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Showing September 20-22, 2024 at Parkway Playhouse. This festival will feature staged readings of new plays written by Appalachian Playwrights or plays that celebrate Appalachian Culture. One script from this festival will be chosen to be produced in our Mainstage Season!<\/p>\n
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Family loyalties, long-hidden secrets, and the freeing power of finally telling the truth are explored in this dark comedy. Roger McElroy wrote an incredibly successful novel 30 years ago and has not published anything since. When he comes home from the hospital after suffering a sudden heart attack, his three adult children try to convince him to sell the isolated mountain cabin where he\u2019s lived all their lives. Their frustrations at Roger’s refusal to take his failing health seriously cause escalating arguments which bring out an accusation by the eldest son that he does not believe Roger is the true author of his famous novel.<\/p>\n
Emily McClain is a professional playwright, theatre educator, and a proud member of the Dramatists Guild. Born in Oxford, Mississippi, she currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia where she teaches theatre at School of the Arts @ Central Gwinnett. Her play Slaying Holofernes<\/em> was co-winner of Essential Theatre\u2019s New Play Festival and received a world premiere production in 2019. Her full length comedy Julie’s Place<\/em> was selected for the JOOK-MS Spotlight Series in July 2020 and went on to be a semi-finalist with the New American Voices with The Landing Theatre Company. Her Risk Theatre play Children of the Combs and Watch Chains<\/em> was named a finalist for the Risk Theatre International Competition in August 2020 and was produced by the Quarantine Players in February 2021. She was a recipient of a Stripped Bare grant in 2021 for her play What the Water Gave Me<\/em>, which went on to receive the William Faulkner Literary Prize in 2022. Her historical drama Copper Angel<\/em> was the winner of the Texas Nonprofit Theatre competition in 2022 and received a world premiere production in Bourne, Texas in 2023. Recently, her play The Rock & The Hard Place<\/em> won the Essential Theatre New Play award for 2024. Her short plays have been produced throughout the United States and internationally. She\u2019s published through Next Stage Press and more of her work may be found on New Play Exchange<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/parkwayplayhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Emily.png” title_text=”Emily” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”21px|||||” border_width_all=”4px” border_color_all=”#fed051″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px|||||” border_width_bottom=”8px” border_color_bottom=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”18px” custom_margin=”3px|||||” custom_padding=”17px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n More than 7,500 strikers walked out of more than 90 mines in the Paint Creek and Cabin Creek coal fields of West Virginia during the bloody 1912-1914 labor war. Bloodletting in These Hills is the story of one family caught in the crosshairs of that struggle.<\/p>\n Walter Thinnes is an emerging playwright whose thirty-plus plays have received more than 125 productions, readings, or awards in 26 states, and around the world, including The Kennedy Center, Eugene O\u2019Neill Theatre Conference, and several Off-Off-Off-Broadway Theaters. He is currently located in Central Florida and you can find some of his scripts at www.newplayexchange.org<\/a><\/span>. He is the recipient of the Colonial Players\u2019 Promising Playwright Award, Annapolis, MD; Theatre Oxford L.W. Thomas Award, Oxford MS; Appalachian New Play Festival Judge\u2019s Choice Award, Athens, OH; and winner of the Centre-Stage New Play Festival in Greenville, SC. You can discover more at www.walterthinnes.com<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/parkwayplayhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Walter.png” title_text=”Walter” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”19px|||||” border_width_all=”4px” border_color_all=”#fed051″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px|||||” border_color_bottom=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”18px” custom_margin=”3px|||||” custom_padding=”17px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Jim is a first-time vendor, almost by accident, at a two-day Appalachian crafts festival and is feeling insecure. He has varied interactions with customers, festival officials, a reporter, and other vendors – one of whom is offended by a particular carved rock of Jim’s. And some people talk to a potter who died on site a few years ago.<\/p>\n George is honored to be a participant in the Appalachian Playwriting Festival. In the past, he wrote plays that were produced by a local theater in Concord, NC. He most recently appeared in The Red Velvet Cake War<\/em> and Black Comedy<\/em> at Parkway Playhouse and had a great time with the cast, crew, directors, and staff. George has acted at the Old Courthouse Theatre in Concord, NC, and Theatre Charlotte. He also served on the Board, including as chair, of the Old Courthouse Theatre. A former professor of Chemistry, he was given the chance to teach theater to middle and high school students and did so for 11 years until he moved to the North Carolina mountains. George and the students picked the plays together and he directed all of the performances each year. It was a delight to see his students develop and do well as actors.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/parkwayplayhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/George.png” title_text=”George” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”23px|||||” border_width_all=”4px” border_color_all=”#fed051″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ disabled_on=”off|off|on” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#fed051″ custom_padding=”26px||5px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”3px||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_heading title=”2024 DIRECTORS” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” title_text_align=”center” title_text_color=”#000000″ title_font_size=”60px” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”4px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_team_member name=”Daniel Moore” position=”CHEEK BY JOWL DIRECTOR” image_url=”https:\/\/parkwayplayhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Daniel-Moore.png” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” header_font_size=”60px” body_font_size=”18px” position_text_color=”#8F0018″ custom_padding=”30px|30px|30px|30px|false|false” border_width_all=”4px” border_color_all=”#FFFFFF” border_width_all_image=”4px” border_color_all_image=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Daniel Moore is a Mars Hill-based Actor and Director who studied theatre at Greensboro College. Some of his most recent acting credits include; Joe Buck Allen in A Southern Appalachian Christmas<\/em> at Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre and Hames Blonde in Splatter Play<\/em> at The Magnetic Theatre. He was an actor and director for the dramatic series How to be a Human, or at Least Try<\/em> at North Carolina Stage Company. He had happily served the Parkway Playhouse organization for over a decade in various roles including intern, actor, designer, director, and teacher. <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_team_member][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_team_member name=”Erika Tyner” position=”BLOODLETTING IN THESE HILLS DIRECTOR” image_url=”https:\/\/parkwayplayhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Erika.png” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” header_font_size=”60px” body_font_size=”18px” position_text_color=”#8F0018″ custom_padding=”30px|30px|30px|30px|false|false” border_width_all=”4px” border_color_all=”#FFFFFF” border_width_all_image=”4px” border_color_all_image=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Erika has been working in the public school arena as a 6th grade Language Arts teacher for 17 years. As an educator, Erika has been named Teacher of the Year for her county, awarded National Board Certification, participated in the NC Governor\u2019s Teacher Network, and spent a year as an Educational Policy Fellow. Over the past few years, Erika has enjoyed directing shows for Parkway Playhouse and writing plays for her drama students to perform in showcases and summer camps.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_team_member][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_team_member name=”Elizabeth DeVault” position=”BOOTH #99 DIRECTOR” image_url=”https:\/\/parkwayplayhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DMP_2601.png” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” header_font_size=”60px” body_font_size=”18px” position_text_color=”#8F0018″ custom_padding=”30px|30px|30px|30px|false|false” border_width_all=”4px” border_color_all=”#FFFFFF” border_width_all_image=”4px” border_color_all_image=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Elizabeth DeVault is an actor, singer, director, and voice artist in the Asheville area. She holds degrees in Vocal Performance (MM, U of SC 2013) and Theatre (MA, Regent University 2019). Recent performing credits include Hamlet<\/em> (Rosencrantz) and Wendy & Peter<\/em> (Mrs. Darling\/Panther Protea) at Montford Park Players, and Let Me Down Easy<\/em> with Ovation Theatre. As a stage director, recent credits include Little Women<\/em>, OTMA, One Act Festival 2023 (The Magnetic Theatre), and Young Frankenstein<\/em> (Hendersonville Theatre). She is also on the directing team for Henry IV Pt. 1 & 2<\/em> in Montford Park Players\u2019 2024 season. Outside of the theatre world, Elizabeth is a voice artist, primarily narrating audiobooks.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_team_member][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” disabled_on=”off|on|on” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” border_width_bottom=”8px” border_color_bottom=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_fullwidth_image src=”https:\/\/parkwayplayhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_6510-Enhanced-NR.png” title_text=”IMG_6510-Enhanced-NR” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_fullwidth_image][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ disabled_on=”off|on|on” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”25px||36px|||” border_width_bottom=”8px” border_color_bottom=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”1px||8px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”18px” custom_margin=”3px|||||” custom_padding=”17px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Our 2023 Appalachian Playwriting Festival winner is Minister of Sorrow<\/em> written by Pam Kingsley and directed by Noah Stout! This play will be fully produced on the Parkway Playhouse stage on May 17-19, 2024. Click here to grab your tickets!<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n It is 1937. Emma is a pack-saddle librarian who came to her calling by way of a painful route. We learn of her life as she shares some of her favorite people in stories.<\/p>\n Pamela Kingsley\u2019s plays have been produced by theatres around the U.S., most recently in Boston, Cleveland, Columbia (MO), Kansas City, Los Angeles, Louisville, New Haven, NYC, the State University of New York (Brockport), Richmond, San Francisco, Santa Fe, and Spokane. Her play Mother\u2019s Day<\/em> was a 2019 finalist for the James Stevenson Prize for Short Comedic Plays and won the \u201cAudience Choice Award\u201d at the 31st Playwrights\u2019 Forum Festival in the Pacific Northwest. In October 2021, Pam had three new works selected for Stage Left Theater\u2019s \u201cMasterpiece Monologues\u201d series. Pam was then commissioned to write and subsequently performed a solo piece, Sleepwalking<\/em>, which was featured in the EMPOWER WOMEN Festival at Stage Left and streamed online. Sleepwalking was also selected for Irondale Ensemble\u2019s 2022 ON WOMEN Festival \u2013 New Media Library (NYC). The play was streamed online and received an Audience Pick award. In June 2022, Pam\u2019s plays Finding Mother Courage and Boxes were selected for the 32nd Playwrights\u2019 Forum Festival. Boxes won the \u201cAudience Choice Award.\u201d Both The Sitting and Boxes will be produced as part of TheatreWorks NAPAC 2023 Humanity Festival in greater Louisville. Pam holds a BFA in Theatre Performance and MA in Theatre Education. She was a part of the Inland Northwest Playwriting Panel for GET LIT! 2023.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/parkwayplayhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_6502-Enhanced-NR-1.png” title_text=”IMG_6502-Enhanced-NR” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-1px|||||” border_width_all=”4px” border_color_all=”#fed051″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ disabled_on=”off|on|on” module_id=”camps” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” custom_padding=”||37px|||” border_width_bottom=”8px” border_color_bottom=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-43px|auto||auto||” custom_padding=”36px||5px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”18px” custom_margin=”3px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n When Parkway Playhouse was founded in 1947, it was founded out of a love of theater and dedication to education as college students joined together from around the nation here in our mountain town to produce high-quality productions each summer.<\/p>\n What they found here was not only the knowledge of how to create wonderful theater; but also, farmers harvesting crops at the end of each season, teaching them the value of hard work; potters, quilters, and cloggers showing them the power art can have on a community; and a town thriving in the Blue Ridge Mountains because of the people that cherish it and each other, teaching them how to be good neighbors.<\/p>\n Students from all those years ago and the audiences who pass through our doors today all found a special feeling of community here at Parkway Playhouse. The secret ingredient? Our home. The impact of our people and our location here in the Appalachian Mountains is keenly felt in our theater.<\/p>\n Appalachia is defined as a cultural region in the Eastern United States that stretches from the southern tier of New York State to northern Alabama and Georgia. It\u2019s an area rich in tradition, ideals, and culture. The Appalachian Playwriting Festival is a celebration of Appalachian Culture. It is a preservation of the stories, people and traditions that make our community so wonderful. This festival is an opportunity to give back by offering a microphone to those voices telling the stories of our home and heart.<\/p>\n Each year submitted plays by Appalachian playwrights will be read by a committee of local community members and theater industry professionals, and the favorite select handful will be given staged readings. These previously unpublished works will all celebrate Appalachian Culture. The readings will be adjudicated and the winning script will be fully produced on our stage. Appalachian stories deserve to be told and we\u2019re so excited to provide this opportunity for those with stories to tell.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ disabled_on=”off|on|on” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#fed051″ custom_padding=”||33px|||” border_width_bottom=”8px” border_color_bottom=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-41px|auto||auto||” custom_padding=”10px||10px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”18px” custom_margin=”3px|||||” custom_padding=”17px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Your donations help us produce this event, pay artists, and connect with our community. Click here to donate today.\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n We’re looking for festival volunteers, musicians, readers, and more! Email us at communications@parkwayplayhouse.com<\/a><\/span><\/strong> to get the conversation started!<\/p>\n Your attendance at this event means we can produce more events like this in the future. Keep an eye out, tickets will go on sale soon!<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/parkwayplayhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_6576-Enhanced-NR.png” title_text=”IMG_6576-Enhanced-NR” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”5px|||||” border_width_all=”4px” border_color_all=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/parkwayplayhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_6445-B-2.png” title_text=”IMG_6445 B (2)” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”26px|||||” border_width_all=”4px” border_color_all=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ disabled_on=”on|off|off” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#fed051″ border_width_bottom=”8px” border_color_bottom=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”18px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ disabled_on=”on|off|off” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#ff0013″ border_width_bottom=”8px” border_color_bottom=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”18px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/parkwayplayhouse.com\/get-involved\/audition\/” url_new_window=”on” button_text=”Find Out More” button_alignment=”center” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_button=”on” button_text_color=”#FFFFFF” button_border_color=”#FFFFFF” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ disabled_on=”on|off|off” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” border_width_bottom=”8px” border_color_bottom=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_heading title=”2024 FESTIVAL SELECTION” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” title_text_align=”center” title_text_color=”#000000″ title_font_size=”100px” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px|||||” border_width_bottom=”8px” border_color_bottom=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”18px” custom_margin=”3px|||||” custom_padding=”17px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Family loyalties, long-hidden secrets, and the freeing power of finally telling the truth are explored in this dark comedy. Roger McElroy wrote an incredibly successful novel 30 years ago and has not published anything since. When he comes home from the hospital after suffering a sudden heart attack, his three adult children try to convince him to sell the isolated mountain cabin where he\u2019s lived all their lives. Their frustrations at Roger’s refusal to take his failing health seriously cause escalating arguments which bring out an accusation by the eldest son that he does not believe Roger is the true author of his famous novel.<\/p>\n Emily McClain is a professional playwright, theatre educator, and a proud member of the Dramatists Guild. Born in Oxford, Mississippi, she currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia where she teaches theatre at School of the Arts @ Central Gwinnett. Her play Slaying Holofernes<\/em> was co-winner of Essential Theatre\u2019s New Play Festival and received a world premiere production in 2019. Her full length comedy Julie’s Place<\/em> was selected for the JOOK-MS Spotlight Series in July 2020 and went on to be a semi-finalist with the New American Voices with The Landing Theatre Company. Her Risk Theatre play Children of the Combs and Watch Chains<\/em> was named a finalist for the Risk Theatre International Competition in August 2020 and was produced by the Quarantine Players in February 2021. She was a recipient of a Stripped Bare grant in 2021 for her play What the Water Gave Me<\/em>, which went on to receive the William Faulkner Literary Prize in 2022. Her historical drama Copper Angel<\/em> was the winner of the Texas Nonprofit Theatre competition in 2022 and received a world premiere production in Bourne, Texas in 2023. Recently, her play The Rock & The Hard Place<\/em> won the Essential Theatre New Play award for 2024. Her short plays have been produced throughout the United States and internationally. She\u2019s published through Next Stage Press and more of her work may be found on New Play Exchange<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/parkwayplayhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Emily.png” title_text=”Emily” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”21px|||||” border_width_all=”4px” border_color_all=”#fed051″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px|||||” border_width_bottom=”8px” border_color_bottom=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”18px” custom_margin=”3px|||||” custom_padding=”17px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n More than 7,500 strikers walked out of more than 90 mines in the Paint Creek and Cabin Creek coal fields of West Virginia during the bloody 1912-1914 labor war. Bloodletting in These Hills is the story of one family caught in the crosshairs of that struggle.<\/p>\n Walter Thinnes is an emerging playwright whose thirty-plus plays have received more than 125 productions, readings, or awards in 26 states, and around the world, including The Kennedy Center, Eugene O\u2019Neill Theatre Conference, and several Off-Off-Off-Broadway Theaters. He is currently located in Central Florida and you can find some of his scripts at www.newplayexchange.org<\/a><\/span>. He is the recipient of the Colonial Players\u2019 Promising Playwright Award, Annapolis, MD; Theatre Oxford L.W. Thomas Award, Oxford MS; Appalachian New Play Festival Judge\u2019s Choice Award, Athens, OH; and winner of the Centre-Stage New Play Festival in Greenville, SC. You can discover more at www.walterthinnes.com<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/parkwayplayhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Walter.png” title_text=”Walter” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”19px|||||” border_width_all=”4px” border_color_all=”#fed051″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px|||||” border_color_bottom=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”18px” custom_margin=”3px|||||” custom_padding=”17px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Jim is a first-time vendor, almost by accident, at a two-day Appalachian crafts festival and is feeling insecure. He has varied interactions with customers, festival officials, a reporter, and other vendors – one of whom is offended by a particular carved rock of Jim’s. And some people talk to a potter who died on site a few years ago.<\/p>\n George is honored to be a participant in the Appalachian Playwriting Festival. In the past, he wrote plays that were produced by a local theater in Concord, NC. He most recently appeared in The Red Velvet Cake War<\/em> and Black Comedy<\/em> at Parkway Playhouse and had a great time with the cast, crew, directors, and staff. George has acted at the Old Courthouse Theatre in Concord, NC, and Theatre Charlotte. He also served on the Board, including as chair, of the Old Courthouse Theatre. A former professor of Chemistry, he was given the chance to teach theater to middle and high school students and did so for 11 years until he moved to the North Carolina mountains. George and the students picked the plays together and he directed all of the performances each year. It was a delight to see his students develop and do well as actors.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/parkwayplayhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/George.png” title_text=”George” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”23px|||||” border_width_all=”4px” border_color_all=”#fed051″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ disabled_on=”on|on|off” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#fed051″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_heading title=”2024 DIRECTORS” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” title_text_align=”center” title_text_color=”#000000″ title_font_size=”100px” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_team_member name=”Daniel Moore” position=”CHEEK BY JOWL DIRECTOR” image_url=”https:\/\/parkwayplayhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Daniel-Moore.png” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” header_font_size=”60px” body_font_size=”18px” position_text_color=”#8F0018″ custom_padding=”30px|30px|30px|30px|false|false” border_width_all=”4px” border_color_all=”#FFFFFF” border_width_all_image=”4px” border_color_all_image=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Daniel Moore is a Mars Hill-based Actor and Director who studied theatre at Greensboro College. Some of his most recent acting credits include; Joe Buck Allen in A Southern Appalachian Christmas<\/em> at Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre and Hames Blonde in Splatter Play<\/em> at The Magnetic Theatre. He was an actor and director for the dramatic series How to be a Human, or at Least Try<\/em> at North Carolina Stage Company. He had happily served the Parkway Playhouse organization for over a decade in various roles including intern, actor, designer, director, and teacher. <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_team_member][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_team_member name=”Erika Tyner” position=”BLOODLETTING IN THESE HILLS DIRECTOR” image_url=”https:\/\/parkwayplayhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Erika.png” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” header_font_size=”60px” body_font_size=”18px” position_text_color=”#8F0018″ custom_padding=”30px|30px|30px|30px|false|false” border_width_all=”4px” border_color_all=”#FFFFFF” border_width_all_image=”4px” border_color_all_image=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Erika has been working in the public school arena as a 6th grade Language Arts teacher for 17 years. As an educator, Erika has been named Teacher of the Year for her county, awarded National Board Certification, participated in the NC Governor\u2019s Teacher Network, and spent a year as an Educational Policy Fellow. Over the past few years, Erika has enjoyed directing shows for Parkway Playhouse and writing plays for her drama students to perform in showcases and summer camps.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_team_member][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_team_member name=”Elizabeth DeVault” position=”BOOTH #99 DIRECTOR” image_url=”https:\/\/parkwayplayhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DMP_2601.png” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” header_font_size=”60px” body_font_size=”18px” position_text_color=”#8F0018″ custom_padding=”30px|30px|30px|30px|false|false” border_width_all=”4px” border_color_all=”#FFFFFF” border_width_all_image=”4px” border_color_all_image=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Elizabeth DeVault is an actor, singer, director, and voice artist in the Asheville area. She holds degrees in Vocal Performance (MM, U of SC 2013) and Theatre (MA, Regent University 2019). Recent performing credits include Hamlet<\/em> (Rosencrantz) and Wendy & Peter<\/em> (Mrs. Darling\/Panther Protea) at Montford Park Players, and Let Me Down Easy<\/em> with Ovation Theatre. As a stage director, recent credits include Little Women<\/em>, OTMA, One Act Festival 2023 (The Magnetic Theatre), and Young Frankenstein<\/em> (Hendersonville Theatre). She is also on the directing team for Henry IV Pt. 1 & 2<\/em> in Montford Park Players\u2019 2024 season. Outside of the theatre world, Elizabeth is a voice artist, primarily narrating audiobooks.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_team_member][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” disabled_on=”on|off|off” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” border_width_bottom=”8px” border_color_bottom=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_fullwidth_image src=”https:\/\/parkwayplayhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_6510-Enhanced-NR.png” title_text=”IMG_6510-Enhanced-NR” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_fullwidth_image][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ disabled_on=”on|off|off” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” border_width_bottom=”8px” border_color_bottom=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_heading title=”2023 FESTIVAL WINNER” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” title_text_align=”center” title_text_color=”#000000″ title_font_size=”100px” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”1px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”18px” custom_margin=”3px|||||” custom_padding=”17px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Our 2023 Appalachian Playwriting Festival winner is Minister of Sorrow<\/em> written by Pam Kingsley and directed by Noah Stout! This play will be fully produced on the Parkway Playhouse stage on May 17-19, 2024.<\/p>\n It is 1937. Emma is a pack-saddle librarian who came to her calling by way of a painful route. We learn of her life as she shares some of her favorite people in stories.<\/p>\n Pamela Kingsley\u2019s plays have been produced by theatres around the U.S., most recently in Boston, Cleveland, Columbia (MO), Kansas City, Los Angeles, Louisville, New Haven, NYC, the State University of New York (Brockport), Richmond, San Francisco, Santa Fe, and Spokane. Her play Mother\u2019s Day<\/em> was a 2019 finalist for the James Stevenson Prize for Short Comedic Plays and won the \u201cAudience Choice Award\u201d at the 31st Playwrights\u2019 Forum Festival in the Pacific Northwest. In October 2021, Pam had three new works selected for Stage Left Theater\u2019s \u201cMasterpiece Monologues\u201d series. Pam was then commissioned to write and subsequently performed a solo piece, Sleepwalking<\/em>, which was featured in the EMPOWER WOMEN Festival at Stage Left and streamed online. Sleepwalking was also selected for Irondale Ensemble\u2019s 2022 ON WOMEN Festival \u2013 New Media Library (NYC). The play was streamed online and received an Audience Pick award. In June 2022, Pam\u2019s plays Finding Mother Courage and Boxes were selected for the 32nd Playwrights\u2019 Forum Festival. Boxes won the \u201cAudience Choice Award.\u201d Both The Sitting and Boxes will be produced as part of TheatreWorks NAPAC 2023 Humanity Festival in greater Louisville. Pam holds a BFA in Theatre Performance and MA in Theatre Education. 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sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ disabled_on=”on|on|off” module_id=”camps” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” custom_padding=”||37px|||” border_width_bottom=”8px” border_color_bottom=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_heading title=”OUR MISSION” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” title_text_align=”center” title_text_color=”#000000″ title_font_size=”100px” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”18px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n When Parkway Playhouse was founded in 1947, it was founded out of a love of theater and dedication to education as college students joined together from around the nation here in our mountain town to produce high-quality productions each summer.<\/p>\n What they found here was not only the knowledge of how to create wonderful theater; but also, farmers harvesting crops at the end of each season, teaching them the value of hard work; potters, quilters, and cloggers showing them the power art can have on a community; and a town thriving in the Blue Ridge Mountains because of the people that cherish it and each other, teaching them how to be good neighbors.<\/p>\n Students from all those years ago and the audiences who pass through our doors today all found a special feeling of community here at Parkway Playhouse. The secret ingredient? Our home. The impact of our people and our location here in the Appalachian Mountains is keenly felt in our theater.<\/p>\n Appalachia is defined as a cultural region in the Eastern United States that stretches from the southern tier of New York State to northern Alabama and Georgia. It\u2019s an area rich in tradition, ideals, and culture. The Appalachian Playwriting Festival is a celebration of Appalachian Culture. It is a preservation of the stories, people and traditions that make our community so wonderful. This festival is an opportunity to give back by offering a microphone to those voices telling the stories of our home and heart.<\/p>\n Each year submitted plays by Appalachian playwrights will be read by a committee of local community members and theater industry professionals, and the favorite select handful will be given staged readings. These previously unpublished works will all celebrate Appalachian Culture. The readings will be adjudicated and the winning script will be fully produced on our stage. Appalachian stories deserve to be told and we\u2019re so excited to provide this opportunity for those with stories to tell.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ disabled_on=”on|off|off” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#fed051″ border_width_bottom=”8px” border_color_bottom=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_heading title=”SUPPORT APPALACHIAN STORIES” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” title_text_align=”center” title_text_color=”#000000″ title_font_size=”100px” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”1px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”18px” custom_margin=”3px|||||” custom_padding=”17px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Your donations help us produce this event, pay artists, and connect with our community. Click here to donate today.\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nBLOODLETTING IN THESE HILLS
BY WALTER THINNES<\/h2>\nBOOTH #99
BY GEORGE PFEFFER<\/h2>\nMINISTER OF SORROW<\/h2>\n
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Showing September 20-22, 2024 at Parkway Playhouse. This festival will feature staged readings of new plays written by Appalachian Playwrights or plays that celebrate Appalachian Culture. One script from this festival will be chosen to be produced in our Mainstage Season!<\/h2>\n
Auditions for our Second Annual Appalachian Playwriting Festival<\/span><\/h2>\n
will take place on April 27, 2024!\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n
CHEEK BY JOWL
BY EMILY MCCLAIN<\/h2>\nBLOODLETTING IN THESE HILLS
BY WALTER THINNES<\/h2>\nBOOTH #99
BY GEORGE PFEFFER<\/h2>\nMINISTER OF SORROW<\/h2>\n
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Directed by Noah Stout<\/p>\nShowing May 17-19, 2024<\/h3>\n
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