The “Strike at the Wind!” cast conducts a dress rehearsal performance Thursday in front of a small crowd at Adolph Dial Amphitheater. Photo contributed MAXTON — The 2024 season of “Strike at the Wind!” opened on July 18, but was quickly cancelled because of stormy weather moving through the area.
Still, on Thursday afternoon an enthusiastic cast held a dress rehearsal, allowing them to practice in full costume at the recently remodeled Adolph Dial Amphitheater.
Guests will have an opportunity to see the new stage as well as the new stadium seating during the performances.
All are invited to come to any of the performances to share this timeless story. See the drama live on July 19 and 20 and July 25, 26, and 27. The pre-show begins at 6:40 p.m., and the drama begins at 7:30 p.m.
The play tells the story of the Lowrie War in 1865. It chronicles the life of Henry Berry Lowrie, who led a band of men in a seven-year battle after the Confederate Home Guard murdered Henry’s father and brother.
Henry and the Lowrie gang exacted vigilante justice against the Home Guard of Robeson County and those who actively oppressed the Indian people. Though the Lowrie gang were regarded as outlaws and renegades by those on the wrong end of their guns, the American Indian people for whom they fought hail them to this day as Heroes.
The production is one of the longest-running outdoor dramas in N.C. The drama debuted at the Lumbee Tribal Cultural Center in 1976. Tickets are $10 (including tax).
To purchase tickets, visit uncp.edu/gpac or call the Givens Performing Arts Center Box Office at 910.521.6361. Tickets are also available in person at the GPAC Box Office.
The Adolph Dial Amphitheatre is located at the Lumbee Tribe Cultural Center on Terry Sanford Drive in Maxton.
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