Box Office
540-887-7189
Weekdays 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Box Office opens Monday before the week of the show and stays open until Friday of show week.
Ticket reservations are available by phone with a credit card, or in person with cash, a check or a credit card.
Students, Senior Citizens, MBC Faculty and Staff ($7/$25 season tickets)
Other Adults ($12/$50 season tickets)
The Mary Baldwin College Theatre Department, in the Fletcher Collins Theatre, plays host to five or more student productions a year. This versatile and intimate black box theatre hosts dramas, comedies, experimental plays, and at least one musical per academic year. It is also home to the biennial student-directed One Act Festival held during May Term. As one of the many local theaters in the Staunton area, the MBC Theatre Department is a haven for the avid theatre lover.
All Shows run Wednesday-Saturday, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. in the Fletcher Collins Theatre, Deming Fine Arts Building.
Hold Please by Annie Weisman
Iolanthe by Gilbert & Sullivan
The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and the Members of the Tectonic Theater Project
Directed by Virginia Francisco
On October 7, 1998, Matthew Shepard, a student at the University of Wyoming, left a local bar with two other young men who offered him a ride home. Instead, they took him to a remote place where they beat him savagely. They bound his hands together and tied him to a split-rail fence. He was found almost 18 hours later, near death from hypothermia and injuries to his brain stem. Matthew, a gay man who stood 5'2" tall and weighed just over 100 pounds, died of this hate crime five days later. The Laramie Project is composed of the Tectonic Theater Project's interviews with the people of the small city during six visits over the next 18 months. This performance is not suitable for young children.
There's a Burglar in My Bed by Michael Parker
Directed by Terry Southerington
William W. Worthington III (Billy) and his wife Ashley, wealthy New England socialites, are contemplating divorce, both want the famous and fabulous Worthington necklace. Both, with the help of their lovers, plan to seal it, but this is a farce, so of course both "burglaries" are set for the same night leading to classic misunderstandings, mistaken identities, and talking at cross purposes. Add the bumbling private eye, the voluptuous friend, and where did those two nuns come from?
The Children's Hour by Lillian Hellman
Directed by Matt Davis
Martha and Karen run a school for girls. When one of the students is punished for telling a lie, she starts a malicious sexual rumor about the women. The rumor quickly turns to a scandal as the girl understand the power she has. The scandal leads to tragedy, and by the time the truth is discovered, it is too late. A powerful, serious, and adult play about the power of a lie.
