Message from B Street re Nibroc trilogy

B STREET THEATRE TO PRESENT PART II OF
THE NIBROC TRILOGY

B Street Theatre will stage the second play of THE NIBROC TRILOGY continuing the story of young Kentuckians Raleigh and May, so delightfully started in LAST TRAIN TO NIBROC.

Building on the narrative (and success) of LAST TRAIN TO NIBROC, Ms. Hutton penned two sequels: SEE ROCK CITY and GULF VIEW DRIVE. Each play can be seen and enjoyed as a stand-alone piece, without having seen the earlier play in the series.

About SEE ROCK CITY: Picking up a year after the ending of Arlene Hutton's critically acclaimed LAST TRAIN TO NIBROC, this tender and funny sequel follows May and Raleigh through the end of World War II and introduces the characters of their two mothers-in-law. This tender portrayal of married life, set against the backdrop of World War II, shows the best of the human spirit and its ability to overcome any and all obstacles. The second play of a trilogy, and the recipient of the MacLean Foundation's "In the Spirit of America" Award, SEE ROCK CITY stands alone as a very funny, touching and universal portrayal of a young couple very much in love.

THE NIBROC TRILOGY is running sequentially in the B Street Theatre's B-2 space over a 5-month period. Reprising his role as Raleigh will be B Street company member Jason Kuykendall. Company member Dana Brooke will play May. Additional casting for SEE ROCK CITY includes Judy Jean Berns and, B Street new-comer, Elizabeth Palmer . B Street Company member Elisabeth Nunziato will direct SEE ROCK CITY.

THE PLAYWRIGHT

Arlene Hutton is a member of New Dramatists, the Dramatists’ Guild and Circle East (formerly Circle Rep) Lab. Her Appalachian romance LAST TRAIN TO NIBROC received a 2000 Best Play nomination from the New York Drama League for its Off-Broadway run. It has had more than thirty productions across the country, including The Barrow Group, Miniature Theatre of Chester, Florida Studio Theatre, ArtStation, Nebraska Rep, ManBites Dog, Riverside, Coyote and Actors’ Guild of Lexington. It was published by Smith & Kraus in WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS: BEST PLAYS 1999. A second full-length, AS IT IS IN HEAVEN premiered in Edinburgh, opened in New York City at the 78th Street Theatre Lab and moved to the ArcLight Theatre. LAST TRAIN TO NIBROC and AS IT IS IN HEAVEN are published by Dramatists Play Service. Two of Hutton’s one-act plays, STUDIO PORTRAIT and THE PRICE YOU PAY, are winners of the Samuel French Short Play Festival and have been published by French. Other New York credits include Circle-in-the-Square Downtown, Alice’s Fourth Floor, Ensemble Studio Theatre and HERE. Her one-acts Pushing Buttons and Cubicles were finalists for the 2001 and 2002 Heineman Award at Actor’s Theatre of Louisville. Hutton’s one-acts, including I DREAM BEFORE I TAKE THE STAND, have been presented at theatres across the country and abroad and her plays have been translated into Dutch, Chinese and Catalan. Arlene Hutton was born and raised in the southern U. S. and lives in New York City, where she began writing plays in 1994 at Alice’s Fourth Floor under the direction of Susann Brinkley. A recipient of the John Lipman Award, an ART/NY Nancy Quinn Fund grant and a Cameron Macintosh Foundation grant, Hutton recently received a commission from Clear Channel Theatrical Division and will be writing a new full-length play about the Brontë family. She is an adjunct professor at Fordham University. Arlene Hutton Member: New Dramatists, Dramatists’ Guild, Circle East. Full-length plays or collections: LAST TRAIN TO NIBROC (New York Drama League Best Play nomination 2000); AS IT IS IN HEAVEN (Best Ensemble nomination 2001, Edinburgh Festival Fringe); I DREAM BEFORE I TAKE THE STAND AND OTHER PLAYS; WOMEN@WORK. One-act plays: I DREAM BEFORE I TAKE THE STAND; STUDIO PORTRAIT; CUBICLES; A CLOSER LOOK; THE PRICE YOU PAY; AT THE TONE; VERO BEACH; FRIENDS FOR LIFE; CAFETERIA; TESTTIME; BLUEPRINT; MAN IN THE BASEMENT; REMEDIAL LESSONS. Regional theatres: Florida Studio Theatre, Miniature Theatre of Chester, ArtStation, Nebraska Rep, ManBites Dog, Riverside, Actors’ Guild of Lexington, Shipping Dock, Phoenix, Coyote, Powerhouse, InterAct, Actors’ Gang, Circle Theatre, Tamarind. New York theatres: Douglas Fairbanks, ArcLight, 78th Street Theatre Lab, The Barrow Group, Alice’s Fourth Floor, Circle East, HERE, Neighborhood Playhouse, Duplex, Circle-in-the-Square Downtown, Hypothetical, Vital, Rude Mechanicals, Guerilla Rep, Henry Street Settlement Experimental Space, Ensemble Studio Theatre. Festivals: Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Philadelphia Fringe, New York Fringe, American Living Room, Samuel French One-Act Festival, Project Vaca (Barcelona). Publishers: Dramatists Play Service, Smith & Kraus, Applause, Samuel French, Playscripts.com Awards & Grants: John Lipman Award; Cameron Macintosh Foundation grant; commission from Clear Channel; Heineman Award finalist, 2001 & 2002; finalist for Francesca Primus Prize. Representation: Pat McLaughlin at Beacon Artists (NYC) Meg Davis at MBA (London)


THE PLAYS


THE NIBROC TRILOGY

With romance, comedy and a grace evocative of the era in American history during which it is set, Arlene Hutton’s THE NIBROC TRILOGY follows one couple’s tumultuous journey through WWII on the home front and post-war America.

LAST TRAIN TO NIBROC

May and Raleigh meet in 1940 on an eastbound train which carries the bodies of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Nathanael West. Unable to enlist because of a medical condition he wants to be a writer, she wants to be a missionary and they discover they are from neighboring towns in Kentucky. In this boy-meets-girl romance, nominated for Best Play 2000 by the New York Drama League, two young people navigate through the tough time of a country at war discovering what they have to give up and to get what they really want.

SEE ROCK CITY

The Appalachian romance continues the story of May and Raleigh, who plan to honeymoon at Rock City, Tennessee in 1943. When victory overseas brings unexpected consequences at home, the young Kentucky couple is forced to face hidden truths and find common solutions to the challenges of a new post-war
America.

GULF VIEW DRIVE
Hutton’s saga ends with the aftermath of war and the breakup of the
traditional family. Ten years into their marriage, May and Raleigh live in an island community off the gold coast of Florida. Their dream house shrinks as relatives descend, further testing the couple’s love in the romantic, humorous, and insightful glimpse of life in the 1950’s


THE SCHEDULE

LAST TRAIN TO NIBROC closes Sunday July 12.

SEE ROCK CITY previews July 18 at 8:00 p.m., and Sunday July 19 at 1:00 p.m. Opening is Sunday July 19 at 7:00 p.m. Closing is Sunday August 23.

GULF VIEW DRIVE previews Saturday August 29 at 8:00 p.m., and Sunday August 30 at 1:00 p.m. Opening is Sunday August 30 at 7:00 p.m. Closing is Sunday October 4.


PERFORMANCE TIMES/MATINEES/BLACKED OUT DATES

All three plays will run the B-3 schedule. Tuesday-Friday at 7:00 p.m.; Saturday at 8:00 p.m.; Sunday at 1:00 p.m.

TICKET PRICES

Ticket prices for THE NIBROC TRILOGY range from $18.00 to $35.00.


SPECIAL BUY-ALL-THREE DISCOUNT

$20.00 per show if tickets for all three shows are purchased at the same time.


FURTHER INFORMATION

The B Street Theatre is located at the corner of 27th and B Streets in Mid-Town Sacramento, behind Stanford Park Baseball Field at 27th and C Streets.
For further information contact the B Street Theatre box office: (916)443-5300 or visit our website at www.bstreettheatre.org
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