Press Release:Â “Prince William Little Theatre is thrilled to announce our upcoming production, ‘Miss Bennet Christmas at Pemberley,’ written by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon and directed by Steve Kite.”
“This comedy, set in the world of Jane Austen’s ‘Pride and Prejudice,’ will transport audiences to the world of Pemberley, where the story of Mary Bennet takes center stage.”
“Join us from December 8 to 17, 2023, at Hylton Performing Arts Center in Manassas. Follow Mary Bennet as she seeks independence, intellectual companionship, and the chance to be her own heroine in a world filled with whirlwind romances.”
Ticket prices for this production are as follows:
- $25 – Adults
- $20 – Seniors/Students/Active Military
- $15 – Children 12 & under
Additional ticket information can be found online.
Hylton Performing Arts Center: Two performances at the Hylton Performing Arts Center near Manassas.
The first is a family-friendly show featuring Mexican singer-songwriter Sonia De Los Santos on November 18. The second is a holiday and gospel music concert by The Legendary Ingramettes on December 3.
Sonia De Los Santos
“Latin GRAMMY-nominated artist Sonia De Los Santos brings her uplifting voice and soulful sound to families of all backgrounds. While playing guitar and jarana jarocha, Sonia performs songs in English and Spanish from her three albums: Mi Viaje: De Nuevo LeĂłn to the New York Island (Parents’ Choice Foundation Gold Award Winner), ¡AlegrĂa!, and Esperanza.”
“A native of Monterrey, Mexico, Santos has been hailed by Billboard as “one of the Latin Children’s music artists you should know.” Her big-hearted message—fused with Latin American rhythms and North American folk traditions—is sure to make the entire family smile and dance throughout her Hylton Family Series debut. (Recommended for ages 4 to 10).”
- Saturday, November 18 at 11 a.m.
- Tickets: $15
- Gregory Family Theater
The Legendary Ingramettes
“Celebrate the holiday season with one of Virginia’s premier gospel ensembles, The Legendary Ingramettes, as they sing their family favorites at the Hylton Center. Richmond’s “first family of gospel,” was formed six decades ago by “Mama” Maggie Ingram, who found inspiration in Black gospel male quartets of the 1940s and 50s. With her harmonizing singers, Ingram broke new ground with her female-driven quartet.”
“Now led by Ingram’s daughter Reverend Almeta Ingram-Miller, granddaughter Cheryl Maroney Yancey, daughter-in-law Carrie Jackson, and goddaughter Valerie Stewart, The Legendary Ingramettes bring a concert of soulful song sprinkled with uplifting Christmas music.”
- Sunday, December 3 at 2 p.m.
- Tickets: $48, $41, $29; half-price for youth through Grade 12
- Merchant Hall
Press Release: “AWS Girls’ Tech Day kicked-off its series of events on September 30, at the Hylton Performing Arts Center in Prince William County.”
“This year, Girls’ Tech Day in Virginia broke prior year event attendance records – bringing together more than 600 middle school girls to inspire in them an interest in science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM).”
“Currently celebrating its fifth year, the program was developed in 2018 to put spotlight on the need for more girls to pursue STEAM careers.”
“It pioneered as a free, half-day learning event that combined panel discussions with trailblazing women and interactive activities to expand awareness of future career possibilities. Since then, the program has become global.”
“For this year’s series kick-off event, AWS partnered with local school districts to engage students across Northern Virginia. Highlights of this year’s event include: students learning to play tic-tac-toe using their drone piloting skills, learning how to code robots so they can pick up and deliver packages in a simulated disaster zone, and learning about the latest cloud technologies that help first responders, humanitarian agencies, and impacted communities during natural disasters.”
“In 2019 Prince William County opened the world’s first AWS Think Big Space, an educational lab that provides students, educators, and communities with hands-on technical education and cloud computing training. AWS has now funded 60 spaces globally, including at Wakefield High School in Arlington County, and J.L Simpson Middle School in Loudoun County.”
The musical ensemble “Voctave” will perform in Manassas on Saturday, September 23, 2023.
Hylton Performing Arts Center: “This superstar vocal ensemble has amassed more than 150 million views on their videos of a cappella masterpieces; performed all over the world alongside GRAMMY, Dove, and American Music Award winners; and garnered multiple #1 songs and albums on iTunes, Amazon, and Spotify. Voctave has also ranked in the top 25 on Billboard Magazine’s charts.”
“This performance is appropriate for all ages. Run time: approximately two hours, plus intermission. Tickets: $55, $47, $33; half-price for youth through Grade 12.”
Prince William County Arts Council: “Arts Alive is Prince William County’s annual family-friendly community arts festival produced jointly by the Prince William County Arts Council, the County Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism and the Hylton Performing Arts Center.”
“The free arts festival is packed with festivities throughout the day including: Four stages of performing arts, visual art on display for browsing and purchasing, creative writer and poet workshops and classes and demonstrations.”
“For the full schedule of events, click here. Admission is free and food and beverages will be available for purchase. Event will take place rain or shine.”
The event will be Sunday, September 10, 2023 from noon – 5 p.m. It will be held at Hylton Performing Arts Center at 10960 George Mason Circle, Manassas.
Leadership Prince William: “Everyone was a winner at the Leadership Prince William Casino Royale [Thursday, July 6, 2023, at the Hylton Performing Arts Center in Manassas]. Aside from being our major fundraiser, we like to take the opportunity to honor individuals that have done something special for LPW, our community, or our world. We were honored to have Kathy Ellington, our founding Executive Director, as our guest and partner in delivering the award named in her honor. Our award winners this year are:
- Chair Award- Valerie Meale
- Kathy Ellington Leadership Award- Patrick King
- Vision Award- Dr. Carol Shapiro
- We also welcomed our incoming Chair, Tiffany Izenour and thanked our outgoing Chair, Bennett Whitlock.
“The Class of 2013 gathered to celebrate their 10th Anniversary and set the bar for future classes by raising $10,000 to “pay it forward” for LPW to have the resources needed to ensure future classes enjoy the same quality of programming. Our auctions were a huge success, thanks to the amazing coordination by our former Executive Director, Kathy Bentz. All-in-all, it was a great evening and we’re excited to start planning our next big event.”
May 2023 at the Hylton Performing Arts Center will be full of performances, workshops, and events.
The Hylton Center of the Arts Alliance will showcase Manassas Ballet Theatre, Manassas Symphony Orchestra, Arts Affiliates, the Northern Virginia Youth Ballet, Old Bridge Chamber Orchestra, and ARTfactory’s Pied Piper Theatre.
Mason Arts will also present Mason School of Theater’s concert presentation of You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, May 5 to 7. May 5 and 6 will be at 8 p.m., and May 7 will be at 2 p.m.
The performance will be based on The Comic Strip “Peanuts” by Charles M. Schulz. It will be presented by Concord Theatricals on behalf of Tams-Witmark LLC.
$20 for an adult, $10 for students, staff, seniors, and groups.
Tickets are available at the Hylton Center Ticket Office (open Tuesday-Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.), by calling 703-993-7759 or through the Hylton Center website online.
On May 13, at 8 p.m., the Hylton Performing Arts Center will conclude its 2022-2023 season, presenting with CAMMO Voices. They will feature the world-renowned Voices of Service and American Military Spouses Choir, Tommy Stanley, Donnie Isaacs, and @Eaze.
The performance will honor service members, their spouses, and families; CAMMO Voices uses its platform to increase awareness of what music can do for those coping with visible and invisible wounds to promote healing through music.
George Mason University’s Veterans and the Arts Initiative will sponsor this performance and provide free tickets for veterans and service members.
Ticket prices will range from $29 to $48 and will be half-price for youth through grade 12.
A full schedule of performances and events for May 2023 at the Hylton Center can be found online.
The Hylton Performing Arts Center is managed by Mason’s College of Visual and Performing Arts and is dedicated to bringing a performing arts venue to the Prince William region.
The performing arts center is at 10960 George Mason Circle, Manassas.
The Ordway Conservatory of Classical Ballet in Manassas will showcase a spring show with a cast made up entirely of children.
The show “Game On” is an interactive video game ballet. The audience will participate during the show with light-up wands they’ll use from their seats.
It’s for people of all ages and is family-friendly. Tickets range between $20 and $28.
The show is Saturday, March 25, at 6 p.m. at the Hylton Performing Arts Center, 10960 George Mason Mason Circle in Manassas.
Ordway Conservatory of Classical Ballet owner Sara Ordway says:
Game On is a unique performance that combines classical ballet, the music and visuals of modern video games and audience participation. The story follows two young dancers who are transported inside the video game world where they must choose between three different games to play.
As they move from one level to the next, they’ll need help from the audience with their souvenir light up wands to make it past all the bosses to victory. The performance stars 104 local children and celebrates the power of video games and the beauty of classical ballet.
The Hylton Performing Arts Center welcomes Sheyna Burt as its newest Chair of the Executive Board, effective at the start of the 2022-2023 season.
An arts advocate and attorney, Burt also serves as President at local Prince William County institutions, including Old Bridge Chamber Orchestra and Youth Orchestras of Prince William.
“Sheyna is one of Prince William County’s volunteer treasures,” said Hylton Center Executive Director Rick Davis. “A talented musician as well as a fine attorney, Sheyna has generously given her time and insight to several nonprofit organizations in the region, both in the arts and other sectors. She knows the Hylton Center and the community well and has some exciting ideas about how to build our relationship to even greater heights.”
“The Hylton Performing Arts Center is one of the most important endeavors ever attempted by this region. This beautiful space is more than a building – it inspires expression, it fills the walls with images and the air with music, it encourages community-building, it is alive. I am desperately proud of the opportunity to serve as Chair of this institution and if I have my way, every resident and visitor will find an artistic home here,” said Burt.
Burt’s term on the Board expires in 2025.
Burt is the owner of The Law Office of Sheyna Nicole Burt, PLC, a law firm focusing on representing common interest communities and their members, charitable nonprofits, and families in Virginia and the District of Columbia.
Burt graduated with honors from The College of William and Mary, earning a Bachelor of Arts with a Double Concentration in Music and History in 1998 before receiving her Juris Doctor from the College’s Marshall-Wythe School of Law in 2001.
When not representing clients, she is active as a violinist (she learned to play by participating in Prince William County’s fifth-grade strings program and the public school orchestra programs at Gar-Field and Hylton High Schools) and as a serial volunteer with local nonprofit arts organizations.
The Hylton Center’s Executive Board was established in the “Tripartite Agreement,” signed by Prince William County, Manassas, and George Mason University, that defines the initial capital funding and general operational principles for the center.
The Executive Board of nineteen individuals (and two emeritus members) has proportional representation appointed by the three signers and the community at large via the Science & Technology Campus Advisory Board. It maintains multiple committees that include additional volunteers.
The Executive Board is critical to the Hylton Center’s governance, strategic planning, and advocacy activities.
