[written by Tuffy]
This past Sunday night, I was really quite delighted to go to Rapture and see Barhoppers [Off Stage Theater website].
Barhoppers is something of a Charlottesville institution as this is its 20th year, sort of. I really didn’t know what to expect, but I was assured by one of the cast that is was worth the $8 at the very least. She was right. A total of 7 plays were performed, none longer than 10-15 minutes, and they ran from funny, to dramatic, to sad, to touching. All funny, though. And all this with the bar and food service going on. A funny play with a few Jack and sodas - believe you me - makes for a good time.
The Barhoppers preview reads as follows:
We’re calling this one our 20th anniversary…and whether it is or whether it isn’t, it’s at least a pretty fair approximation. This year, we’re proud to celebrate our most prolific contributor, the former C-Villian JOEL JONES, with all 7 short plays penned by the master—so you’re bound sooner or later in the evening to watch two characters who start off hating each other wind up sucking face.
Remaining performance dates: Rapture Sunday, March 23rd. Monday, March 24th. Tuesday, March 25th.
All shows at 7:30 pm, all tickets at $8 at the door, all butts in seats well in advance ’cause you know how it fills up.” Head on out and see what the local talent has to offer.
And by talent, I mean 15th century Scottish warlords, film noir hotness, frat boy/art girl drama, and guitar-toting omnipotence.
And tell them Tuffy sent you. They’ll probably kick you out or not know what you’re talking about, but something cool might happen, you never know.
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I think I’m going to check this out tonight. Where/How is it all set up? Where do I need to get a table to have a view of all the scenes?
The whole of the bar section of Rapture is great with the exception of the round booth that is to your right when you first walk in. Second worst place is seated at the bar, but the good thing about sitting at the bar is that you’re seated at the bar. the best best place, however, is by the entrance to R2.
Basically, it’s a relatively small room - you’ll hear everything, so don’t fret over where to sit too hard. But get there about 1/2 hour early for real, b/c it filled up big last week.
It was a great show! I’d definitely recommend getting there a good half hour early. It really filled up last night. Tonight will probably be just as packed for the last show.
Tuffy was pretty much spot on with the seating advice.
Go - tonight’s the last night. All the performances are great, especially Lora Lee Jones (ok ok, blatent plug, luh me some lora lee)
Yes, tonight is the last night, so expect them to pull out all the stops.
-FF Nudity
-Pyrotechnics
-New parquet floor at Rapture
-Tennis ball shooting machines
-Caged Polar Bears