Theater at Lime Kiln

Please note that for all shows, unless otherwise noted, Gates and Concessions open at 6:00pm. Performances commence at 7:30pm.

101.5fm the music place & Theater at Lime Kiln are natural partners.
101.5fm the music place organically & musically aligns with Theater at Lime Kiln’s mission.

Coming soon on WLUR Radio TALK talk.

“Lexington Letters to the Editor”- May 17,18,19

Sponsored by: The News Gazette
Keeping Rockbridge informed in Print and on the Web!
Honoring Rockbridge SPCA

Click picture to see WDBJ7's review of the play.

Back by popular demand!
Written and performed by W&L faculty, students and community members, and edited by Kimberly M. Jew, “Letters” is based on letters to the editor to The News Gazette and its predecessors. Photos by Kevin Remington.

A community arts performance at heart, “Letters” will transport audiences back in time as the performers bring to life the diverse and rich voices that have lived in this area for the past 200 years. Local and traditional music will help tell the story of a small rural town that has persevered through war, modernization and great social change. This dramatic work celebrates Lexington’s continued identity as a true “hometown,” a quality that makes the spirit of Lexington unique and universal. This year’s production is directed by Rob Smith with music by the Poison Bottom Boys.

Tickets: (Adult $17 in advance – $22 day of) (Senior 60+ $15 in advance – $20 day of)
(Child 12& under $9 in advance – $11 day of)

Carolina Chocolate Drops – Sunday May 20
Sponsored by: Community Bank
Community Bank – Our name really does say it all!
Honoring  Rockbridge Free Clinic

With their 2010 Nonesuch debut, Genuine Negro Jig—which garnered a Best Traditional Folk Album Grammy last year—the Carolina Chocolate Drops proved that the old-time, fiddle and banjo-based music they’d so scrupulously researched and passionately performed could be a living, breathing, ever-evolving sound. Starting with material culled from the Piedmont region of the Carolinas, they sought to freshly interpret this work, not merely recreate it, highlighting the central role African-Americans played in shaping our nation’s popular music from its beginnings more than a century ago. The virtuosic trio’s approach was provocative and revelatory. Their concerts, the New York Timesdeclared, were “an end-to-end display of excellence…They dip into styles of Southern black music from the 1920s and ’30s—string-band music, jug-band music, fife and drum, early jazz—and beam their curiosity outward. They make short work of their instructive mission and spend their energy on things that require it: flatfoot dancing, jug playing, shouting.”

To watch a video, click the following link:   Carolina Chocolate Drops – Hit \’Em Up style
Hear them on WMRA by clicking here.

Tickets: (Adult $27.50 in advance – $32.50 day of) (Senior 60+ $25.50 in advance – $30.50 day of) (Child 12& under $14.50 in advance – $17 day of)

The Steel Wheels – Sunday May 27
Sponsored by: Sayre Enterprises
We Make it for Everyone!
Honoring Rockbridge County Public Schools Foundation

The Steel Wheels are truly an Americana band, rooted in musical styles that explore the territories between blues and bluegrass, old-time sing-alongs and foot-stompin’ fiddle tunes. They are subtle innovators who respect the past but whistle their own tunes, layering in rich textures and decidedly modern energy to forge a new sound.

“Imagine a blend of the passion of the Avett Brothers, the instrumentals of Old Crow Medicine Show, and then sprinkle in the backwoods feel of The Legendary Shack Shakers. In truth, attempting to compare [The Steel Wheels] to anyone is an injustice, since after one listen you can hear that they stand very well on their own perch.” – John Walker, Americana Roots

To watch a video, click the following link: Steel Wheels Red Wing Official Video. 
Listen to Trent talk about The Steel Wheels new CD Lay Down Lay Low on WMRA by clicking here.

To listen to NPR’s Song of the Day The Steel Wheels “Rain in the Valley” click here. Amazing

Tickets: (Adult $17 in advance – $22 day of) (Senior 60+ $15 in advance – $20 day of)
(Child 12& under $9 in advance – $11 day of)