Public asked to vote favorite pairing of stage talent & business leaders in Flat Rock Playhouse ‘Theater of the Stars’

Posted on — Jeff Fobes

Seven local business leaders will partner with Flat Rock Playhouse artists to present a one night only evening of song, dance and theatre – all with the hopes of raising the most votes to win the title as well as $1,000 for their selected charity of choice.

The curtains go up April 11, when pairs of the stars and business leaders take the stage at the Flat Rock Playhouse Downtown to present the acts they have been preparing for the audience as well as a panel of distinguished judges.

The “celebrities” competing for Theatre with the Stars will be:

  • Ruth Birge, executive director, United Way of Henderson County
  • Tiffany Ervin, owner of Morning Glory Productions & Elite Repeats Boutique
  • Steve Katsadouros, owner, Hot Dog World & Yogurt World
  • Charlie McDonald, sheriff, Henderson County
  • Fair Nabers Waggoner, VP/city president, United Community Bank
  • Bobby Wilkins, principal, Hendersonville High School
  • Bob Williford, president, Henderson County Chamber of Commerce

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The public is also invited to log on to www.flatrockplayhouse.org and, by clicking on the Theatre with the Stars link, peruse the library of videos featuring the seven contestants. There, they will also have the option of casting a vote for their chosen celebrity by making a donation under the star’s name. The star with the most donations combined with highest judges’ score wins $1,000 for their selected charity. Online pre-voting will end midnight April 10th.

Those who wish to vote in person can cast their votes at the Playhouse Downtown on 125 South Main Street by making a donation under the celebrity’s name in the theatre lobby.

Flat Rock Playhouse artists lined up for Theatre with the Stars include Lisa K. Bryant, Steve Carlisle, Preston Dyar, Angie Flynn-McIver, Paige Posey, Ralph Redpath and Scott Treadway.

WTZQ’s Mark Warwick will host the event, and additional entertainment will be provided by Pat’s School of Dance.

Judges for Theatre with the Stars will be McCray Benson, president and CEO Community Foundation of Henderson County, WLOS News Anchor Victoria Dunkle, Dr. Scott Donaldson of Pardee Urological Associates and Mayor Barbara Volk of the City of Hendersonville.

A preshow cocktail party will take place in the Playhouse Downtown lobby beginning at 6:30 p.m. Catering will be provided by Ingles, the Chef’s Kitchen, with floral arrangements by Flowers by Larry.

Flat Rock Playhouse Theatre with the Starswill perform April 11th at the Flat Rock Playhouse Downtown at 8 p.m. Tickets are $100 and can be purchased by calling the Playhouse box office at 828-693-0731, toll-free at 866-732-8008.

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About Jeff Fobes
As a long-time proponent of media for social change, my early activities included coordinating the creation of a small community FM radio station to serve a poor section of St. Louis, Mo. In the 1980s I served as the editor of the "futurist" newsletter of the U.S. Association for the Club of Rome, a professional/academic group with a global focus and a mandate to act locally. During that time, I was impressed by a journalism experiment in Mississippi, in which a newspaper reporter spent a year in a small town covering how global activities impacted local events (e.g., literacy programs in Asia drove up the price of pulpwood; soybean demand in China impacted local soybean prices). Taking a cue from the Mississippi journalism experiment, I offered to help the local Green Party in western North Carolina start its own newspaper, which published under the name Green Line. Eventually the local party turned Green Line over to me, giving Asheville-area readers an independent, locally focused news source that was driven by global concerns. Over the years the monthly grew, until it morphed into the weekly Mountain Xpress in 1994. I've been its publisher since the beginning. Mountain Xpress' mission is to promote grassroots democracy (of any political persuasion) by serving the area's most active, thoughtful readers. Consider Xpress as an experiment to see if such a media operation can promote a healthy, democratic and wise community. In addition to print, today's rapidly evolving Web technosphere offers a grand opportunity to see how an interactive global information network impacts a local community when the network includes a locally focused media outlet whose aim is promote thoughtful citizen activism. Follow me @fobes
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