Lydia Bushfield's 'I'LL BE SEEING YOU' opens 2011 season at Chaffin's Barn

Lydia Bushfield's 1940s musical revue, I'll Be Seeing You, opens the 2011 season at Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre this week, running January 6 through February 5. Directed by David Compton, the cast features Melodie Madden Adams, Nancy Allen and Jennifer Richmond as three World War II-era factory workers who discover their shared love of music during workday breaks from contributing to the war effort.

According to Bushfield's synopsis for the play, "In the early 1940's Americans found a new sense of patriotism as WWII changed their lives forever. Men went to war. Women went to work. Wives, sisters and girlfriends all did their part for Uncle Sam working in factories producing airplanes, ammunition and even blankets for 'our boys.' This is the musical story of three such women as they meet in the factory break room each day to share laughter hope and heartbreak."

This heartwarming 'musical walk down memory lane' features such songs as "It's Been A Long, Long Time," "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" and "I'll Be Seeing You."

Director Compton holds a BFA from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro and has been performing professionally for over 25 years. He is a Barn "regular" and audience favorite and has directed many successful shows for Chaffin's garnering a First Night Award for his directionof The Odd Couple. In addition to directing Compton performs regularly with Chaffin's and Tennessee Repertory Theatre. He was most recently seen as the father aka "the old man" in Tennessee Rep's A Christmas Story. In February and March you can see Compton in Arcadia with Blackbird Theatre Company.

Compton's cast for I'll Be Seeing You includes: Nancy Allen, Melodie Madden Adams (last seen in Blithe Spirit), Jennifer Richmond (last seen in It's a Wonderful Wife) and BJ Rowell (last seen in The Late Late Show). Accompanying the onstage cast are bandmembers Randy Craft on piano, Abbi Roth on bass and Richard Scott on percussion.

I'll Be Seeing You plays the mainstage at Chaffin's Barn Tuesday through Saturday evenings, with the buffet served from 6 to 7:30 p.m. and show at 8 p.m. Two Thursday Senior Matinees are planned for January 13 and 20, with the house opening at 11 a.m. and the show at noon. One Sunday matinee is scheduled for the opening weekend on Sunday, January 9, with the buffet served from noon to 1:30 p.m. and the show at 2 p.m.

Ticket prices for all evening shows and Sunday matinee are $50 for adults; $40 for students 13-18; and $30 for children 12 and under. Show only tickets are $38 for adults, $30 for chidren 12 and under, and $34 for students 13-18.

Reservations are required; call the box office at (615) 646-9977 to book your spot or to ask about money saving season memberships and group rates.

 

Pictured: Nancy Allen, Melodie Madden Adams and Jennifer Richmond in I'll Be Seeing You.--photo by John Chaffin

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