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JUNE 7-13, 2017 UCW 17 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM As the 2016/2017 season comes to an end, Gilbert eater celebrates the best of this year at the 5th annual 2017 Pryer Awards on Friday, June 9 from 6-9 p.m. at the new Taste of West Africa building. Named for the Gilbert eater Founder, Lynne Pryer, the awards are a way to celebrate the season and get feedback from the audience. "e Pryer Awards is a way for us to honor the work that has taken place onstage in the previous season," said Matthew Overturf, artistic director of the Gilbert eater. "Audiences have the opportu- nity for each show to vote for their favorite actors, actresses, director, costume design and so forth." Overturf added that throughout the entire season the audience is asked to pick up a ballot in the lobby to vote for their favorites. e votes are tallied and the nominees are announced. en, on the evening of June 9, the winners of each category are announced. "is is our biggest fundraiser of the year," said Overturf. "We will have door prizes, heavy hors d'oeuvres and drinks." e event will feature good food, an open bar and a silent auction. ere will be special entertainment from the students in the Gilbert's educational Glee Program and the cast of "e Secret Garden." "e Secret Garden," a musical, was a huge suc- cess. e show is about a young girl whose parents die of cholera in India. She is sent to live with her maternal uncle, Archibald Craven, who she has never met. While there, she befriends a lot of the help in the house and discovers a garden that was the garden of her uncle's late wife. e girl helps bring the garden back to life, and the spirits of her ancestors come in and out to help her. "e show ends with this wonderful reconciliation and the family comes back together after this period of grief," said Overturf. e Pryer Award silent auction will feature items such as a men's grooming package, a package from the Cape Fear Botanical Garden that includes a Pa- vilion rental, a Martini package that includes a bottle of vodka, a women's beauty salon day package and more. "Come out and join us for a fun night of entertain- ment, food, drinks and honoring the work that has taken place on our stage," said Overturf. Tickets cost $40. e Taste of West Africa is located at 107 Person Street. For more information or to purchase tickets, call (910) 678-7186 or visit www. gilberttheater.com. A New Season at Gilbert eater eater has the ability and the potential to change the world. For its upcoming season, Gilbert eater introduces a lineup that will captivate and entertain the audience as well as provoke them to think. "We are very excited about our upcoming 2017- 2018 season," said Overturf. "is is my first full sea- son as artistic director, and I just started on February 1." Overturf added that he is excited about being able to choose this season and he is a firm believer that a season should reflect the theater and the time. e first show of the season is "Evil Dead: e Musical." It will run Sept. 22- Oct. 8. "It is a very campy adult show and it is based on the film by Sam Raimi," said Overturf. "It is a bloody, gory and raunchy kind of horror." e next show of the season is "It's a Wonderful Life." "is one is a very popular show based on the film of the same name," said Overturf. "It is a won- derful show for the holiday season and people tend to come out in droves to see it." Overturf added that he thinks that the show is becoming a Fayetteville staple. e show will run from Nov. 24 - Dec. 4 and Dec. 15-17. ere is a student matinee on Nov. 27 and Dec. 4 at 10 a.m. "Venus in Fur" is next on the list. It will run Feb. 2 –17. "(e show) explores the dynamic between the actor and director and the dynamic between a dominant and submissive," said Overturf. "It is a very sexual and erotic show that deals with how we look at people in relationships and how the power dynamics can shift." Overturf added that this show is really great for couples. "Antigone" runs April 6–April 22. "is is a Greek classic by Sophocles that is about a woman who has to make a very difficult decision to follow her faith and what is right, or to follow the law, and how that dynamic affects her and her family overall," said Overturf. "is show is very poignant for our time with the things that have been going on in the world." e final show of the season is "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," which begins June 1 and runs through June 10. "It is about a family coming back together for the patriarch's birthday," said Overturf. "ere is some greed and one of the children, Brick, is struggling with what he wants his life to look like." Overturf added that Brick's wife, Maggie, wants to have a child and they are supposed to be the heirs to the family fortune but because they don't have chil- dren it is a bit in question. Brick's brother is trying to hone in on the family fortune. Greed, secrets and family strife rise up in this classic Southern play. For more information and ticket information, call (910) 678-7186. Celebrating a Successful Season and Announcing a New One by DR. SHANESSA FENNER COVER STORY DR. SHANESSA FENNER, Principal, WT Brown Elementary School. Contributing Writer. COMMENTS? Editor@upandcomingweekly. com. 910.484.6200. Tickets $40 (910) 678-7186 June 9, 2017 6-9pm This project is supported by the Arts Council in part by contributions from businesses and individuals, and through grants from the City of Fayetteville, Cumberland County and the North Carolina Arts Council, an agency of the Department of Cultural Resources. Gilbert Theater's 5th Annual Pryer Awards is set for June 9. The event is named after the theater's founder, Lynne Pryer. Does your advertising leave you feeling this way? Advertising can be pretty complex. You may not know which way to turn. ere is a sign you can rely on — ours. Call us today so that our professionals can make the most of your advertising investment. Free Papers Working For You Another sign we're working for you. 484-6200 wwwupandcomingweekly.com