Zip-A-Dee-Day,
My, oh, My What a Wonderful Play!
The Slightly-Askew Players
Return
by Julia C Weston
The 15th of July
the 'Players' made their grand debut in Ashland, OR. From start to
finish, the show, 4 plays based on the works of Ring Lardner, was a
highly enjoyable experience; the audience was doubled over in raucous
laughter.
Buzz London, stage manager,
led the show off with the do's and don'ts list for the performance.
The audience was asked to refrain from such behaviors as 'catcalling,
exhibitionism', and “illegal encroachment' and so many more--(to
find out more, you'll have to see the next performance!) The four
plays, Thompson's Vacation,
Haircut, On
Conversation, and The
Tridget of Greva were
performed mainly by Russ Mitchell, Michael Holstein, and Rick Hazen,
with humorous asides and anecdotes by Buzz London, who helped
introduce and close pieces. In between shows, the barbershop
quartet, “The Gentlemen Songsters” performed, 'giving the actors
time to check their vital signs and reorganize!'
These
four 'askewed' actors can next be seen performing a benefit
performance for Jacksonville Friends of the Library at the
Jacksonville Library on August 26th at 3 pm. Rick Hazen
will be performing in the upcoming production of Randall Theatre, “Of
Mice and Men” opening this Friday, August 25th.
“It's the truth, it's
act'ch'll! Everything is sa-tis-fact-ch'll!”
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