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2024 Season
Radio show recorded live each month!
Crash Radio: Rusty Rooster Edition
May 6th @ Rusty Rooster
126 W Academy St, Asheboro, NC
Doors open at 6:30pm. Performance begins at 7pm.
Giving artists from across North Carolina a place to roam. CRASH RADIO records musicians and storytellers once a month as they share their work in front of live audiences at venues across Randolph County. The recordings are then edited into individual episodes and broadcast weekly on WKXR 94.9FM. This session performs live at the Rusty Rooster.
A jukebox musical of classic songs for ages 13 and up!
Million Dollar Quartet
Written by Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux
Directed by Peggy Taphorn
A co-production with Temple Theatre
April 27-May 12, 2024 @ Sunset Theatre - 234 Sunset Ave, Asheboro, NC
The Tony® Award-nominated musical MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET is set on December 4, 1956, when an extraordinary twist of fate brought Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley together at Sun Records in Memphis for one of the greatest jam sessions ever. Relive the era with an incredible score of rock ‘n’ roll, gospel, R&B and country hits performed live onstage by actor-musicians.
Sponsored by Sedia Systems
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Art designed by Bailey Powell
Puppetry inspired take on a tale of magic and monsters for ages 13 and up!
The Tempest
Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Patrick Osteen
Puppetry Directed by Matt Acheson
September 28-October 23, 2024 @ STARworks - 100 Russell Dr, Star, NC
One of Shakespeare's most popular plays, THE TEMPEST follows Prospero, the overthrown duke of Milan, who maroons his betrayers on a magical island. There, he creates spells and enchantments that toy with the castaways until they promise to return him to his throne. The tale provides magic, comedy, romance and revenge all on a mysterious island.
Sponsored by
Four Saints Brewing Company
Art designed by John Czop
A classic novel brought to life for ages 13 and up!
Sense & Sensibility
Adapted by Kate Hamill
From the novel by Jane Austen
October 5-27, 2024 @ STARworks - 100 Russell Dr, Star, NC
Following the wild success of PRIDE & PREJUDICE last season, which played to sold out crowds every night, this fresh adaptation of Austen’s treasured novel is wonderfully modern, full of humor and emotional depth. It’s late 18th-century England, and the Dashwood sisters’ lives are turned upside down when their father passes away. Together they must learn to find happiness in a society where love is ruled by money.
Sponsored by The Table
Art designed by Riley Till
A spellbinding story of fate, chance, and choice for ages 18 and up!
Constellations
Written by Nick Payne
Directed by Jeremy Skidmore
October 12-27, 2024 @ STARworks - 100 Russell Dr, Star, NC
A beekeeper and a physicist meet at a party. In that single moment, a multitude of possibilities unfold. Their chance encounter blossoms into a meaningful relationship… and a brief affair. A marriage exists… right alongside a breakup. A tragic illness spreads simultaneously to a happily ever after. In this eloquent and moving story, romance plays out over many possible lifetimes capturing the extraordinary richness of being alive in the universe.
Art designed by Emily Doll
RhinoLeap Productions is supported by the North Carolina Arts Council,
a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.