Category: Events – Active

Sunday, October 13, 2024 at noon

Film followed by discussion

Free admission

Sponsored by Two Rivers Treads

Film: In 2020, Chloe Maxmin, a 28-year-old climate activist, became the youngest woman elected to the state senate in Maine history. Chloe and her campaign manager, Canyon Woodward, rewrote the strategy for progressive success in rural America and won two campaigns in red districts where they were expected to lose. Rural Runners follows Chloe and Canyon on the campaign trail alongside Canyon’s burgeoning rise as a champion ultra-distance runner. Their approach rehumanizes our deeply divided political system, offering hope and a path toward a healthier democracy. (Credit: Gnarly Bay)

Panel Discussion: Following the film there will be a panel discussion with Rural Runners’ own Chloe Maxmin and Canyon Woodward joined by local candidates Maria Russo and Lucia Valentine.

General admission (FREE). Reservations encouraged to ensure seating in our 100-seat theater. Doors open 30 minutes before showtime. Online reservations end 2 hours before showtime. Popcorn, candy, soft drinks, beer & wine available for purchase (no outside food or drinks please). Lobby, theater & restroom are wheelchair accessible.

Thursday, October 10, 2024 at 7:00 pm

A special event presented by BoJo Entertainment

As seen on NBC, CBS, Comedy Central, Showtime, and more, don’t miss national comics Lucas Bohn & Jeff Shaw live at the Shepherdstown Opera House.

Tickets: $20 (general admission, seated, 18+). Doors open 30 minutes before showtime. Seating in the historic Shepherdstown Opera House is limited, advance purchase encouraged. Beer, wine, soft drinks and snacks for sale during the performance (ID required for beer & wine purchase). Lobby, theater & restroom are wheelchair accessible.

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Sunday, October 6, 2024 at 3:00 pm

National Theatre Live – On Screen

Shepherdstown Opera House and the Contemporary American Theater Festival join forces to present the next best thing to live theater in Shepherdstown. From the UK’s National Theatre, filmed live in London’s West End, see the best of British theater right here in Shepherdstown!

Frankenstein

By Nick Dear, based on the novel by Mary Shelley

A sublime start to the spooky season.

Directed by Academy Award®-winner Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire), Frankenstein features Benedict Cumberbatch (Hamlet, BBC’s Sherlock) and Jonny Lee Miller (Elementary, Trainspotting) alternating between the roles of Victor Frankenstein and his creation.

Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’ s bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the increasingly desperate and vengeful Creature determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal. Scientific responsibility, parental neglect, cognitive development and the nature of good and evil, are embedded within this thrilling and deeply disturbing classic tale.

Captured live on stage in 2011, this thrilling, sold-out production became an international sensation, experienced by almost half a million people in cinemas around the world.

Run time: 135 minutes including intermission

Recommended for adult audiences – Rated equivalent to R

Tickets: $18 standard, $15 senior/student (general admission, seated). Doors open 30 minutes before showtime. Seating in the historic Shepherdstown Opera House is limited, advance purchase encouraged. Beer, wine, soft drinks and snacks for sale during the performance (ID required for beer & wine purchase). Lobby, theater & restroom are wheelchair accessible.