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The Reluctant Dragon

SUMMER 2025 at BARTER’S SMITH THEATRE

When the news gets out that a dragon is living in the hills above Trowbridge, the townsfolk are determined to kill it. Then a boy named Darby befriends the beast and discovers that not all dragons are vicious monsters and that some, indeed, have the soul of a poet! But can Darby convince the village before it’s too late?

Adapted by Catherine Bush

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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