The Summer Youth Conservatory will present Drood (The Mystery of Edwin Drood) July 22-25 in the Paul Green Theatre in the Center for Dramatic Art on the UNC campus.
Drood is based on the last, unfinished novel of Charles Dickens. A cast of 35 young actors aged 10 to 18 will perform the story of John Jasper, a Jekyll-and-Hyde choirmaster who is madly in love with his music student, the fair Miss Rosa Bud. Miss Rosa Bud is engaged to Jasper’s nephew, young Edwin Drood, who mysteriously disappears one stormy Christmas Eve.
The production is the fourth annual Summer Youth Conservatory stage production, a collaboration of The ArtsCenter and PlayMakers Repertory Company to provide an educational and performance opportunity for young people. The Summer Youth Conservatory was honored by the North Carolina Theatre Conference with the 2009 Constance Welsh Youth Theatre Award for excellence in performance, service of mission and community outreach.
Shows are at 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $15 for adults, $13 for PlayMakers subscribers and ArtsClub members and $10 for students. To purchase tickets, call 962-PLAY or visit playmakersrep.org of the Paul Green Theatre Box Office, open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays and two hours before each performance.
