First, I hope this message finds you healthy and well! How I have missed seeing you and enjoying the community and fellowship at the theatre!
Secondly, please make sure you've added AbbeyPlayers@bac.edu to your email contacts and/or Safe Senders list. Our automated ticketing confirmations and updates are being filtered into Spam folders for some patrons.
Thirdly, tickets are still available for the final two performances of Fahrenheit 451, with a mask!
Saturday, October 9 - 8pm
&
Sunday, October 10 - 2:30pm
Thank you to those who have already joined us. Take a look at our Opening Night curtain call HERE.
Get tickets HERE! Though audiences are at half-capacity, seats are still available, with seats saved for Season Members.
2019-20 or current Season Members - please email with a reservation if you'd like to come see the show.
And finally, see a personal note from me below.
Hope you can join us!
ps - clicking on any of the graphics below will take you straight to our ticketing pages for info about memberships, single tickets, dates, and times.
- From Margaret -
So much of the past 18 months has been frenetic, with plans made then changed, then cancelled, then rescheduled. Lots of worry and concern for not only personal health but that of our families, friends, colleagues, students, neighbors, and learning how to navigate all of the new things we have encountered since COVID hit and stay sane while doing it. For us at the theatre, we had Plan A, then B, C, D. . . I think we're on Plan L about now. Lot's of "Who's on first?" . . . "What??" . . . and "Nooooooooo!" Things we didn't even know to anticipate due to COVID - and everything that comes with it - have popped up or thwarted our efforts, as I know you have experienced in your own lives. Still, we carry on, and we're creating some pretty amazing theatre in the process, even though it's still different and at times, uncertain.
It occurred to me while helping a former season member with tickets to this weekend's show that many of you may still have extra tickets that weren't used in the 2019-20 season, and you might be thinking "Wonder why Margaret hasn't offered me complimentary tickets to Fahrenheit 451 when I never got to see it in April 2020?" And you might even be a little miffed at me. And if you are, I sincerely apologize. The short answer is that it didn't occur to me (re: the above Plan L.) I simply forgot that a year and a half ago, we were having a specific conversation and now, we know a lot more than we did then. And we're still not back to "normal." For a longer answer. . .
At the time we cancelled the original run, we thought we'd be back in business by August, that we'd be able to offer Fahrenheit in the 2020-21 season, that we'd have full houses, and COVID would be a memory. And oh, how that didn't pan out so well! When we were able to open back up to off-campus guests in the late winter and spring of 2021, we offered complimentary tickets to you, our previous years' Season Members, for both Ken Ludwig's Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery and All I Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, as well as free access to both of those shows online. Many of you were able to attend or watch online and many were not, some because you were not yet comfortable returning to The Haid due to COVID. So. . . . a looooooooonnnngggg eighteen months after we first tried to offer Fahrenheit 451, followed by a no-go for the very uncertain 2020-21 season, then three different sets of dates for this current season's attempt, my offer to you for complimentary tickets just got lost in the shuffle. Pandemic brain is a real thing.
If you'd like to come see the show tonight or tomorrow - even if you can't join us as a Season Member this year - please email me at AbbeyPlayers@bac.edu with your preferred performance. I would love to have you join us! Seating options are limited due to half-capacity and social distancing, but I'll do the very best I can. If you can't come to the show, please email me anyway and let me now how you're doing? And I'd be happy to have you join us for any show this season, at no charge. Again, it's AbbeyPlayers@bac.edu.
Til we meet again!
For Fahrenheit 451 ticketholders:
If you have already secured Season Member tickets or purchased individual tickets to Fahrenheit 451, you have been sent a separate email from AbbeyPlayers@bac.edu with options for the new dates. This message went to the email address where you received your ticket confirmation. If you cannot find the email, please check your Spam folder. If you still cannot find it, please email AbbeyPlayers@bac.edu.
Troy Feay and Ethan McEntire in Fahrenheit 451 Photo: Heather McEntire
Penny Cathey Photo: Rolando Rivas
Troy Feay Photo: Heather McEntire
Cadie Pittman, Erin Walsh, and Mary Brugger Photo: Rolando Rivas
Ethan McEntire and Joanna Cloutier Photo: Heather McEntire
Season Memberships
There is still an opportunity to join us for the season. We will make memberships available through December 2021. If planning to renew your membership and you can join us for one of the above dates,please email AbbeyPlayers@bac.edu with your reservation and seating preference.
Please purchase a membership HERE, or bring a check with you when you come see the show (membership levels are listed below.) We're happy to arrange your tickets for Fahrenheit 451 and any of this season's offerings.
Remember our Flex Passes offer you varying number of tickets that can be used for any show throughout the season!
Most season membership levels have not changed. A few have been adjusted slightly, but even better, a few more levels have been added! More savings for everyone!
Single tickets remain $10 with a $2 processing fee per ticket.
