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n the shadow of Cold Mountain sits an extraordinary place where stories are told, dreams realized, and the impossible happens all the time. For over 30 years, HART has inspired the people of Western North Carolina to consider new ideas, think in new ways and do things they never thought they could, from building one of the region’s most beautiful theater complexes, to performing “Hamlet,” “Antigone” and “The Grapes of Wrath” to packed Steve Lloyd audiences. HART has inspired generations of young people to see and participate in the arts and some to pursue careers. At the same time the theater has become the pride of the community. You can enjoy a fine meal at Harmons’ Den Bistro in the new Fangmeyer Theater, prepared by our award winning Chef Christy Bishop, then catch a performance on one of our three stages. The show may be a grand musical, or an intimate drama, but onstage you will always see some of the finest talent in the region. If you are a visitor to the area, welcome, come back. If you are a resident of the community we invite you to become a part of HART and the magic we create every day.

Steve Lloyd HART Executive Director

Inside: In Her Own Words Libba Feichter helped kindle the HART spark

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Stepping into History Shelton House preserves Appalachia’s past

Kids at HART Outreach program exposes youth to the arts

Organized Chaos Chef’s appetite for creativity drives Bistro

Pulling the Strings After 27 years, HART’s table is set

HART 2017 A look at this year’s productions

Support Members and ways to donate

On the cover: A scene from a previous HART production of “Nonsense.” John Highsmith photo THEATRE STAFF Executive Director Steven Lloyd Adminstrative Assistant Julie Kinter Operations Manager David Yeates Shop Foreman Tom Dewees Scenic Artist Lyle Baskin Box Office Manager Sherry Gaddis Dewees Box Office Staff Libba Feichter, Sue Baskin, Martha Bowman, Marshall Casse, Stephen Jarrell, Beth Johnson, Julie Kinter Volunteers Coordinators Tiffani Watts & Julie Kinter Photography Christy Bishop, John Highsmith

HART’s 2017 Season is supported by Grass Roots Funding from the Haywood County Arts Council This project was supported by the N.C. Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural & Cultural Resources, with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.

HART BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2017 Chairperson: Bonnie Smith · Vice Chairperson: Jim Janke · Secretary: Emily Warren · Treasurer: Larry East · Director Emeritus - Libba Feichter Glenn Arnette, Alice Aumen, Nyda Bittmann-Neville, Bucky Dykes, David Eachus, Phil Haire, Libby Irwin, John Highsmith, Peggy Melville, Becky Seymour, Barbara Thomas

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In Her Own Words Libba Feichter helped kindle the HART spark

The newly built Fangmeyer Theater (left) and the Performing Arts Center of the Haywood Arts Regional Theatre. John Highsmith photo

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was on the Haywood County Arts Council Board of Directors for a number of years. And I was involved in their efforts to create plays and musicals locally. In the early 1980s, the arts council felt there was a need for theatre and that kind of entertainment. While the productions we had were critical successes, they weren’t fiscal successes. And we were sitting in a board meeting once when the idea came about to see if anybody in town was interested in doing a community theatre.

We put it in the paper and we spread the word around.

About nine people showed up to that first meeting, but they were very enthusiastic about theatre. The trick was for each person to bring a friend to the next meeting. I forgot to bring someone, so I got my late husband Rex to go at the last minute. “Oh, alright, I’ll go, but I’m not staying for the whole thing,” he said. There were about 25 people at that meeting.

We decided to charter the theatre and they elected my husband chairman of the first Board of Directors [Laughs].

It was initially called the Haywood Arts Repertory Theatre. In 1985, we started in The Strand Theater. At that

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time, The Strand was not functional. It had burned. It was just kind of an eyesore on Main Street. The marquee had fallen into disrepair. And we rented the space. It was like $200 a month or something ridiculous like that. It was just in horrendous condition.

Birds had been roosting in there.

Dead pigeon bodies everywhere.

Bird poop everywhere. No heating system.

But, we had a place to call home.

We produced a couple of plays in the beginning. Our first major musical was “The King and I.” We Libba Feichter didn’t even know what we were doing. [Laughs]. But, people kept coming out of the woodwork to help us. Back then, at 4:30 in the afternoon they rolled up the sidewalks and everybody went home. HART was an opportunity to jumpstart something on Main Street after 5 o’clock.

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“I think, as much as anything else, I’m grateful for this community, they’ve been there for us whenever we’ve needed them.”

— Libba Feichter

The actors literally dressed in the alley behind The Strand on Wall Street. This was our first real “jump into the abyss,” if you will. All these local actors, community members and their children, musicians that donated their time.

It was just a groundswell, and they were good productions.

We had four or five productions that first season. And I will tell you this — with great pride — we have never operated in the “red” financially since HART began.

In the early 1990s, I was on the theatre board and we were interviewing candidates for the job of HART executive director. Steven Lloyd was at the end of his last residency at Haywood Community College. He did a couple of his own plays and concerts for the arts council. When his time with HCC was up, he said “this is where I want to be.” I knew, from the very beginning, that Steve was the guy for the job. I remember asking Steve why he wanted to be here, “You’ve been in Los Angeles, New York and Chicago, why here?” And, with this sincere look in his face, he said, “Because I know that I can make a difference here.”

With Steve, I think you knew instinctively that this was

a man that cared about what he did, cared about this community, and he wanted to build something here that would benefit this entire community. Steve is our North Star, the heart of this organization, the person that we follow. He has a tremendous amount of knowledge, and he cares about people.

And that’s one thing I know about HART. I’ve been on the stage, I managed the box office for 25 years, involved in all levels of the theatre — and that’s the community support we’ve always had that has kept us going all these years. I think, as much as anything else, I’m grateful for this community, they’ve been there for us whenever we’ve needed them.

I love it. I’m proud of it. I love the people that are associated with HART. This theatre gives us a place that not many communities have. We’re thankful for the community leaders and the general population that not only donate their time and money, but also their trust and their presence. And I think that’s something we can all value and be proud of.

— Interview conducted by Garret K. Woodward

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A stone’s throw from HART is the Shelton House Museum of North Carolina Handicrafts.

Stepping into History Shelton House preserves Appalachia’s past

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hen asked about the Shelton House’s importance to Southern Appalachian history and culture, Sarah Jane League’s face immediately lights up with enthusiasm and passion.

“Western North Carolina is rich with Appalachian crafters,” she said. “And this is a place where we can share those crafts, highlight both the crafts of yesterday and today,

and see the house and the grounds as being a real jewel for attracting crafters to the museum and to our history.”

Within the Shelton House property resides the Museum of North Carolina Handicrafts, a crucial crossroads of Southern Appalachian creativity, art and talent that are as preserved within these walls as they are perpetuated to the next generation carrying the bright and proud torch of history.

“It not only brings together a lot of history, it also brings together a lot of knowledge to the crafts and pride within this community.”

— Sarah Jane League

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League is the chair of the Shelton House Board of Directors and a direct descendent of the Shelton family. In 1875, League’s ancestor, Stephen Shelton, began construction on the Charleston-style farmhouse. Being the first property in Haywood County listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Shelton House has become an icon of sorts for the state of North Carolina. It’s a location where the past comes alive, where you find yourself in the presence of how life “used to be,” and how very much alive a lot of these traditions remain in the back hollers and coves of Haywood County and greater Western North Carolina.

“It definitely represents the Appalachian crafters and the mountains crafts, but, we’re particularly fortunate that it also covers the entire state’s history of crafts,” said Carol Litchfield, a member of the Board of Directors who also gives tours of the property. “It’s just such a real nice anchor point for this whole community.”

A local legend in his own right, Stephen Shelton’s son, Will, was appointed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1892 to become a U.S. Government instructor in agriculture at the Cherokee School in Yellow Hill (which is currently the town of Cherokee). From there, Will did extensive work on the Navajo reservation in New Mexico. In his travels and experiences, Will returned to Waynesville with a large collection of Southwest Native American and Cherokee artifacts, all of which remain at the Shelton House.

Decades later, Mary Myrtle Cornwell organized “The Village of Yesteryear” at the North Carolina State Fair in 1951. The showcase brought together the “best of the best” in terms of Appalachian crafters. For several years it became a key attraction, so popular in fact, Cornwell wanted to keep the exhibit open year-round, eventually coming across the Shelton House when it was for sale. Cornwell launched the Museum of North Carolina Handicrafts in 1977 within the Shelton House and its large barn nearby, which also includes an extensive collection of historical farm equipment.

“You feel like you’re stepping right back into the past,” Litchfield said. “And that’s why I enjoy being a tour guide here, because I love seeing the reactions on peoples’ faces when they come in and discover the beauty and history of this property — the house, the museum, the garden.”

“We’d like to develop our events and educational outreach, where we can have educational outreach to the schools, and also be a venue for crafters of today who are extenuating the Appalachian traditions,” League added.

“This place gives you such a sense of history, where every time I come here I see something new I appreciate. It not only brings together a lot of history, it also brings together a lot of knowledge to the crafts and pride within this community.”

For more information about the Shelton House and the Museum of North Carolina Handicrafts, click on www.sheltonhouse.org.

Carol Litchfield (left) and Sarah Jane League.

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Kids at HART Outreach program exposes youth to the arts The Haywood Arts Regional Theatre is excited to be able to offer classes and performance opportunities for youth in Haywood and surrounding counties. »

“Theatre is a magical place of inclusion. Nothing is more wonderful than to see the light in someone’s eyes who has discovered their place in the arts.”

— Shelia Sumpter

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In September 2016, we began our Kids at HART program by offering acting classes to all ages. Students explored puppetry, character development, scene study and monologues, all ending with a presentation for parents and friends — that was enough to catch the theatre bug for most.

Since that time, Kids at HART has presented three performances: “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever,” “Schoolhouse Rock Jr.” and “Charlotte’s Web.” Except for “Schoolhouse Rock Jr.” — which was our first musical — the casts have included both youth and adults, with the seasoned performers acting as mentors.

We want to reach out to the children of our community, and we feel we have something to offer each one. Perhaps they are performers, writers, directors, technicians, costumers, or lovers of live theatre — we have a place for all of them. Theatre is a magical place of inclusion. Nothing is more wonderful than to see the light in someone’s eyes who has discovered their place in the arts.

Kids at HART plans to offer technical theatre training in late spring. Some kids want to be a part of theatre, but prefer to be behind the scenes, so we are going to be offering classes in lighting, sound, makeup, and more.

An exciting addition to the Kids at HART program is the “Shakespeare Camp,” which will be offered June 26 to 30 for ages 10 through 18. Young actors will be immersed in the language and manners of the Renaissance. Stage combat and games of the Renaissance will also take place among Shakespearean insults and scene study.

Another aspect of Kids at HART has been their involvement in community programs. This past fall, a small group presented a skit about the difficulties people with disabilities face when they’re in certain public situations. Sydney Lyles and myself recently presented a program about bullying to a young girls’ circle at First United Methodist Church in Waynesville. This included a puppet skit, discussion, and involved the girls in role playing exercises.

The future of Kids at HART is exciting. We’re in the process of selecting plays and a musical for the next season, more classes are on the horizon, and we hope to be more actively involved with schools in our area. We are particularly excited to host The Barter Theater in February 2018 that will present two programs for school performances.

What can HART offer your children? Creativity, discipline, responsibility, laughter, empathy, confidence, and a welcoming attitude. While there is a minimal charge for classes and camps, no one pays a fee to be in our HART productions and you don’t have to attend classes to audition for our shows. HART wants to make the arts available to everyone.

I was lucky to have experienced art, music, dance, and theatre from a very early age, and I have given that gift to my daughter. Now I can share this wonder with the youth of our community and let their imaginations lead them to new adventures.

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Organized Chaos Chef’s appetite for creativity drives Bistro

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t’s Saturday evening. And as the sun falls behind the high peaks surrounding downtown Waynesville, Chef Christy Bishop is running around the kitchen of Harmons’ Den Bistro, tucked within the brand new Fangmeyer Theater.

“It’s not really so much about the cooking as it is about the hospitality of it all,” Bishop modestly said. “It’s doing things for other people, preparing meals for other people. It feels like family coming to your house for dinner — especially here at the bistro.”

Behind a large black curtain in the theater resides the

bistro, filled with small tables in an intimate setting. The evening sunshine trickles through the large bay windows. In the back of the space is a stage, where each Saturday during dinner, a local or regional performer takes the microphone, with the sounds of Americana, bluegrass, folk or soul melodies radiate throughout the room.

And yet, the “main attraction” can be smelled first, wafting through the bistro from the kitchen, only to reveal itself as the cuisines — in the style of “cosmopolitan country” — are placed in front of you.

“It’s sort of ‘up-scale comfort food,’” Bishop noted. “Any-

“It’s about seeing that satisfaction on the faces of our customers — that’s the ‘applause.’”

— Chef Christy Bishop

A delicious tuna at Harmon’s Den Bistro (left) and Haywood’s Historic Farmer’s Market, which is the HART parking lot twice a week during the growing season.

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thing from sashimi tuna to braised lamb shanks to pork chops. The menu will change all the time, so during the studio season every two or three weeks, and during the mainstage season with every show.”

Atop the ever-changing menu, the bistro offers an array of wines and local craft beer. There is also a Sunday brunch, where locals and visitors alike can enjoy breakfast and beverages on another gorgeous day in Haywood County.

“And when Haywood’s Historic Farmers Market is open on Wednesday and Christy Bishop Saturday mornings (in the Haywood Arts Regional Theatre parking lot), the farm comes right to our door — it doesn’t get any fresher than that.” Bishop said.

Bishop has an extensive background in the culinary industry. She graduated with a food service management degree from Caldwell Community College & Technical Institute. Listening to Bishop reminisce about her past endeavors is like scrolling through the entire spectrum of the restaurant business.

“I’ve worked in country clubs, high-end restaurants, fast food, everything from flipping burgers to being the pastry chef at the Grove Park Inn,” she smiled. “And it’s been so much fun at the bistro. I get to use a lot of creativity, so I get to change things up and get to do what I want with the ingredients and menu.”

Throughout the day leading up to dinner, Bishop will prepare the meats and produce, eager to plate her works of art amid the usual devil-may-care playfulness of an unknown and magical Saturday night. It’s about embracing the wild energy of a restaurant where hungry bellies find nourishment within the presence of hearty laughter and conversation.

“That’s the best part of it — the organized chaos,” she laughed. “The tickets coming in, plating and pushing out each dish, people ordering wine, all of us running around to make it all work — I love it.”

As someone who also finds herself onstage in numerous productions at HART, Bishop equates her acting skills and love of theatre to what she does behind the scenes at the bistro.

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Pulling the Strings After 27 years, HART’s table is set

HART’s scenic artist and background painter Lyle Baskin (left) and HART Executive Director Steven Lloyd. John Highsmith photo

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he HART of today would not be a reality if Steven Lloyd hadn’t stepped foot into Haywood County some 30 years ago — plain and simple.

Longtime executive director for HART, Lloyd oversaw the construction of the 10,000-square-foot Performing Arts Center, which opened in 1997. And with the recent opening of the 9,000-square-foot Daniel & Belle Fangmeyer Theater immediately next door, he is also starting to truly see the enormous scope of his legacy at HART, physically and emotionally.

Of the $1.2 million price tag for the Fangmeyer, HART was able to raise around $1 million of that through the generous support of many longtime donors and supporters along with a few new ones.

Lloyd has been executive director of the theatre for the last 27 years. As part of a statewide initiative (Edwin Gill Theatre Project) that brought plays and productions to every school district every year, Lloyd initially came to Western North Carolina as a visiting artist at Haywood Community College. At that time (1990), HART was being run out of The Strand in downtown Waynesville.

In the decades since the current building opened, HART has proven itself not only an artistic hub of Western North Carolina, but also an economic driver for Waynesville and greater Haywood County. With a $2.5 million a year impact on the local economy, HART continues to grow, which is due in no small part to Lloyd’s day-in-day-out vigor to put his theatre on the national map.

The Fangmeyer Theater is open now. It’s been a long road to here and right now. What’s it been like to see the physical space in front of you with life in it?

Steven Lloyd: I look at it once in a while and just wonder what I’ve done. [Laughs]. It’s pretty massive, and it’s exciting as we’re getting close to having the furnishings completed on the interior. And with the draperies and the acoustics being toned back, so that it actually has the intimacy we built it to have. It’s expanded what we’re doing enormously. We now have music every Saturday night in the Harmons’ Den Bistro, showcasing area musicians. We’ve got a youth drama program, “Kids at HART,” that’s up and running, which we’ve always wanted to do, but just didn’t have the space. It’s almost like a pressure valve and letting pressure off, because up until now we’ve been doing everything in one building. If we were going to grow and operate the way we wanted to, we had to have this new theatre.

Now that you’re on top of this mountain with the Fangmeyer completed, what else are you seeing up there?

SL: Well, one thing it allows us to do, with the shows that are being produced in the Fangmeyer, is that the shows don’t have to always be done as a proscenium (part of the theatre stage in front of the curtain) kind of performance, which is what the other mainstage is, where the audience is

always seated in the same place. You can pick a show for the Fangmeyer, you don’t have to decide where the stage is going to be, where the audience is going to be, it can change every time the audience comes in. We’ve also been approached about this space being used as a wedding venue, that’s something it’s available for, although it wasn’t built for that purpose. But, it is also a space that lends itself to a lot more than just theatre.

It’s the 20th anniversary of the Performing Arts Center being constructed on this property (with HART being incorporated in 1984). You’ve seen it built from scratch. What does that mean to you to see these two buildings come up in that 20-year period, professionally and personally?

SL : Obviously, there’s a sense of accomplishment. Because you look at something tangible that you built, that wouldn’t be there if you hadn’t pushed it, fought for it, and inspired a lot of other people to fight to make it happen, too. There’s a sense of legacy. There’s also a certain level of exhaustion, especially after the completion of the Fangmeyer, because I’m 20 years older than I was when I was working to raise money for the Performing Arts Center. So, I don’t think I’ll be building anything at all soon [Laughs].

Our challenge now is to pay off our $300,000 mortgage as quickly as possible. We’re looking for 100 patrons to make a $1,000-a-year pledge for three years — that “HART 100.”

Until that mortgage is paid off, I’m not done. When I started, HART had an annual operated budget of about $25,000, and it’s now about $400,000 a year.

You’ve dedicated most of your life to this property, this organization. What’s that like for you when you pull up to work every day? There has to come a point when you step back and see the big picture of what you’ve created …

SL : Yeah, I get to do what I want to do. And not very many people can say that about their life, that you’re actually doing what you enjoy doing. And so, you don’t think of it as work. Once the season starts, it becomes this rolling thing, show after show, season after season. These buildings are beautiful, the opportunities to do work that’s consequential is really rewarding. And, as much as the buildings represent what I’ve done since I’ve been here, I’m also aware of all of the couples who have met here, all of the children who have been born because of that, which would not have occurred if this organization wasn’t here.

That number of people who have acted here, who came back here to get married. I mean, just in terms of volunteers, we’re doing 15 performances of “Fiddler on the Roof ” in July. Each performance has to have four ushers and two people behind the concession stand. That’s 90 volunteers total for just that run, not counting the 50 people backstage, onstage and in the booth. It’s a whole lot of people that are connected within the community here — HART has touched peoples’ lives.

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by Edmond Rostand. y Directed by Daniel Hensley.

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y By Paul Slade Smith. y Directed by Julie Kinter.

August 25, 26, September 1, 2, 7, 8, 9 at 7:30 pm and August 27, September 3 and 10 at 2 pm

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Zombie Prom – The Musical (PAC Main Stage)

y Music by Dana P. Rowe, Book & Lyrics by John Dempsey. y Directed by Mark Jones.

October 13, 14, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28 at 7:30 pm and October 15, 22 and 29 at 2 pm

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y By Mo Gaffney and Kathy Najimy. y Directed by Julie Kiinter.

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Our Supporters This theatre continues to grow and meet its budget each year thanks to the advertisers and the generous support of the individuals and businesses listed.

2017 SEASON SPONSOR The Town of Waynesville

VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR Julie Kinter

2017 PRODUCER’S CIRCLE MEMBERS Supporting the Debt Retirement of The Daniel and Belle Fangmeyer Theatre Wayne & Joan Andre, Clarence & Sheila Blair, Sara Queen Brown, Lyn & Bruce Donley, Harvey & Didi Geller, Phil & Connie Haire, Kristen Hammett(Animal Hospital of Waynesville), Patricia High, John Highsmith & Sandra Hayes, Lise & David Hoffman, Norman & Linda Hoffmann, Vesta Hrnciar, Pat & Jim Janke, Ed & Sue Mahoney, Bob Mickey, Tom & Sally Moore, Joe Sam & Kate Queen, Marilyn Reetz (In Loving Memory of Glenn M. Reetz), Beverly & Earl Singleton, Bonnie & Jere Smith, Penny Smith & Margaret Bray Kathy Thomas, Virginia Thomas, Jim & Mieko Thomson

2017 DIRECTOR’S GUILD MEMBERS Supporting the programs of the Haywood Arts Regional Theatre Jean Adams, Robert Appleyard, Ronnell & Nancy Bernard, Marshall & Gerri Casse, Barbara Christian-Thomas, Sarah & Tom Cifani, Frank & Edwina Costley Judy & Bucky Dykes, Julia Eidam, John & Ann Geers Bob and Donna Kaye, Norma & Bob Kimzey John McKenney, Steve & Mary McNeil, Peggy Melville Warren & Andrea Mohlenhoff, Nancy Moore & Robert Ricci, Mike & Vicki Nardozzi, Ann Overbeck, Claire & Maurice Phillips, Donna C. Plexico, John Roberts & Anna Burrell, Judy Ross, Marsha Scheppler, Dan & Kay Southern, Terry Van Buren

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