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The Hermit of Fort Fisher

The Red Box at Thalian Hall

April 2-12 · 2026

THU-SAT 7:30 PM · SUN 3:00 PM

The Hermit of Fort Fisher by David Wright

Based on the true story of Robert Harrell. At the age of sixty-two, finding himself a failure in every aspect of his life, he disappeared from his home in the North Carolina foothills, turning up three months later in the marshland around Ft. Fisher, just below Wilmington. Taking up residence in an abandoned WWII bunker, without benefit of electricity, water, or plumbing, he spent the next seventeen years, living off the bounty of the ocean and the kindness of strangers. Curiosity about this “hermit” eventually brought thousands of people to see him, to have their picture taken with him, and to listen to his “common sense” philosophy. It made him the second biggest tourist attraction on the Carolina coast, after the USS North Carolina Battleship Memorial. It made him a success. His mysterious death is still mourned by people who tear-up at his memory.

Previous productions of this show have sold out multiple runs, so get your tickets NOW!

“‘Hermit’ gives life to a local legend.”

- Wilmington Star-News

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The box office is open Monday through Friday, 12:00 PM until 5:00 PM.

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Located in Historic Downtown Wilmington, between Princess and Chestnut Streets on 3rd Street since 1858.

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Wilmington NC 28401

"I think there are three great theatres in the world, the Drottningholm Theatre in Stockholm, the Theatre Royal in Bristol England, and Thalian Hall in Wilmington, North Carolina."

TYRONE POWER

while performing in Wilmington in 1958

during Thalian Hall's Centennial Year

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