On Sunday, June 19th, Hot Summer Nights at the Kennedy will host a "Pay What You Can Day" for the 2 PM matinee of Graceland/Asleep on the Wind. The deal is on a first-come, first-serve basis. In addition, the showing off of Elvis memorabilia will get audiences in for only $20 for the Wednesday-Friday night shows.
Graceland/Asleep on the Wind
by Ellen Byron are two stories about true-blue Elvis fans Bev (Sherrie
Sutton) and Rootie (Estelle Collins) who are camped out before the
gates of Graceland, each determined to be the first to enter the sacred
precinct. Then theatregoers will journey back in time ten years before
Graceland's opening for Asleep on the Wind to
a small clearing in Bayou Teche, Louisiana. This is the "special place"
that Rootie refers to in the other play and where Rootie and her
favorite brother, Beau (Chris Chappell), come to share their secrets,"
as the show is described in a press release.Hot
Summer Nights at the Kennedy runs though August 28, 2005 with each
production in the six-show series completing a 10-day run. Recently,
Kate Shindle and Nicholas Rodriguez starred in its inaugural show, a
hit production of The Last Five Years. Other shows in the season include Proof, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Starting Here, Starting Now and a special season ender featuring Raleigh's own Lauren Kennedy and her husband Alan Campbell In Concert.
Hot Summer Nights at the Kennedy is a professional theatre company
whose mission is to serve the citizens of Raleigh, Wake County and
Eastern Carolina by "keeping the lights on" and producing professional
theatrical performances in the Kennedy Theater at the BTI Center for
the Performing during the months of June, July and August. Hot Summer
Nights goal is to produce great shows that are varied in type, attitude
and scope and employ actor, stage crew and staff of all ages, races and
creed from North Carolina and Broadway. Hot Summer Nights will use our
resources to nourish, celebrate and employ many theatrical groups,
colleges, charities and citizens and support and assist the City of
Raleigh with entertainment needs.Individual tickets for Graceland/Asleep on the Wind
are $35 but with the purchase of two seats, the second ticket is only
$15 (when purchased together and excluding opening night). Group and
Student discounts are also available. Additionally, Elvis fans can
expect the Royal Treatment during any weeknight show--anyone who
purchases walk-up tickets on either Wednesday, Thursday or Friday for Graceland/Asleep on the Wind and shows the box office their Elvis memorabilia will get in for only $20.
