Barter Theatre’s Must Sees

School is officially out and it is time to travel. With the price of gas nowadays, a trip needs to be within 6 hours of one’s home. It creates the perfect opportunity to explore the beautiful gems that can be found in each state. Six hours or so, just outside of Atlanta, one will find Abingdon, Virginia and within it a quaint venue called Barter Theatre.

Summer sizzles at Barter Theatre, which has proudly served vacationers from across the southern states for 89 years as the nation’s longest-running professional theatre. Visitors to Abingdon, VA this June, July, and August can look forward to taking in a show or two (or more!) when Barter presents six different productions in repertory rotation.

For visiting families with children, The Barter Players will present My Imaginary Pirate and Sleeping Beauty. “Our theme for the summer is Common Ground. In each show we present, audiences will see people who have deep differences discover their strengths in one another. The wider the gap between them, the more they find they need each other,” says Katy Brown, producing artistic director of Barter Theatre.

What’s Next at the Barter Theatre

Going to the theatre is one of my favorite things to do and it will become yours too. Check out some of Barter Theatre’s Must Sees:

May 20 – August 20

Every Brilliant Thing: https://bartertheatre.com/big-shows/every-brilliant-thing/

Could you name a hundred things that make life wonderful? A thousand? How about a million? When he was 7, a boy started a list of things to live for in an attempt to save his mother. As he grows up, the list takes on a life of its own. From “Ice Cream” (#1 on the list) to “Staying up all night talking” (#9,999), Every Brilliant Thing shines a hilarious and compassionate light on dark corners of the human condition. A play about the lengths we will go to for those we love—told in collaboration with the audience.

EVERY BRILLIANT THING is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York. 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.

July 12 — August 6

Sleeping Beauty: https://bartertheatre.com/big-shows/sleeping-beauty/

At Princess Aurora’s christening, the mysterious Carabosse places a curse on the baby and all seems lost. Only the skill of a Sage and the love of a certain handsome prince can change this curse into a blessing. Bursting with magic, this play is sure to delight the dreamer in us all.

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.