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Pick up a free copy of Ozark Living at area magazine racks or visit www.ozarkliving.com Real Estate Magazine 4 WHAT'S UP! MARCH 6-12, 2022 Hollywood comes to rural Ireland in this hilarious multi-award winner which ran for four years in London's West End. "The Daily Mail called it 'an unalloyed source of joy, laughter, tears and delight,'" says Sarah Snyder, another Commons Cafe supervisor. "And we can't wait to come up with the featured cocktail for it!" "A Christmas Carol," adapted by Amy Herzberg and Robert Ford from the novel by Charles Dickens, is a new Northwest Arkansas tradition. Ebenezer Scrooge's journey through past, present and future will return Dec. 1-24. "I don't think we need to tell you the plot, except to say this adaptation is so incredibly inventive, magical, and fun," says Joe Binzer, interim events manager. "We love that we're becoming a part of so many family traditions by bringing some live theater magic into their holiday celebrations each year." "Poor Yella Rednecks," by Arkansas-born author and Oscar nominee Qui Nguyen, set in El Dorado, Ark., 1981, is the second play of his autobiographical trilogy about an immigrant family's bumpy road to the American dream. Nguyen is author of "Vietgone," the first in the trilogy, and screenwriter of "Raya and the Last Dragon." "'Poor Yella Rednecks' is the true story — mostly — of the rocky beginnings of the marriage of Qui's parents in El Dorado," says Emely Zepeda, production stage manager. "Filled with infectious music and unexpected humor, this brand-new play is a co-production with Chicago's Tony Award-winning Victory Gardens Theatre." It will take the stage Jan. 25, 2023. "Sanctuary City" by Martyna Majok is a play about two teenagers struggling with two kinds of unreciprocated love: the kind they feel for each other and the kind they feel for their country. From Pulitzer Prize winner Martyna Majok, the play is meant to inspire audience members to ask themselves, "What are we willing to sacrifice for someone we love?" The New York Times selected it as Best Theatre of 2021, Critics Pick. It will be at TheatreSquared March 1 to April 9, 2023. "Chicken & Biscuits" by Douglas Lyons is fresh from its 2021 Broadway debut. Rival sisters Baneatta and Beverly are trying to bury their father without killing each other first. "When a family secret is revealed at the church altar, things really get out of hand," says Cheanie Lopez-Hall, who is in marketing for TheatreSquared. "With fast-paced jokes that will have audiences rolling in the aisles — and Grandpa turning over in his grave — this dysfunctional family comedy is even more satisfying than the meal it's named after," says Lara Hightower, also in marketing for TheatreSquared. As New York Stage Review said, "The church bells are chiming. Heed the call and go straight to 'Chicken & Biscuits.'" It will take the stage April 19 to May 14, 2023. "Violet," a New York Times Critics' Pick with music by Jeanine Tesori, book and lyrics by Brian Crawley, is winner for Best Musical, as well as Lucille Lortel, Obie, and Drama Critics' Circle Awards. "When Violet hops onto a Greyhound bus traveling across Arkansas towards a miracle in Tulsa, it turns into the journey of a lifetime," says Alex Carr, who is on the T2 production team. "The New York Times calls it 'a terrific, heart-stirring musical with tangy flavors of country, gospel, blues and honky-tonk rock.'" "Violet" will be on stage June 7 to July 2, 2023. Rachel Mills, ticketing and sales director; Na'Tosha De'Von, subscriptions sales specialist; and Sierra Mitchell, ticketing concierge, take a turn announcing a show at the T2 season unveiling Feb. 27. (Courtesy Photo/TheatreSquared) T2 Continued From Page 3 COVER STORY