Plays that are all about love offer a different way to celebrate with your Valentine, or just with a friend. Three romantic plays are offered in this Readers’ Theatre, which runs on February 14 & 15 @ 7:30; and February 16 at 2:00. Tickets, which include some great chocolate goodies from The Playmakers’ Chocolate Cookbook, are $15 for adults and $8 for students. Elementary school students (2nd & 3rd) may attend, but may find the plays difficult to understand. Young people, upper elementary and above may enjoy this production and they may want to bring a special relative or friend to the show as a Valentine gift. All plays are directed by Suzanne Boles, Artistic Director for The Playmakers. For reservations, call 918-786-8950 or email groveplaymakers@yahoo.com. There are no online reservations for the Readers’ Series.
Leonard Noel & Joyce Burns
The center piece is a tender, romantic comedy that adroitly explores relationships between men and women in their golden years. “The Last Romance” by Joe DiPietro, a one act play, mixes humor with heartbreak and laughter with opera. Its premise is that a crush can make anyone feel young again—even a widower named Ralph, played by veteran Playmaker, Leonard Noel. On an ordinary day in a routine life, Ralph decides to take a different path on his daily walk—one that leads him to an unexpected second chance at love. Relying on a renewed boyish charm, Ralph attempts to woo the cordial but distant, Carol, played by Joyce Burns (whom The Playmakers welcome back after 8 years). Defying Carol’s reticence—and the jealousy of his lonely sister (Sunny Uttley) —Ralph embarks on the trip of a lifetime, and regains a happiness that seemed all but lost. “The Last Romance” is a heart-warming comedy about the transformative power of love.
Donna & Phil Lawrence
Two short comedy sketches are also included in the program, performed by real-life married couples. The Rev. Philip Lawrence and his wife Donna will present the first short play, “Post-Its (Notes on a marriage)” by Paul Dooley & Winnie Holzman. It views a marriage through a brilliantly clever theatrical device– the messages that the couple hastily scrawl for one another on Post-It Notes throughout their time together. As the process develops, their relationship grows from their first night together all throughout their married life. The play stresses the importance of marriage partners taking the time to be with each
Tom and Nancy Sanders
other.
County Commissioner Tom Sanders and his wife Nancy, a former Grove High School teacher, tell us the quirky short story of a missing husband, a detective, and a somewhat batty wife who makes cement birdbaths for a hobby in “Chocolate,” by Frederick Stroppel. Was there a murder? Is the spot on the floor blood…or something else? Can you trust anything they say?
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