September 15, 2022

COWBOY POETRY

Directed by Doug and Wes Brewer

     Join us for fun, hoot-hollerin’ laughs, poems and cowboy stories with some mountain mama musical tunes.  We’ll have guitar and sing-along, toe-tappin’beats and jingles.  Special guest opening act of youth readers directed by Joyce Skidmore Wilson.

 

October 20, 2022

SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK

Directed by Warren Tharp

     In the style of a radio program, our host will introduce and guide the audience through scary stories, featuring excerpts and scenes from the writing of Edgar Allen Poe, Mary Shelly, Bram Stoker, William Shakespeare and Robert Louis Stevenson.

 

November 17, 2022

WORLD’S MOST INSPIRATIONAL SPEECHES

Directed by Brad Nygren

     Come hear some of the finest speeches ever given by actors who can bring these speeches to life.  You will truly miss out if you fail to attend.  You will hear Patrick Henry, Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln, Mother Teresa and many more.

 

December 15, 2022

SHORT CHRISTMAS STORIES

Directed by Ron Frederickson

     Two Christmas pieces: “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” by Dylan Thomas, and passages from Truman Capote’s “A Christmas Memory.”  Predictably, the Dylan Thomas piece is as much hilariously surprising poetry as it is a story.  The other seems autobiographical – a young Capote telling a wintry day’s melancholy story about himself and his elderly companion, a grandmother in all but name.  The narrator says: “I am seven.  She is sixty-something.  We are each other’s best friend.  She calls me Buddy, in memory of a boy who was formerly her best friend.  The other Buddy dies in the 1800’s when she was still a child.  She is still a child.”

 

January 19, 2023

SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY

By Edgar Lee Masters, Hosted by Tobin Atkinson

     The characters in Edgar Lee Masters’ Spoon River Anthology have been charming audiences for over a hundred years.  The ghostly denizens of the Spoon River cemetery share their triumphs, disappointments, deepest loves, broken hearts, humble wisdom, and cynical philosophies in over 200 poetic epigrams.  We’ve selected some of the more powerful poems for our audience participation night and invite you join us on stage to bring Spoon River to life for one magical evening.

 

February 16, 2023

VARIANCES OF LOVE

Directed by Enid Atkinson

     What is your definition of love?  Does love feel the same for everyone?  In celebration of Valentine’s Day, our February show will feature several one-act plays that revolve around the subject of love.  We will see love in varying degrees, stages, intensities, appearances and situations.  Your perception may change…

 

March 16, 2023

HERE BE DRAGONS

Directed by Kathleen Atkinson and Gordon Jones

     Our directors will curate and present an exciting selection of poems and stories about one of the most omnipresent figures from virtually every culture: the dragon.  These literary materials will be drawn from a wide range of cultures, presented as recitations and dialogues, as appropriate.  Some will be new; some familiar.  Join us to catch up on old friends and make new acquaintances among the flying, fire-breathing species of Wyrms.

 

April 20, 2023

LYRICS AS MONOLOGUES

Directed by Tobin Atkinson

     What if the lyrics of Frosty the Snowman had first appeared as a soliloquy in one of Shakespeare’s plays?  Or those famous lines from Hey Jude had originally been a speech in a Quentin Tarantino movie?  In April, we’ll find out as we repackage the lyrics of popular tunes as dramatic, humorous, and always surprising theatrical monologues.

 

May 18, 2023

POETRY & PROSE POTLUCK

Directed by David F. Pack

     Rather than food, members bring a short poem or prose piece, original or by a favored author to read before an appreciative audience.  This evening is a perennial favorite.  At this event, talent is discovered and shared, so leave shyness at home and become a star.  Every member is eligible, but time is limited.  Please, keep your piece to four minutes or less.