upcoming shows

  • The More Things Change…

    The More Things Change…

    One of our regular Phoenix Theatre Co. castmates (and half of #jessip) has written his first full-length play, and we’re performing it this weekend at the Greensboro Fringe Festival. President Elect imagines what it would have been like on Election Night ’92 — 1892, that is — if today’s news industry existed then, as Grover…

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  • ‘Tis the Season

    ‘Tis the Season

    It’s that time of year again — time for the Phoenix Theatre Company’s A Christmas Carol  dinner show. This is my fourth season and Hampton’s fifth… so, clearly, it’s entertaining enough to keep us coming back. We have two seatings on Sunday, December 8 at our old haunt, the Pittsboro Roadhouse & General Store. Tickets can…

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  • Death After Death

    Death After Death

    Summerfield Farms is having the Phoenix Theatre Co. back for another Halloween bash! We had such a good time last year in this beautiful venue with an engaged audience. Can’t wait to return! This time, we’re off to visit Madame Celeste — a “psychic” more con than kosher. And I get to play the wife…

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  • Murder at Eleven

    Murder at Eleven

    UPDATE: This show has been cancelled. Leaving this post up in case you tried to get tickets because of it and are now very confused. And because it contains a good story (; Don’t worry – we’ll be back soon! *Scene, almost five years ago* Jessica: We need another woman for our murder mystery. Someone…

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  • For over 30 years, Greensboro, NC, has celebrated native son William Sydney Porter — aka short-story author O.Henry — with Five by O.Henry, an annual, but ever-changing revue of some of his works. My dear friend Heather, also an executive assistant, occasionally mentioned that when she moved to L.A., she would give her boss my résumé.…

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  • I Think I’m Gonna Like It Here

    For those of you who I don’t know IRL or on other forms of teh Interwebz, I’m doing a thing! And by “thing”, I mean a dream role I’ve been practicing for since 1983. Yes, yes you do. Possibly over the sound of vomit and/or fainting. We’ll see. I realized from a very young age…

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  • Thick Thighs Save Lives

    Over the winter, Hampton and I have discovered an appreciation for the humble bone in/skin on chicken thigh. Usually we sear and then braise with some sort of wine or cider and whatever veg we have around, but this weekend, as we wanted to use our new grill for the first time and we were…

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  • It was predicted that our area of central NC was going to get hit with a whopper of a storm. And for once, “they” were right. Sunday, we got approximately 14.5″. We usually average less than half of that in an entire year. My choir gig’s Christmas cantata was canceled (and our second show at…

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  • Normal, Not Boring

    I haven’t meant to go radio silent. #flat493 is gearing up for an unexpected life change — not a baby — so I will admit I have been a smidge preoccupied. The last few weeks have had lots of cooking and trying to keep up with all our stories on the teevee while snuggling the…

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  • I used to be an Irish drink only gal – Guinness and Jameson, with the occasional Bailey’s. I have since learned – largely since meeting my husband – that there are So Many More other good things to drink! Here my go-to’s for the summer of 2018. Largely inspired by Hampton and his job WHO…

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