Honour, The Musical

07/16/2022

Today in North Carolina history
Welcome to the atomic age. On this day, July 16, in 1945 the first atomic bomb was exploded near Alamogordo, New Mexico. The first one would be used in warfare against Hiroshima on August 6. While not a specifically North Carolina event, it certainly has affected residents here. One, the late Abbott Weatherly of New Bern, witnessed the Alamogordo blast. An artillery commander at the Battle of the Bulge, he eventually found himself there: “I was a combat officer and they wanted combat officers in the nuclear business,” he told me in an interview in 2011. “So they transferred me to Albequerque.” He described the blast, which was set off on top of a steel tower: “I went to a demonstration on a steel tower a hundred feet off the ground. They set that thing off and it was devastating. Just completely devastating. And it was the same size as the one they dropped at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It blew the steel tower all to pieces. It was just vaporized.”

04/23/2022

04/23/2022

Be sure you have your tickets! 5 shows left, tonight at 7, tomorrow at 2 and three shows next weekend. Tickets and info at www.NCHistoryTheater.org

04/23/2022

Who's walking the streets of New Bern in 1802? Richard Dobbs Spaight, of course! Mr. Spaight was a prolific letter writer, a patriot in the Revolution, a signer of the Constitution, and first native-born governor of our state. Like many in his day he was a man of strong principle, willing to risk his very life to defend his honor, should he fear it has been questioned or smeared. And hence the plot and purpose of "Honour: The Musical." Opening Thursday at Orringer Auditorium at the Craven Community College, New Bern! Tickets and more information at www.NCHistoryTheater.org

04/23/2022

04/19/2022

Guess who's walking in New Bern in 1802? Meet Sarah Rice and her son John Rice . Sarah is the beloved and well-treated slave of Mary and Richard Dobbs Spaight; John is her son who carries a secret Sarah is careful to keep from her masters. Being beloved and treated well is a far cry from being free, and Sarah is driven by her desire to obtain that freedom. Feel her passion and hear her beautiful songs in Honour: the Musical, opening Thursday! For tickets and info, www.NCHistoryTheater.org

04/18/2022

Guess who's walking New Bern in 1802? Meet John Carruthers Stanly -- "Barber Jack" to his friends, half brother of prominent lawyer and duelist John Stanly. Barber Jack was a curious fellow: he began life as a slave, gained his freedom and became one of the wealthiest men in the city -- and the biggest slave owner in the entire state, using them to operate his three turpentine plantations. Meet this social anomaly and learn his reasoning in Honour: the Musical, opening Thursday! www.nchistorytheater.org

04/06/2022

Would you like an invitation? Here is one for you to see "Honour, The Musical" starting April 21st at Orringer Auditorium. Denise Magwood as Sarah Rice extends this Honour to you! Tickets and info at www.NCHistoryTheater.org and at the New Bern Historical Society at 511 Broad St. (638-8558)
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