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    Keep On the Sunny Side

    Keep On the Sunny Side

    April 22nd – May 20th on Gilliam Stage

    Conceived and Written by Douglas Pote / Music and Lyrics by The Original Carter Family / Vocal Arrangements by Eugene Wolf / Musical Arrangement by Doug Dorschug

    Come celebrate the original musical tale of America’s First Family of Country Music. When A.P. Carter convinces his wife Sara and his sister-in-law Maybelle to record with him at the Bristol Sessions, he has no idea he is about to change his life – and the world – forever. You’ll tap your toes to Carter Family favorites like Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow, Keep On the Sunnyside, Wildwood Flower, and Will the Circle Be Unbroken.

    This play is a product of Barter's Appalachian Festival of Plays and Playwrights.

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    Barter Connects Keep on the Sunny Side – A.P. CARTER AND ME

    Since its mini-production in the 2002 Appalachian Festival of Plays and Playwrights, resident actor Eugene Wolf has portrayed A.P. Carter in every single Barter production of Keep on the Sunny Side. Meanwhile Rita Forrester, A.P.’s granddaughter, has been busy keeping A.P.’s memory alive and well at the Carter Family Fold, where she serves as Executive Director. Connect with these local legends as they join director Nick Piper in discussing what they have discovered about A.P Carter through the years of telling his story, and why the Carter Family music continues to be celebrated today.

    Saturday, May 6th, immediately following the 2pm performance on Gilliam Stage.

    Barter Theatre is partially funded by:

    This project was supported [in part] by the Virginia Commission for the Arts, which receives support from the Virginia General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. 

    A special thanks to the Town of Abingdon, Washington County, and the Virginia Tourism Corporation for their support.

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    Eugene Wolf
    AP Carter
    Angie Fisher
    Janette Carter
    Jill Anderson
    Sara Carter
    Brandi Hart
    Maybelle Carter
    Matt Martin
    Man 1
    Ben Mackel
    Man 2
    Nicholas Piper
    Director, Sound Designer
    Derek Smith
    Scenic Designer
    Andrew Morehouse
    Lighting Designer
    Kelly Jenkins
    Costumer Designer
    Matt Green
    Sound Designer
    Ashley Campos
    Intimacy Coordinator
    Cindi A. Raebel
    Production Stage Manager
    Katy Brown
    Producing Artistic Director of Barter Theatre
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