Falcon Theatre opens its 2022-23 season with the regional premiere of “The Half-Life of Marie Curie,” a new play about scientist Marie Curie, engineer Hertha Ayrton, and their friendship that helped them overcome personal backlash to pursue their ambitions. In 1911, Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for discovering the elements radium and […]
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Falcon Theater’s ‘Bourbon at the Border’ follows college students during Civil Rights Movement
Falcon Theatre is now selling tickets to Bourbon at the Border, a Pearl Cleage play that follows two college students during the 1964 Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War. Performances are on August 5, 6, 12, and 13 at 8 p.m. and on August 7 and 14 at 2 p.m. at the Newport theater. […]
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Performance Series at Falcon Theatre brings together poets and songwriters
A local folk trio is hosting a house party-style event on June 16 at Newport’s Falcon Theatre, part of a series bringing together poets and songwriters. The series is the brainchild of members of Raison D’etre, three women folk artists who have been performing in the region for 31 years. The event is dubbed “Girl […]
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Falcon Theatre announces 2022-2023 season
The continuation of live, in-person performances will continue when the Falcon Theatre opens its 2022-2023 Season, presenting a mix of contemporary works and regional U.S. premieres. The U.S. regional premiere of “The Half-Life of Marie Curie” by Lauren Gunderson (Silent Sky, The Revolutionists) revels in the strength of female friendship between two fearless scientists during the heights and […]
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Falcon Theatre closing season with Spunk!
The Falcon Theatre closes its 2021-2022 season with Spunk!, written by Zora Neale Hurston and adapted for the stage by George C. Wolfe. The Falcon Theatre describes Spunk! as a “raucous, charming, blues-infused look at love, revenge, jealousy, and the fine art of the hustle. Hurston’s ear for vernacular and character are infused with gritty, […]
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Falcon Theatre Presents “Daisy” as On-demand Theater/Film Project, Oct. 30 through Nov. 7
A new production by Falcon Theatre dives into a certain political ad from 1964 that changed advertising forever. In 1964, the New York advertising firm Doyle Dane Bernbach forever changed the course of political advertising with a 60-second television spot. Today, the ad is usually referred to simply as “Daisy.” Everything local in one place. […]
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Brewing, Bootleggin’, Theatre & Pluto: Campbell Co. Library Launches New Off-Site Programs
Brewing, Bootleggin’, Theatre & Pluto: Campbell Co. Library Launches New Off-Site Programs By Jessie Eden The Campbell County Library is launching some new programs! These off-site programs put a new twist on learning. For the month of March, many of them are based on STEM programs (i.e. Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math). The Science […]