The Opera House welcomes the one woman Pearl S. Buck play, “All Under Heaven.” The performance will take place on Saturday, August 13 at 7:30 p.m. This show is presented by the Greenbrier Valley Foundation, Little Levels Depot and Pocahontas Dramas Fairs and Festivals. Admission is free of charge.
All Under Heaven, by Valerie Harper and Dyke Garrison, is a one-woman play about Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Pearl S. Buck which takes place a year prior to her death as she waits for a visa to arrive that will permit her to visit her beloved China once again. Her memories of her early life in Chingkiang where her father was a missionary, open the door to recollections of many people and events in her extraordinary life.
A consummate storyteller, she recreates an array of some 14 male and female characters from her life. She details her personal and professional struggles, including her experiences in China during the revolution and the criticisms from the literary world when she surpassed other big name (and mostly male) authors to win the Nobel. She also came under attack at the McCarthy hearings for her fervent anti-racist views and her friendships with noted civil rights leaders. She describes the causes she championed including her efforts to establish and fund an adoption agency to rescue Asian children fathered by US GI's. Throughout it all, Buck is candid about her personal struggles and finds humor where she can.
Tickets for the Opera House performance are $10 for adults and free for anyone 17 years old and younger. Tickets are available at pocahontasoperahouse.org, the 4th Avenue Gallery in Marlinton, and at the door the evening of the performance.
The Opera House Performance Series is presented with financial assistance through a grant from the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History with approval from the West Virginia Commission on the Arts. Support is also provided by Pocahontas County Dramas, Fairs and Festivals, and the Pocahontas County Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Performances at the Opera House are informal, family-friendly, and open to all. The entrance and main seating are accessible to persons with disabilities. Persons with disabilities are encouraged to attend; special accommodations can be arranged upon request. Admission is available at the door and in advance on our website. Seating is on a first come, first served basis.
