SUMMER SATIRE AT THE PLAYMAKERS
Break out of your walls and spoil yourself with a lot of laughs at The Playmakers in July. “Welfarewell,” an award-winning play by Cat Delany, opens July 8 and runs through July 22. It’s for your own welfare. It will have you laughing at a new set of characters who have never tread the boards at The Playmakers.
“Last summer’s comedy, “Exit Laughing,” created new types of characters we had not risked putting on our stage,” says Suzanne Boles, director. “The risk paid off in terms of new audiences, so this summer we are offering yet more characters from what some might refer to as the vulnerable, illicit underbelly of society.”
The play is a lampooning of those living on not so livable fixed incomes, from out of work actors to hookers. It also includes a shoplifter, and a murderous wife. If that isn’t a new, unusual group of people to hang out with for an evening, well, you need to break out more! These characters have interesting ways to break IN to a place where they don’t have to pay bills, get free food, warmth, a semi-comfortable bed, and sometimes a “get out of jail free card.” They also have an understanding police woman, a naïve social worker, a very frustrated public defender, and a very seasoned, Shakespeare-loving judge. Completing the characters are a not-so-understanding landlady, a former theatre board member, and bank tellers.
The cast includes Karon Wheat as the lead, Esmerelda Quipp, 80 years of age, still of sound mind, but with a body that is beginning to “come unglued”, as she puts it. Having spent her working life as an actress, age pushing her gradually out of the business, she now faces the fact that her meagre government pension is insufficient to support her, even with her minimal needs. But, just because Essie is old doesn’t mean that she can’t fight for what she believes.
Other cast members include Susan Bass, Ashley Davidson, Randall Hendricks, Sara Kaufman, Vicki King, Dodi Manley, Ruby Moon, OvaJean Siemens, Kennedy Tackkett, Sunny Uttley, and Meisha Vigil.
The minimum age guideline for this production is mid-school and above and is based on the appropriateness of the play for that age level and the capability of the student to understand the adult content of this production. Since this is a strong guideline, not a rule, please talk with the box office volunteer when you make reservations about bringing younger students. Children 4 and under are not admitted to Playmaker productions unless the play is specifically intended for that age group.
Visit Grove Playmakers Theatre on Facebook for background, character bios, cast and crew photos, and interesting tidbits about the story and characters.
Break out of your walls and spoil yourself with a lot of laughs at The Playmakers in July. “Welfarewell,” an award-winning play by Cat Delany, opens July 8 and runs through July 22. It’s for your own welfare. It will have you laughing at a new set of characters who have never tread the boards at The Playmakers.
“Last summer’s comedy, “Exit Laughing,” created new types of characters we had not risked putting on our stage,” says Suzanne Boles, director. “The risk paid off in terms of new audiences, so this summer we are offering yet more characters from what some might refer to as the vulnerable, illicit underbelly of society.”
The play is a lampooning of those living on not so livable fixed incomes, from out of work actors to hookers. It also includes a shoplifter, and a murderous wife. If that isn’t a new, unusual group of people to hang out with for an evening, well, you need to break out more! These characters have interesting ways to break IN to a place where they don’t have to pay bills, get free food, warmth, a semi-comfortable bed, and sometimes a “get out of jail free card.” They also have an understanding police woman, a naïve social worker, a very frustrated public defender, and a very seasoned, Shakespeare-loving judge. Completing the characters are a not-so-understanding landlady, a former theatre board member, and bank tellers.
The cast includes Karon Wheat as the lead, Esmerelda Quipp, 80 years of age, still of sound mind, but with a body that is beginning to “come unglued”, as she puts it. Having spent her working life as an actress, age pushing her gradually out of the business, she now faces the fact that her meagre government pension is insufficient to support her, even with her minimal needs. But, just because Essie is old doesn’t mean that she can’t fight for what she believes.
Other cast members include Susan Bass, Ashley Davidson, Randall Hendricks, Sara Kaufman, Vicki King, Dodi Manley, Ruby Moon, OvaJean Siemens, Kennedy Tackkett, Sunny Uttley, and Meisha Vigil.
The minimum age guideline for this production is mid-school and above and is based on the appropriateness of the play for that age level and the capability of the student to understand the adult content of this production. Since this is a strong guideline, not a rule, please talk with the box office volunteer when you make reservations about bringing younger students. Children 4 and under are not admitted to Playmaker productions unless the play is specifically intended for that age group.
Visit Grove Playmakers Theatre on Facebook for background, character bios, cast and crew photos, and interesting tidbits about the story and characters.
Wartime Letters Brought to Life at Playmakers
This production is still being cast. We need 7-10 young adults, male and female. Please call
the director at (918) 786 5871 soon.
“If All the Sky Were Paper” by Andrew Carroll opens September 15 and runs for 10 performances through September 30, 2017. This compelling drama was created from Carroll’s New York Times bestselling books, "War Letters" and "Behind the Lines," and features the best of his Legacy Project’s never-before-seen letters. It was taken from actual letters penned by troops and their loved ones. From the incredible drama of the human experience in battle to the pathos and humor of everyday life on the war front and the home front, audiences have been moved and inspired by the correspondence of those caught up in the war experience. It is a moving evening of memories from American soldiers and their loved ones at home, from the American Revolution and Civil Wars to the two World Wars, Korea, Viet Nam, Iraq and Afghanistan. It also includes letters from people from other countries caught up in wars.
“These letters are intimate, deeply personal portraits of the courage, sacrifice, and sense of duty that made this country.” Tom Brokaw
“These war letters are more deeply moving, more revelatory, and more powerful that any dispatch from the front. It’s the truly felt history of what war is all about.” Studs Terkel
In 1998, Carroll launched a national, all-volunteer initiative, the Legacy Project, which worked to find and preserve wartime correspondence. Carroll traveled to all 50 states and 40 countries, including Iraq and Afghanistan, to seek out what he calls "the world's great, undiscovered literature." He has collected more than 100,000 previously unpublished letters and emails from every conflict in U.S. history. He has edited a book of writings of the troops for the National Endowment for the Arts, "Operation Homecoming."
The minimum age guideline for this production is Upper-Elementary School and above and is based on the appropriateness of the play for that age level and the capability of the student to understand the adult content of this production. Since this is a strong guideline, not a rule, please talk with the box office volunteer when you make reservations about bringing younger students. Children 4 and under are not admitted to Playmaker productions unless the play is specifically intended for that age group.
Several Special Events Are Tied To The Production
In April, 2017, Mr. Carroll began another tour, “The Million Letters Campaign.” Grove and the production of his play will be the only Oklahoma stop on this tour. Mr. Carroll plans to attend the opening night performance on Sept 15. He will speak to the Grove Rotary Club at noon on Wednesday, September 13 and to the Grove Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon on September 14. Other appearances are being planned for Veterans, families of Veterans and students at Grove High School.
An arts festival on September 16, “Paper the Town with Art,” planned by the newly formed “Grove Springs Cultural District” will be held in conjunction with Mr. Carroll’s visit. Participants will be downtown businesses and arts and humanities organizations throughout Grove.
Several Special Events Are Tied To The Production
In April, 2017, Mr. Carroll began another tour, “The Million Letters Campaign.” Grove and the production of his play will be the only Oklahoma stop on this tour. Mr. Carroll plans to attend the opening night performance on Sept 15. He will speak to the Grove Rotary Club at noon on Wednesday, September 13 and to the Grove Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon on September 14. Other appearances are being planned for Veterans, families of Veterans and students at Grove High School.
An arts festival on September 16, “Paper the Town with Art,” planned by the newly formed “Grove Springs Cultural District” will be held in conjunction with Mr. Carroll’s visit. Participants will be downtown businesses and arts and humanities organizations throughout Grove.
This production is still being cast. We need 7-10 young adults, male and female. Please call
the director at (918) 786 5871 soon.
“If All the Sky Were Paper” by Andrew Carroll opens September 15 and runs for 10 performances through September 30, 2017. This compelling drama was created from Carroll’s New York Times bestselling books, "War Letters" and "Behind the Lines," and features the best of his Legacy Project’s never-before-seen letters. It was taken from actual letters penned by troops and their loved ones. From the incredible drama of the human experience in battle to the pathos and humor of everyday life on the war front and the home front, audiences have been moved and inspired by the correspondence of those caught up in the war experience. It is a moving evening of memories from American soldiers and their loved ones at home, from the American Revolution and Civil Wars to the two World Wars, Korea, Viet Nam, Iraq and Afghanistan. It also includes letters from people from other countries caught up in wars.
“These letters are intimate, deeply personal portraits of the courage, sacrifice, and sense of duty that made this country.” Tom Brokaw
“These war letters are more deeply moving, more revelatory, and more powerful that any dispatch from the front. It’s the truly felt history of what war is all about.” Studs Terkel
In 1998, Carroll launched a national, all-volunteer initiative, the Legacy Project, which worked to find and preserve wartime correspondence. Carroll traveled to all 50 states and 40 countries, including Iraq and Afghanistan, to seek out what he calls "the world's great, undiscovered literature." He has collected more than 100,000 previously unpublished letters and emails from every conflict in U.S. history. He has edited a book of writings of the troops for the National Endowment for the Arts, "Operation Homecoming."
The minimum age guideline for this production is Upper-Elementary School and above and is based on the appropriateness of the play for that age level and the capability of the student to understand the adult content of this production. Since this is a strong guideline, not a rule, please talk with the box office volunteer when you make reservations about bringing younger students. Children 4 and under are not admitted to Playmaker productions unless the play is specifically intended for that age group.
Several Special Events Are Tied To The Production
In April, 2017, Mr. Carroll began another tour, “The Million Letters Campaign.” Grove and the production of his play will be the only Oklahoma stop on this tour. Mr. Carroll plans to attend the opening night performance on Sept 15. He will speak to the Grove Rotary Club at noon on Wednesday, September 13 and to the Grove Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon on September 14. Other appearances are being planned for Veterans, families of Veterans and students at Grove High School.
An arts festival on September 16, “Paper the Town with Art,” planned by the newly formed “Grove Springs Cultural District” will be held in conjunction with Mr. Carroll’s visit. Participants will be downtown businesses and arts and humanities organizations throughout Grove.
Several Special Events Are Tied To The Production
In April, 2017, Mr. Carroll began another tour, “The Million Letters Campaign.” Grove and the production of his play will be the only Oklahoma stop on this tour. Mr. Carroll plans to attend the opening night performance on Sept 15. He will speak to the Grove Rotary Club at noon on Wednesday, September 13 and to the Grove Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon on September 14. Other appearances are being planned for Veterans, families of Veterans and students at Grove High School.
An arts festival on September 16, “Paper the Town with Art,” planned by the newly formed “Grove Springs Cultural District” will be held in conjunction with Mr. Carroll’s visit. Participants will be downtown businesses and arts and humanities organizations throughout Grove.
A Hilarious Whirlwind of a Christmas Show at The Playmakers
Are you tired of the same Christmas stories in theatres and on TV year after year? Would you be glad if Tiny Tim would just get on with stuffing the turkey, or Bedford Falls became an island paradise where is was warm?
If you don’t want to admit such thoughts, or even if you can still get teary-eyed at all the myriad secular seasonal stories, you can laugh yourself silly by watching them put through a blender and mashed up in “Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!),” by Michael Carleton, James Fitzgerald, and John K. Alvarez.
Opening on the weekend following that holiday that tends to get pushed aside, November 24, 25, 26 The Playmakers will take on all those commercial shopping days-- Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday, and all those others that start and end even before these. You can escape at least one of them to relax and enjoy this madcap romp through holiday stories, Christmas traditions from around the world, seasonal icons from ancient times to topical pop-culture and every carol every sung.
This huge amount of zany material is spoofed with wild intensity in a short period of time by only three actors.
The minimum age guideline for this production is Elementary school and above and is based on the appropriateness of the play for that age level and the capability of the student to understand the content of the production. Since this is a strong guideline, not a rule, please talk with the box office volunteer when you make reservations about bringing younger students. Children 4 and under are not admitted to Playmaker productions unless the play is specifically intended for that age group.
Visit Grove Playmakers Theatre on Facebook for background, character bios, cast and crew photos, and interesting tidbits about the story and characters.
Are you tired of the same Christmas stories in theatres and on TV year after year? Would you be glad if Tiny Tim would just get on with stuffing the turkey, or Bedford Falls became an island paradise where is was warm?
If you don’t want to admit such thoughts, or even if you can still get teary-eyed at all the myriad secular seasonal stories, you can laugh yourself silly by watching them put through a blender and mashed up in “Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!),” by Michael Carleton, James Fitzgerald, and John K. Alvarez.
Opening on the weekend following that holiday that tends to get pushed aside, November 24, 25, 26 The Playmakers will take on all those commercial shopping days-- Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday, and all those others that start and end even before these. You can escape at least one of them to relax and enjoy this madcap romp through holiday stories, Christmas traditions from around the world, seasonal icons from ancient times to topical pop-culture and every carol every sung.
This huge amount of zany material is spoofed with wild intensity in a short period of time by only three actors.
The minimum age guideline for this production is Elementary school and above and is based on the appropriateness of the play for that age level and the capability of the student to understand the content of the production. Since this is a strong guideline, not a rule, please talk with the box office volunteer when you make reservations about bringing younger students. Children 4 and under are not admitted to Playmaker productions unless the play is specifically intended for that age group.
Visit Grove Playmakers Theatre on Facebook for background, character bios, cast and crew photos, and interesting tidbits about the story and characters.
