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For The Lost Colony Fight Director Robert Midgette, his Outer Banks is inseparably linked with America’s longest running outdoor symphonic drama. A retired physical education teacher and coach by profession, this local resident continues to follow his lifelong passion for the stage on summer nights under the stars at Waterside Theatre on Roanoke Island. Carrying on a family tradition, he has been actively involved with The Lost Colony for 36 years, including 26 years playing the principal role of Chief Manteo, who befriended the first English Colony in the New World.


Fort Raleigh National Historic Site


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From top left clockwise: The Lost Colony Play, Waterside Theatre, Carl V. Curnutte III, Executive Director/ Producer with Robert Midgette, Fight Director of The Lost Colony Outdoor Drama on Roanoke Island.Fort Raleigh National Historic Site

Also operated by the National Park Service, the Fort Raleigh National Historic Site sits on 513 acres on the north end of Roanoke Island just three miles from the historic town of Manteo, N.C. Established in 1941, the park commemorates the first English attempts to colonize the New World from 1585 to 1587. Sponsored by Sir Walter Raleigh, the efforts ultimately ended with the disappearance of 117 men, women and children, a mystery that still remains unsolved. The site is acclaimed as the birthplace of Virginia Dare, the first child born of English parents in America before the colony vanished without a trace.

Today, the park is home to a visitors center, museum, Elizabethan Gardens, "The Lost Colony" outdoor drama, historic tour trail, gift shop and picnic area. Its mission has expanded to encompass the preservation of Native America culture, the American Civil War, the Freedom's Colony and the activities of radio pioneer Reginald Fessenden.

Some of the park's most popular visitor activities are: attending a live performance of "The Lost Colony" outdoor drama in the park's Waterside Theatre; strolling through the Elizabethan Gardens, an accurately reproduced early English garden; and viewing the 17-minute film "Roanoke" at the visitors center to learn the background of the Roanoke voyages and Sir Walter Raleigh's efforts to colonize the area.

The park is open year round, except for Christmas, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. During the summer, when The Lost Colony outdoor drama is presented, the visitor center remains open until 8 p.m. Admission is free. For additional information, call the National Park Service at (252) 473-5772 or visit them on line at www.nps.org/fora

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    For The Lost Colony Fight Director Robert Midgette, his Outer Banks is inseparabley linked with America's longest running outdoor symphonic drama.