Locally acclaimed actress and director Mendy St. Ours has agreed to take charge as artistic director for the 13th annual Spirit Walk of the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society.
The Spirit Walk is a guided history tour of historic Old Charlottesville, including popular haunts such as the old City Jail, the County Courthouse, and the Maplewood Cemetery. The fundraiser supports the work of the Society, and has a cast of around 50 local actors and musicians, many of whom also perform regularly in local theatre companies. The actors portray actual historical characters from Charlottesville, Albemarle County and environs, raging from the early 18th Century to the mid-20th Century.
This year’s Spirit Walk takes place on the evenings of October 26th, 27th and 28th. Tickets go on sale September 24th at the Society, and are $12 for adults, and $5 for children under 12 for tours before 8:00 p.m. Tours leave from the County Courthouse every 15 minutes.
Mendy St. Ours has a B.A. in Theatre from The University of Virginia and studied the Meisner technique at NYU. Her most recent acting credits include The Angel in Angels in America and Maggie in Cat on A Hot Tin Roof, both at Live Arts. Her most recent directing credits include Amadeus for Live Arts, and the popular A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Barboursville Ruins. She placed fourth in the nation in the National Society of Arts and Letters’ Comedic Acting competition in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her husbandis Johnny St. Ours, local film-maker and proprietor of Piraeus Picture Company.
“We’re thrilled to have Mendy directing the Spirit Walk this year,” says Historical Society director Douglas Day. “And we’re looking forward to seeing all our friends again this year—deceased and pre-deceased.”
For more information email cvillespiritwalk “AT” gmail.com or contact the Historical Society:
Dr. Douglas Day
Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society
McIntire Library Building
200 Second St., NE
Charlottesville, VA 22902
434-296-1492
www.albemarlehistory.org
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