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A selection of photos from past productions

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The Fantasticks, The Mute

Flat Rock Playhouse
photo credit: James W. Johnson

" [T]he mute was acting every moment, alive every moment, reacting every moment, as if the story were being told to her. Without a single line she stole the show. "--Age of Silver

" As the Mute, Maria Buchanan displays impressive upper-body stamina (she holds up "the wall" for long periods) and a wonderfully expressive face."--Hendersonville Lightening

" [Maria Buchanan's] ability to emote ranged from the subtle to the sublime and commitment to her role was brilliant."

" Buchanan portrays the mute with grace, elegance, and a dash of comedic timing." --Examiner.com/Charlotte Creative Arts

Boeing Boeing, Gloria

North Carolina Stage Company
photo credit: Treadshots

“I wouldn’t have believed an audience could actually screech with laughter, but this past Sunday’s sold-out matinee opened my ears to the alarming possibility... Boeing-Boeing delivers enough comic G-force to keep the audience reeling in their seats...Maria Buchanan (as Gloria, the gold-digging Southern Belle), Vivian Smith (as Gabrielle, the Italian firebrand) and Julia VanderVeen (as Gretchen, the post-Wagnerian basket-case from Germany) seem to be enjoying themselves immensely in their roles, and they hit their assigned dialects with impressive consistency."--Asheville Citizen Times

The Three Musketeers, Constance

Flat Rock Playhouse
photo credit: James W. Johnson

Live from WVL Radio Theatre: It's a Wonderful Life, Mary Bailey/Evelyn Reed

Flat Rock Playhouse
photo credit: Willie V.R. Repoley

“The production is slick and tight, emotionally evocative and intense in all the right spots, and delivers a nice inspirational punch at the end...Two newcomers to the production, Maria Buchanan and Rachelle Roberts, play all the female roles. Both women physically and vocally inhabit the roles quite well, with Buchanan providing an incredible poise and elegance...” --Mountain Xpress

"It takes a special skill to shape characters in the mind through voices and sound effects, while also playing the actors performing them. These performers are perfect at it."
--Arts a la Mode