act, the spunky Shelby (who is a diabetic) risks pregnancy and forfeits her life. The sudden realization of their mortality affects the others, but also draws on the underlying strength—and love—which give the play, and its characters, the special quality to make them truly touching, funny and marvelously amiable company in good times and bad.

Children's Theatre - Musical
Aladdin and his Wonderful Magical Lamp
Rockingham Community College
Advanced Technologies Building Auditorium
Wentworth, NC

Director:  Jon Young

Hop on a flying carpet to visit and sing in the exciting city of Shammar in Old Arabia! Meet the adventurous Aladdin and his mischievous monkey, Alakazam. Aladdin's mother and sister are at their wit's end trying to get Aladdin to settle down. It's not easy, especially with merchants and neighbors complaining about Aladdin's tricks. One day Aladdin meets the beautiful Princess Jasmine and vows he will marry her. Aladdin, however, is visited by the evil magician, Jammal, and his wicked sister, Halima. They know that only a boy named Aladdin can enter the mysterious cave, which houses a strange lamp containing a genie who will grant Jammal all the power he craves. Tricking Jammal, Aladdin claims the magic lamp for himself and with its power, wins the princess and impresses the Sultan by building a beautiful palace. But Jammal isn't through with his evil ways! He regains possession of the lamp, kidnaps Jasmine and magically transports Aladdin's new palace to the shores of Morocco! Aladdin, in his attempt to save Jasmine, must face Chop-Chop, the executioner and, of course, regain possession of the lamp. Cheer the finale when Aladdin and Jasmine are reunited and Jammal is transformed into a new person. You'll meet not one, but three, genies, the whining Ali "Bubba" and his umbrella, the fire-breathing dragon and the haughty Sultan's wife. Thrilling and easy to produce, your audience will be charmed by a host of tunes including "Aladdin," "Old Lamps For New," and "Abracadabra." This musical fantasy will delight audiences of all ages.

June     20^th    7:30 pm
            21^st    7:30 pm
            22^nd   2:30 pm

June     27^th    7:30 pm
            28^th    7:30 pm
            29^th    2:30 pm 

Children of Eden
Rockingham Community College
Advanced Technologies Building Auditorium
Wentworth, NC

From Stephen Schwartz (“Godspell” and “Pippin”) and John Caird of “Les Misérables” comes a joyous and inspirational musical about parents, children and faith... not to mention centuries of unresolved family business!

Freely based on the story of Genesis, “Children Of Eden” is a frank, heartfelt and often humorous examination of the age-old conflict between parents and children. Adam, Eve, Noah and the “Father” who created them deal with the headstrong, cataclysmic actions of their respective children. The show ultimately delivers a bittersweet but inspiring message: that "the hardest part of love... is letting go."