'The Quilters' Play

Last night I went to a production of the venerable play, The Quilters. It
was staged by the Tidewater Repertory Theater, a new professional troupe.
I'd seen it a few times before, about 20 years ago in California, and about
10 years ago locally. Last night's show was excellent, and the high quality
measures up to what I remember of the California show.

This show is about women, about the American Frontier, and about Quilts. I
enjoyed it on all those levels. It is a musical, and has lively scenes and
some amusement, but does include some sorrow and dark scenes. The acting was
very good, as was the singing. Musical accompaniment was good. The show was
presented in a former dairy barn, and was nicely staged. The quilts on the
show were lovely, as were those displayed in the lobby. Paintings of the
Ohio Barn Quilts were also displayed, and were for sale. If you have a
chance to see this show, by all means do so!

--
Pat in Virginia

I'm sure it's been over 20 years since I last saw it. I remember enjoying
it though. Did they have a huge quilt as the backdrop?

--
Kathyl (KJ)
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"Pat in Virginia" wrote in message
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Last night I went to a production of the venerable play, The Quilters. It
was staged by the Tidewater Repertory Theater, a new professional troupe.
I'd seen it a few times before, about 20 years ago in California, and
about 10 years ago locally. Last night's show was excellent, and the high
quality measures up to what I remember of the California show.

This show is about women, about the American Frontier, and about Quilts. I
enjoyed it on all those levels. It is a musical, and has lively scenes and
some amusement, but does include some sorrow and dark scenes. The acting
was very good, as was the singing. Musical accompaniment was good. The
show was presented in a former dairy barn, and was nicely staged. The
quilts on the show were lovely, as were those displayed in the lobby.
Paintings of the Ohio Barn Quilts were also displayed, and were for sale.
If you have a chance to see this show, by all means do so!

--
Pat in Virginia

The large quilt was displayed at the conclusion of the play. During the
play, blocks were featured as themes to accompany the scenes, each block
actually finished as a small quilt. Then the large quilt would show how the
blocks were ' made into a quilt.' The blocks and the quilt were made by
quilters at Nancy's Calico Patch, a LQS where I've taken or met several
visiting RCTQ friends.

--
Pat in Virginia, USA

"KJ" wrote in message
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I'm sure it's been over 20 years since I last saw it. I remember enjoying
it though. Did they have a huge quilt as the backdrop?

My small group made the huge backdrop quilt that was displayed at our local
theatre's production. This was before I moved here though. Every so often
the question of "where is that quilt" comes up....I don't know if anyone
knows.

--
Kathyl (KJ)
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"Pat in Virginia" wrote in message
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The large quilt was displayed at the conclusion of the play. During the
play, blocks were featured as themes to accompany the scenes, each block
actually finished as a small quilt. Then the large quilt would show how
the blocks were ' made into a quilt.' The blocks and the quilt were made
by quilters at Nancy's Calico Patch, a LQS where I've taken or met several
visiting RCTQ friends.

--
Pat in Virginia, USA

"KJ" wrote in message
news:eS69k.228113$yE1.227573@attbi_s21...
I'm sure it's been over 20 years since I last saw it. I remember
enjoying it though. Did they have a huge quilt as the backdrop?