May 28—CLINTON — Theater returns to the Clinton Area Showboat Theatre next week with the story of friendship between an ordinary mom and a country music star. Claire Soulier is Patsy Cline and Becky Saunders is Louise Seger in "Always, Patsy Cline," which opens Thursday at 8 p.m. behind the Showboat. "Always, Patsy Cline" brings to life Cline's unlikely friendship with Louise Seger, a fan from .
Annie Marsh will reprise her role as Patsy Cline in Opera House’s musical revue, “Always … Patsy Cline.” (Port City Daily/Courtesy photo)
WILMINGTON For months Big Dawg Productions’ artistic director, Steve Vernon, has been preparing the local theater company’s return to the stage since Covid-19 shuttered its Cape Fear Playhouse home in March 2020. Though Big Dawg did three radio dramas throughout the pandemic, “The Lifespan of a Fact” will be the company’s first in-person show in more than a year.
“I began looking at plays that were possible ‘openers’ for a return to the stage,” Vernon wrote to Port City Daily, “something that could be done with a small cast that reflected the uncertainty and anxiety of the past year, and yet still be entertaining and even comedic, and that framed larger issues into more digestible stories.”
Patsy Cline musical and more available this weekend
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LIMA Fans of musical theater and Patsy Cline won’t want to miss a live performance at Encore Theatre this weekend.
“Always … Patsy Cline” is a musical play, mixing humor and emotion with 27 songs from Cline’s musical catalog. It tells the tale of a fan, Louise Seger, who befriended Cline and continued correspondence with her until her untimely death in a plane crash at the age of 30 in 1963.
Kristin Lee stars at Cline, and Amy Boley stars as Seger. The production is directed by Jerry Zimmerman, with Dee Fisher as musical director and keyboardist, Roger Rex as producer and Tanya Best on percussion.