DRIVING MISS DAISY
Brookville Community Theatre
Sept. 11-20
[Brookville, Oh.]
Directed by Saul Caplan
Cast: Libby Scancarello as Daisy Wertha, R. DeAndré Smith as Hoke Coleburn & Travis Tyler Shane as Boolie Werthan:
The Deep South, 1948 – just prior to the civil rights movement… Having demolished another car, Daisy Werthan, a rich, sharp-tongued widow of seventy-two, is informed by her son that she must now rely on a chauffeur. The son hires a thoughtful black man, Hoke, whom Miss Daisy immediately regards with disdain. Over the next twenty-five years, the two grow close and more dependent on each other. Steadily the dignified Hoke breaks down the stern defenses of the old lady. She teaches him to read and write, and eventually invites him to join her at a banquet in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. At the end, Hoke has a final visit with Miss Daisy, now in a nursing home, where it is movingly clear that they have both have more in common than they ever believed possible—and that the times would ever allow them to publicly admit. Winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize, this is a great American play with heart, humor and humanity.
- Fri-Sat, Sept. 11-12 at 8pm
- Sun, Sept. 13 at 3pm
- Fri-Sat, Sept 18-19 at 8pm
- Sun, Sept. 20 at 3pm
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