Upcoming: The Blanco Was Blameless, The Rep at Katherine Ann Porter School, April 8 - May 1

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The Blanco was Blameless

directed by Shirley Marlett

opening and performances delayed to

April 8 through April 29
Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 p.m.
Sunday matinees at 5 p.m. on April 10. 17 and May 1

The Katherine Ann Porter School
515 FM 2325, Wimberley (click for map)

Tickets $12.50
Buy Tickets online or call (512) 395-7043

The Blanco was Blameless (or It was Balcones’ Fault) is an original script written by local playwright Russ Marlett with music by Jules Alexander of “The Association” band fame. This well written and well-received musical was featured in the Greenhouse Theatre fourteen years ago and was one of the first productions there ever to be held over by public demand. The backdrop for this production is Wimberley, the Star of Texas.

The Blanco was Blameless features Amanda Forsyth and Michelle Piersol, co-starring in the role of Sugar, the feisty orphaned goat farmer. Kitty Nichols plays Sugar’s patient Aunt Prudence who tries her darndest to make Sugar, the tomboy, into a fine lady. Lee Stubbs performs the role of Beau Beau, the well meaning but addled uncle; Travis, the high spirited ranch hand and suitor of Sugar, is played by Perry Redden; and Rick Nation and Whitney Marlett appear as the evil villains, Foscue and Lolita.

Written as a melodrama, the production offers rapid fire dialogue and catchy tunes that will have you booing the bad guys and cheering Sugar on as she fights to keep her goat ranch from two of the most dishonest and despicable characters ever to visit the Hill Country. It is a must see both from the standpoint of the entertainment value of The Blanco was Blameless and the debut of the newest and most distinctive theatre in the community. You are invited to come and share an evening with us at The Rep at Katherine Ann Porter School in Wimberley, Texas.

Images by Tom Brown: Virtual Devotion, Wimberly Players, 4/16 - 5/09

Received directly from the Wimberley Players, press photos by Tom Brown:

The Wimberley Players present

Virtual Devotion

a satiric comedy by Eric Coble

April 16 – May 9, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2:30

Tickets are $18, available online at www.wimberleyplayers.org or by calling (512) 847-0575.

Armegeddon is coming to the Hill Country, in the shape of a satirical comedy Virtual Devotion, opening at the Wimberley Playhouse on April 16. Written by Eric Coble, it depicts a day in the life of three members of a shattered family trying to navigate a world of pollution, terrorism and disease to make some connection through – and in spite of – their faith.

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Upcoming: Virtual Devotion, Wimberley Players, April 16 - May 9

UPDATE: Talk-back with the cast following the show on Friday, May 30

Received directly:

The Wimberley Players present

Virtual Devotion

a satiric comedy by Eric Coble

April 16 – May 9, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2:30

Tickets are $18 except opening night ($25, with a reception at 7 p.m.)available online at www.wimberleyplayers.org or by calling (512) 847-0575.

Armegeddon is coming to the Hill Country, in the shape of a satirical comedy Virtual Devotion, opening at the Wimberley Playhouse on April 16. Written by Eric Coble, it depicts a day in the life of three members of a shattered family trying to navigate a world of pollution, terrorism and disease to make some connection through – and in spite of – their faith.

Pete is a televangelist for “The Mature Warriors of Christ,” a pulpit from which he preaches violent hate against sinners, especially youth, to his 35 million viewers. He is on top of the world until he discovers he has the Mystery Plague, a fatal illness he has heralded as God’s vengeance. Anne, a sweet young telemarketer for the Happy Halo Ministry for Children, is up against a deadline to raise funds to send CD-ROMs on the Book of Job to the children in Sudan, when her business line is mistakenly advertised as a National Confession line.

Ruth, a sardonic, isolated woman, views the world from her armchair until she sees the face of the prophet Ezekiel in her tapioca pudding; now the world is clamoring at her door as everyone from CNN to Disney scrambles to cash in on her miracle. Jesus comes back and answers the age-old question, “What Would Jesus Do?” In this day and age, he would begin his day in a temp agency and find himself in a string of service economy jobs. These four characters become deeply entwined in one another’s lives, eventually meeting up on the “Home Shopping Network” selling religious artifacts.

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Upcoming: Rumors by Neil Simon, Wimberley Players, September 25 - October 18

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The Wimberley Players
opens the 2009-2010 season with

Rumors
by Neil Simon

September 25 - October 18, weekends

Rumors begins when an evening gala is planned to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Myra and Charley Brock. Guests are arriving two by two, but the host and hostess are nowhere to be found and, although the food is laid out in the kitchen, the cook is missing. Charley Brock, the deputy mayor of New York City, has shot himself through the earlobe. Is it an attempted suicide?

Comic complications arise when the upper-crust guests do everything in their power to keep the evening’s events from the police and the press.

This production is recommended for adults only and contains strong language. It is inappropriate for young children.

Rumors is directed by Lee Stubbs, who most recently directed Mousetrap at the Wimberley Playhouse and performed in Rose’s Dilemma and Man of La Mancha. Linda Addeo is producer and her most recent credit was producer of last season’s Christmas Belles.

The cast of Rumors includes a number of familiar faces and several new ones. Whitney Marlett Mollahan last appeared on the Playhouse stage in Christmas Belles. Perry Redden also appeared in Christmas Belles and wowed the audience as Elvis. Deanna Lalich most recently performed in the chorus of Stop the World, I Want To Get Off. Ted Kozlowski last appeared several seasons ago in Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks.

Although newcomers to the Wimberley Playhouse, Carol and David Cain both have extensive backgrounds in all phases of live and recorded performances. Other newcomers to the Playhouse are David Schneider (president of the Gaslight Baker Theatre in Lockhart), Cindy Forsyth and Rick Fitzgerald.

Rumors runs Friday, September 25 to Sunday, October 18. Friday and Saturday performances begin at 8:00 p.m. Sunday matinees begin at 2:30pm. Tickets ($18, opening night champagne reception $25) can be purchased online at www.wimberleyplayers.org or through the box office at 512-847-0575.

The Wimberley Playhouse is located at 450 Old Kyle Road, Wimberley, Texas 78676.