Friday, March 16, 2012
The epic tale will be accompanied by live music from award-winning percussionist Tom Teasley.
Science fiction film buffs will want to check out the Workhouse Arts Center screening Saturday of the 1927 epic "Metropolis" with live music provided by percussionist Tom Teasley. The Plot The futuristic city of Metropolis seems idyllic and carefree. But Freder Fredersen, the son of the city's mastermind, discovers an underground network of the city workforce—poor, overworked and overtaxed people living hopeless lives. Society is sharply divided, and soon Fredersen falls in love with a prophet who foretells of a savior who will reunite the disparate factions. A crazed inventor then kidnaps Fredersen and creates a robot in his image, which wreaks havoc on Metropolis and the working class. What's to be done? Percussion by Tom Teasley …
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Thursday, February 16, 2012
Dashing, daring and a genie in a bottle
Need a taste of adventure? Lorton Patch was recently granted exclusive access to a rehearsal of "Sinbad: The Untold Tale", the upcoming production from the . These photos are part of a series that will document the production of the show, the actors and the final product - a performance in front of a live audience. An Epic Tale Studio 3 veteran Eben Kuhns plays Sinbad, a lowly porter who makes a delivery to the home of the famous, and elderly, Sinbad the Sailor. There, the porter meets Ittifaq (Kindra Cook), the sailor's feisty daughter. With his delivery made, the young Sinbad begins to leave when an ancient sorceress casts a spell that threatens the lives of everyone in the city (Baghdad). Faced with a dilemma, the aged Sinbad tasks his…
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Saturday, January 28, 2012
Positively hilarious, shockingly funny
"Miss Electricity" is just about the most fun you can have with your kids in Lorton. The latest show from the Workhouse Arts Center's Studio 3 for Young Audiences runs on Saturdays until Feb. 25, 2012. Violet (Anna Jackson) is a fifth grade outcast who has trouble remembering geography and wants to be remembered forever by breaking a world record. One day she's struck twice by lightning, and after recovering, she seems to mysteriously control electrical currents. Friends and schoolmates are shocked when Violet, who now calls herself "Miss Electricity", shuts off lights and a stereo at the flick of her wrist. "Geography teachers must be pulling their hair out to find some way to make their subject interesting," said show director Caren …
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Thursday, November 17, 2011
A kid-focused, nostalgic experience
The children’s theatrical musical “Schoolhouse Rock” performed by the Studio 3 professional theater company at the Workhouse Arts Center is a high-energy romp for children of all ages, but parents will enjoy the showmanship of the cast. Some may remember “Schoolhouse Rock” from their childhood. ABC ran the educational cartoon series on Saturday mornings from 1973-1985. The show includes favorites “Just a Bill (on Capital Hill)” and “Conjunction Junction (What’s Your Function?)” along with great singing, dancing and acting by a group of young professional actors. Children's theater veteran Caren Hearne directed the musical. Hearne blending intense over-emoting theatre, key for hooking the attention of fidgety children, with actors who …
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