page_title: The Lost Colony (play)
section_title: Notable alumni and artistic staff
hierarchical_section_title: The Lost Colony (play) / Notable alumni and artistic staff
caption_attribution_description: English: The theatre on Roanoke Island where The Lost Colony is performed.
context_page_description: The Lost Colony is an historical outdoor drama, written by American Paul Green and produced since 1937 in Manteo, North Carolina. It is based on accounts of Sir Walter Raleigh's attempts in the 16th century to establish a permanent settlement on Roanoke Island, then part of the Colony of Virginia. The play has been performed in an outdoor amphitheater located on the site of the original Roanoke Colony in the Outer Banks. More than four million people have seen it since 1937. It received a special Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre award in 2013.
context_section_description: The production is often referred to as a training and proving ground for young artists, and many use their summers as a launching pad for their professional careers with success on broadway, in film, television, theme parks, and beyond.
  In addition to Andy Griffith, other notable alumni who got their stage legs at Waterside Theatre include Leon Rippy, Chris Elliott, Eileen Fulton, Terrence Mann, Ira David Wood III and R.G. Armstrong. Ted Tally spent a summer in the production long before winning top Academy Award honors for his screenplay of Silence of the Lambs. His niece appeared in the 2008 production.
  2012 Tony Award winner Steve Kazee (Once - The Musical) played the leading role of John Borden in the 1990s.
  Academy Award and Tony Award-nominee Lynn Redgrave played the supporting role of Queen Elizabeth I for seven performances during the show's 2006 season. 
  There are current artistic team members who started or nurtured their careers with The Lost Colony. This includes Production Designer William Ivey Long, winner of six Tony Awards for Best Costume Design. 
  Lighting Designer Joshua C. Allen began his career at The Lost Colony in 1991, and has since become a lighting industry luminary, designing hundreds of productions, venues, and notable themed environments around the world while receiving numerous awards from the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES).
  The drama is performed nightly May–August at 7:45 pm, Monday-Saturday.
caption: The waterside theatre on Roanoke Island where the play is performed.
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