Skip to main content
Press Release

Barter Theatre Announces Valentine’s Weekend Performance

By February 3, 2021No Comments

Barter Theatre Announces Valentine’s Weekend Performance

ABINGDON, Va.–Barter Theatre will be offering a free online Valentine’s weekend performance of Audrey Cefaly’s play Maytag Virgin.

The play will be presented as a recorded reading by Barter actors, and married couple, Nicholas and Wendy Piper who starred in the 2019 production at Barter’s Smith Theatre.

Described as a “radiant gem of light into the ordinary struggles of love, loss, and life,” the play follows the lives of Jack Key and Lizzy Nash.  When Jack moves into a house next door to Lizzy, they find that they have as many things in common as they do differences, and a relationship that begins as a coincidental, neighborly friendship becomes an unexpected journey of self-discovery and healing.

“Wendy and I feel extremely fortunate to get to revisit this play which was truly the best theatre experience of our lives,” said Nicholas Piper, who plays the role of Jack in the show.  “It’s funny and sweet and hopeful.  When we performed the show in 2019, we heard from so many people about how much this play reflected their own lives.”

Maytag Virgin will be available on Barter’s website from February 12-February 15th, 2021.  Go to www.bartertheatre.com to register for this free performance.

 

About Barter Theatre

Barter Theatre, the nation’s longest running professional theatre, is located in Abingdon, Virginia. The theatre opened in 1933 during the Great Depression. Founder Robert Porterfield offered patrons admission to the theatre by bartering food and livestock. Barter Theatre was designated as the State Theatre of Virginia in 1946. It exists today as one of the last year-round professional resident repertory theaters remaining in the United States.  Barter Theatre is funded in part by The Virginia Commission for the Arts and The National Endowment for the Arts.

-###-

Successfully Logged In