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

CATS, Demeter

Belmont University
photo credit: J. Michael Krouskop

The Secret Garden, Claire

Children's Theatre of Charlotte
photo credit: Alex Aguilar
“You don't have to bring a child to appreciate the artistry of Children's Theatre of Charlotte. You may need to brace yourself, however. When the whole ensemble is singing, and those two mighty set pieces dock like a drawbridge, I not only perceived that I was seeing a musical crafted with the trademark polish of Broadway, I felt echoes of Les Miserables— only with better music, a more concise script and less bloated self-importance. --The Charlotte Observer

Tarzan The Musical, leopard/gorilla

Children's Theatre of Charlotte
photo credit: Donna Bise, Patti Julliard

Other photos
“Children's Theatre [of Charlotte] ensembles do terrific work. They make a crucial contribution here by crawling, leaping, soaring aloft and doing gymnastic flips. They guarantee that, whatever flat things characters say, the show stays three dimensional.” --The Charlotte Observer