Orlando
2025-11-02 14:00, 2025-11-04 19:00, 2025-11-05 19:00, 2025-11-07 19:00 (America/New_York) | IG Greer Studio Theatre, 401 Academy Street, Boone, NC, 28608, United States
by Sarah Ruhl, adapted from Virginia Woolf
An adaptation of the “longest and most charming love letter in literature,” written by Virginia Woolf for her lover, Vita Sackville-West, Orlando is a theatrical, wild, fantastical trip through space, time and gender. Orlando’s adventures begin as a young man, when he serves as courtier to Queen Elizabeth. Through many centuries of living, he becomes a 20th-century woman, trying to sort out her existence. This fresh stage adaptation from Sarah Ruhl uses narrative and a chorus to enact lyrical, instant and whimsical transformations as Orlando travels through countless epochs. Produced by special arrangement with Concord Theatricals.

TicketsStudents $10, Faculty/Staff $15, Adults $17
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Fall Appalachian Dance Ensemble (FADE)
2025-11-19 19:00, 2025-11-20 19:00, 2025-11-21 19:00, 2025-11-22 19:00, 2025-11-23 14:00 | Valborg Theatre, 480 Howard Street, Boone, NC, 28608, United States
Coordinated by Laurie Atkins and Sherone Price
FADE is a popular semi-annual concert featuring Appalachian faculty and students showcasing their talents in choreography and performance. The 2025 edition includes original choreography by Dance Studies faculty members Laurie Atkins, Taryn Griggs, Sherone Price, and Sam Stone with student choreographers creating new works for each program. Works will be announced at a later date, with as many as eight different pieces being performed every night.

TicketsStudents $10, Faculty/Staff $15, Adults $17
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oh to be pure again
2026-02-25 19:00, 2026-02-26 19:00, 2026-02-27 19:00, 2026-02-28 19:00, 2026-03-01 14:00 | Valborg Theatre, 480 Howard Street, Boone, NC, 28608, United States
by Kira Rockwell

During one hot Texas summer at a Charismatic Christian camp, an idealistic counselor works to shepherd the senior girls’ cabin along their journey to make an authentic connection with something bigger than themselves, only to be confronted with disillusionment of her own faith. A visceral ode to female desire, submission, rebellion, and growing up in a religious culture that’s obsessed with purity. Produced by special arrangement with the playwright.

TicketsStudents $10, Faculty/Staff $15, Adults $17
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Spring Appalachian Dance Ensemble (SADE)
2026-03-25 19:00, 2026-03-26 19:00, 2026-03-27 19:00, 2026-03-28 19:00, 2026-03-29 14:00 | Valborg Theatre, 480 Howard Street, Boone, NC, 28608, United States
Coordinated by Chris Yon. SADE is a popular semi-annual concert featuring Appalachian faculty and students showcasing their talents in choreography and performance. The tentative lineup for the 2026 edition includes original choreography by Dance Studies faculty members Emily Daughtridge, Regina Gulick, Sherone Price, and Chris Yon with student choreographers creating new works for each program; they will be announced at a later date with as many as eight different pieces being performed every night.
The Saturday evening performance will feature a one time structured improvisation by Faculty member Marianne Adams entitled “Bicycling and Basketball.” Adams is assembling an intergenerational and interdisciplinary cast to ride bicycles, play trombone, spin hula hoops, amongst other hijinx.

TicketsStudents $10, Faculty/Staff $15, Adults $17
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Once Upon a Mattress
2026-04-15 19:00, 2026-04-16 19:00, 2026-04-17 19:00, 2026-04-18 19:00, 2026-04-19 14:00 | Valborg Theatre, 480 Howard Street, Boone, NC, 28608, United States
Music by MARY RODGERS; Lyrics by MARSHALL BARER; Book by JAY THOMPSON, DEAN FULLER, and MARSHALL BARER
Presented by the Hayes School of Music and the Department of Theatre and Dance
Directed and Choreographed by Kevin Warner; Music Direction by Joby Bell and Tyler Young; Appalachian Symphony Orchestra Directed by Alexandra Dee
Many moons ago in a far-off place, Queen Aggravain decreed that no couples could marry until her son, Prince Dauntless, found a bride. Princesses came from far and wide to win the hand of the prince, but none could pass the impossible tests given to them by the Queen. That is, until the “shy” swamp princess, Winnifred the Woebegone, showed up. Would she be able to pass the Sensitivity Test, marry her prince, and help Lady Larken and Sir Harry to the altar? Carried on a wave of wonderful songs, by turns hilarious and raucous, romantic and melodic, this rollicking spin on the classic tale The Princess and the Pea provides some side-splitting shenanigans. For after all, a princess is a delicate thing.
ONCE UPON A MATTRESS is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals. www.concordtheatricals.com
TicketsStudents $10, Faculty/Staff $15, Adults $17

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