The Last Five Years
A Musical by Jason Robert Brown
Presented at Tryon Fine Arts Center
Directed by Catherine Gillet
June 13-16, 2024
Catch a Star! Finishing up their National Broadway Tour of Pretty Woman, Bethany McDonald and local favorite Chase Wolfe will lead the next production from Shakespeare & Friends—the much-loved and popular musical The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown. Coming to the Tryon Fine Arts Center Pavilion this June!
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Cathy Hiatt: Bethany McDonald
Jamie Wellerstein: Chase Wolfe
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Thursday, Friday & Saturday
June 13-15, 7:30 PMSunday
June 16, 3:00 PMHouse opens 30 minutes prior to showtime.
Each performance offers open seating; come early to select your seat.
The Last Five Years will run approximately 90 minutes.
A cash bar and refreshments will be available.
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All performances will be held in the Pavilion Tryon Fine Arts Center.
Tryon Fine Arts Center is located at 34 Melrose Avenue, Tryon, NC overlooking the historic downtown.
There is ample, free parking on site and on surrounding streets.
The Pavilion is handicap accessible.
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Additional photos, b roll, and interviews with the cast or director are available at any time. Please text or call Director Catherine Gillet at 917-678-9994 for arrangements.
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If you require additional details, please contact us.
Shakespeare & Friends presents the hit musical The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown, this June at Tryon Fine Arts Center in the Pavilion.
Director Catherine Gillet says, “This much beloved and award-winning musical, which has been translated into dozens of languages and performed all over the world, is a sure to please, sparkling piece of writing with beautifully crafted and catchy songs. I am looking forward to directing this piece in the Pavilion at TFAC, which offers many creative possibilities for staging.
The powerhouse cast, comprised of the two leads from the Broadway Tour of Pretty Woman - Bethany McDonald and local favorite Chase Wolfe - promise a performance not to be missed.
The Last Five Years, a recipient of a Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel and Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Musical, explores a five-year relationship between Jamie Wellerstein, a rising novelist, and Cathy Hiatt, a struggling actress. An emotionally powerful and intimate musical about two young New Yorkers who fall in and out of love over the course of five years, the show's unconventional structure consists of Cathy, the woman, telling her story backwards while Jamie, the man, tells his story chronologically.
The inventive musical style draws on a number of musical genres, including pop, jazz, classical, Klezmer, Latin, Blues, Rock, and Folk.
The Last Five Years will run Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 pm and Sunday at 3:00 pm, June 13-16 at Tryon Fine Arts Center.