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Appalachian Regional Health Care System Employees and their family and friends
The Hayes Performing Arts Center in Blowing Rock and Appalachian Regional Health Care System are partnering to offer $6 OFF discounted tickets to all ARHS employees and their friends and families. If you are interested in purchasing discounted tickets to the shows below, please email us at
Please write the show you would like to attend, the performance date and time, the number of discounted tickets you would like to purchase, and your name and phone number so we can contact you to process your order.
REMAINING 2009 HAYES CENTER SEASON SCHEDULE
(Please check frequently as shows and performances are constantly added. For more show information, visit www.hayescenter.org.)
July 17-August 2
Blowing Rock Stage Company presents
Bye Bye Birdie
An All-American Rock & Roll Musical
This Tony Award winner for Best Musical made its Broadway debut in 1960 with Dick Van Dyke, Chita Rivera and Charles Nelson Reilly. Now this tuneful, toe-tapping musical comedy inspired by Elvis Presley comes to Blowing Rock. The affectionate tale follows rock and roll superstar Conrad Birdie and the antics that precede a publicity stunt on The Ed Sullivan Show in which Conrad will kiss one lucky girl from Sweet Apple, Ohio, before being drafted into the Army. “The score still sends us out of the theatre humming.” –talkinbroadway.com
Suggested Ages 12+
ARHS Employee price per ticket: $24 (regular $30), students: $14
August 7-16
Blowing Rock Stage Company presents
Angel Street
Where Love Becomes a Stranglehold
One of the longest-running non-musicals in Broadway history, this Victorian England-set psychological thriller spawned a new generation of stage thrillers and led to the 1944 Oscar-winning film Gaslight, starring Ingrid Bergman. Patrick Hamilton’s white-knuckle-inducing tale, which follows a sensitive woman whose husband has just about convinced her that her sanity is disintegrating, is the stuff of great dramatic literature. Prepare to be glued to the edge of your seat. And don’t forget to breathe. “A dynamite thriller.” –theatremirror.com
Suggested Ages 14+
ARHS Employee price per ticket: $20 (regular $26), students: $14
August 21 – September 6
Blowing Rock Stage Company presents
Hank Williams: Lost Highway
Musical Portrait of a Country Legend
This spectacular musical biography is a tender ode to the brash, pioneering country star who stands among the greatest innovators of American popular music. The musical documents the singer-songwriter’s rise from obscure hillbilly to Country-Western super-stardom to his early demise at age 29. An unforgettable tribute, Lost Highway highlights Williams’ unique magic as a performer and the unbreakable spell of his haunting songs. “Exhilarating! A rare achievement in musical theatre!” —Rolling Stone magazine Suggested Ages 14+
ARHS Employee price per ticket: $24 (regular $30), students: $14
August 23 • 7:30pm
Chicago City Limits
New York City’s legendary improv comedy show, which the New York Post deems the “funniest show in town” and the New York Times hails as “the perfect masters of improvisation,” performs smart, topical humor in 90 breakneck minutes. Critically lauded for never lapsing into vulgarity, CCL is inventive and fresh even within the confines of improv styles and games the troupe has been perfecting for decades. Family friendly.
Suggested Ages 10+
ARHS Employee price per ticket: $26 (regular $32), students: $14
August 30 • 7pm
Blue Ridge Descendents
A bluegrass staple of 1960s Appalachia, the Blue Ridge Descendents was formed to celebrate and preserve the music and tradition that made mountain life and the music it begat so unique. Three of its original members—James Coffey, Bob Harman and Glenn Bolick—come together to recapture that old-time sound for generations both old and new.
Suggested Ages 10+
ARHS Employee price per ticket: $12 (no discount)
October 8 – 18
Blowing Rock Stage Company presents
The Scarlet Letter
The NC Premiere of a Literary Masterpiece
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic tale, set in 17th-Century Puritan New England, moves gloriously from page to stage in this adaptation that debuted to acclaim at New York’s New Globe Theatre. Hester Prynne, whose husband is believed to be lost at sea, is branded an adulterer when she produces a daughter. Vilified by the hypocritical community, she refuses to identify the father. But after enduring seven years of shunned life, Hester gains a clearer vision of morality than her righteous tormentors.
“A drama of Shakespearean proportions.” —New York Theatre Wire
Suggested Ages 10+
ARHS Employee price per ticket: $20 (regular $26), students: $14
October 22 – November 1
Blowing Rock Stage Company presents
Dracula
The Original Bat Man
Eighty-two years after Bela Lugosi took a bite out of Broadway, the classic vampire tale hits Blowing Rock with that original 1927 script guaranteed to get your blood flowing. One of the most famous tales in the world, Dracula, based on Bram Stoker’s blood-chilling novel of the same name, tells the tale of an ancient yet ever-modern evil. Full of power, passion, surrender and redemptive love, this nerve-tickling thriller is perfect for the full moon-seeking Halloween crowd...and anyone who loves a story worth sinking their teeth into. “A spine-tingling winner.” –CurtainUp
Suggested Ages 14+
ARHS Employee price per ticket: $20 (regular $26), students: $14
December 3 – 13
Blowing Rock Stage Company presents
It’s a Wonderful Life
Seasons Greetings from Bedford Falls
The uplifting story of George Bailey and his guardian angel-fueled journey from hope to despair, cynicism to love of self, family, friends and life is a heart-warming tale full of humor and pathos. Based on Frank Capra’s classic Christmas film staple starring Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed, It’s a Wonderful Life is the perfect antidote for today’s commercialization and stress-filled holiday season. Come join us as we all celebrate an angel getting his wings...and the true meaning of the season. “If you’ve experienced it a million times, it’s still a pleasure.” –Orlando Sentinel
Suggested Ages 8+
ARHS Employee price per ticket: $12 (regular $18)
All shows will be performed at the Hayes Performing Arts Center, 152 Jamie Fort Road, Blowing Rock, NC 28605. For more show information, visit us online at www.hayescenter.org.
If you are interested in purchasing discounted tickets, please email us at
Please write the show you would like to attend, the performance date and time, the number of discounted tickets you would like to purchase, and your name and phone number so we can contact you to process your order.