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Hadestown May 23-28 | 8 shows! Smokey & The Mirror at Sassafras Springs Vineyard May 17 Dover Quartet May 17 Smokey & The Mirror at Cooper Chapel May 18 The Artist & The Astronaut Film Screening May 19 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 1 5 Media support: KUAF | KNWA | NWA Democrat Gazette | Celebrate | Citiscapes Upcoming Events SCAN for full season listing Series Sponsors: Premier Broadway Series Support: Bob & Becky Alexander Broadway Series Support: Friends of Broadway Artosphere Series Support: Friends of Artosphere Show Underwriters: Elda & Eric Scott Reed & Mary Ann Greenwood Show Sponsors: Hadestown Continued From Page 5 6 What's up! May 21-27, 2023 President Brent A. Powers editor Becca Martin-Brown 479-872-5054 bmartin@nwaonline.com twitter: nWAbecca rePorters Monica Hooper mhooper@nwaonline.com April Wallace awallace@nwaonline.com twitter: @nWAApril 479) 770-3746 On The COVeR "One of the beautiful things about having two intertwining love stories — one a story of young love, and one a story of an ancient and troubled marriage — is that I think audience members of different ages find someone to identify with," says playwright and folk musician anaïs Mitchell of her award-winning musical, "hadestown." the show comes to the Walton arts Center in Fayetteville May 23-28. tickets start at $75 at waltonartscenter.org. (Courtesy Photo/T. Charles Erikson) What's Up! is a publication of the northwest Arkansas democrat-Gazette. Q. In what ways did writing this musical change your process as a musician and songwriter? A. My work with Rachel Chavkin, our director, coincided with the birth of my first daughter, and one of the results of that was that I had to become much more methodical, more regimented in my working hours. When you have a small child, time and energy is limited and you have to make the most of it. So I think that sense of routine, and also the sense that I had to show up for other people and keep deadlines, etc., was the most significant change. Q Was "Hadestown" your first foray into theater and do you think you'll do another theater project like this one? A. It was my first, and though a lot of my regular songwriting could be considered sort of "story-telly"— I'm into lots of lyrics, ballads, the raconteur tradition — it is a whole other level to tell a dramatic story through song. I would love to do it again when the right project comes along.