It s been well over a year since Thalian Association Community Theatre Wilmington s oldest theater company, and the official community theater of the state of North Carolina performed for a full-sized, in-person audience.
On Monday, the Thalian Association announced what amounts to a planned return to normalcy from the pandemic: Its 2021-2022 season of main stage plays and musicals, to be performed for what s anticipated as largely full-capacity audiences at Thalian Hall in downtown Wilmington this coming fall.
By the time Alfred Uhry s Southern-fried drama of race Driving Miss Daisy is scheduled to open Oct. 1, it will have been nearly two years since the Thalian Association has performed at Thalian Hall. (The Thalian Association and Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts are separate organizations.)
Thalian Association Community Theatre’s Youth program will close out the 2020/2021 season with William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Youth performers ranging from age 11 to senior in high school will perform the classical comedy. Performers will be wearing face shields for the performance.
Live shows will be May 7-16 at the Hannah Block Historic USO/Community Arts Center Building, 2nd Street, downtown Wilmington and online streaming May 14-16. Tickets are available at thalian.org.
Artistic director Chandler Davis is directing the play and has decided to add several dance numbers. The show is choreographed by long-time Thalian choreographer Katie Auletti-Smith who is focusing primarily on modern and ballet styles for this production. Jen Iapalucci will be custom building all the fantasy costumes for the show.