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THE RED VELVET CAKE WAR
Presented by Brookville Community Theatre
Feb. 26-March 8
Brookville

Directed by Debbi Robbins

Cast: Tanya Bundenthal, Pam Haislip, Tom Caldwell, Kathy DeVorak, Don Cordes, Mike Robinson, Teri Davis, Cathy Marquis, Lori Alejandro, Andrew Shamblin, Jodi Decker & Sharon Beck

In this riotously funny Southern-fried comedy, the three Verdeen cousins—Gaynelle, Peaches and Jimmie Wyvette—could not have picked a worse time to throw their family reunion. Their outrageous antics have delighted local gossips in the small town of Sweetgum (just down the road from Fayro) and the eyes of Texas are upon them, as their self-righteous Aunt LaMerle is quick to point out. Having “accidentally” crashed her minivan through the bedroom wall of her husband’s girlfriend’s doublewide, Gaynelle is one frazzled nerve away from a spectacular meltdown. Peaches, a saucy firebrand and the number one mortuarial cosmetologist in the tri-county area, is struggling to decide if it’s time to have her long-absent trucker husband declared dead. And Jimmie Wyvette, the rough-around-the-edges store manager of Whatley’s Western Wear, is resorting to extreme measures to outmaneuver a priss-pot neighbor for the affections of Sweetgum’s newest widower. But the cousins can’t back out of the reunion now. It’s on and Gaynelle’s hosting it; Peaches and Jimmie Wyvette have decided its success is the perfect way to prove Gaynelle’s sanity to a skeptical court-appointed psychologist. Unfortunately, they face an uphill battle as a parade of wildly eccentric Verdeens gathers on the hottest day of July, smack-dab in the middle of Texas tornado season. Things spin hilariously out of control when a neighbor’s pet devours everything edible, a one-eyed suitor shows up to declare his love and a jaw-dropping high-stakes wager is made on who bakes the best red velvet cake. As this fast-paced romp barrels toward its uproarious climax, you’ll wish your own family reunions were this much fun!

• Thu-Sat, Feb. 26-28 at 8pm
• Sun, March 1 at 3pm
• Thu-Sat, March 5-7 at 8pm
• Sun, March 8 at 3pm

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AN O HENRY HOLIDAY – GIFTS OF THE SEASON
Presented by Brookville Community Theatre
Nov. 13-23
Brookville

Directed by Sharon Henry

Cast: G. Michael Robinson, Alain Alejandro, Harry Shepard, Joyce Luther, Dimitri Markov, Don Cordes, Kathy DeVorak, Alisea Brown, Stephanie Long, Debbi Robbins, Christie Lamb, Jen Bell, Laura Robbins, Larry Henry, Jim Hocker & Addison Hern

THE GIFT OF THE MAGI is probably one of the most beloved stories for Christmas. It, along with two other tender stories by O. Henry, THE LAST LEAF and the lesser known CHRISTMAS BY INJUNCTION are dramatized here, set in the framework of O. Henry’s life which in itself is a story.

In the early 1900s he was one of the most widely read authors in America. O. Henry, whose real name was William Sydney Porter, was known, however, to have spent some time in jail for allegedly embezzling from an employer, and it is believed that he started writing there in order to support his daughter. Based on these events, the play opens with him jailed on Christmas Eve. Each story he tells — the first to his jailer, the second to his daughter, and the third as he is writing it — comes alive with the actors taking over their character’s lines. As he literally breathes life into them, they maintain the wit, charm and sweetness with which they were written.

• Thu-Sat, Nov. 13-15 at 8pm
• Sun, Nov. 16 at 3pm
• Thu-Sat, Nov. 20-22 at 8pm
• Sun, Nov. 23 at 3pm

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CHRISTMAS BELLES
Presented by Brookville Community Theatre
Sept. 11-21
Brookville

Directed by James Nelson

Cast: Debbi Robbins as Frankie, Anne Kirklin as Twink, Laina Abner as Honey Raye, Junior Cruea as Geneva Musgrave, Adonis Lemke as Dub, Grant Phillips as Raynerd Chisum, Kathy DeVorak as Patsy Price, Cory Limbert, Amy Caylor, Cindy Cuny &  John Kincaid

It’s Christmas time in the small town of Fayro, Texas, and the Futrelle Sisters—Frankie, Twink and Honey Raye—are not exactly in a festive mood. A cranky Frankie is weeks overdue with her second set of twins. Twink, recently jilted and bitter about it, is in jail for inadvertently burning down half the town. And hot-flash-suffering Honey Raye is desperately trying to keep the Tabernacle of the Lamb’s Christmas Program from spiraling into chaos. But things are not looking too promising: Geneva Musgrave, the ousted director of the previous twenty-seven productions, is ruthless in her attempts to take over the show; the celebrity guest Santa Claus—played by Frankie’s long-suffering husband, Dub—is passing a kidney stone; Raynerd Chisum, one of the shepherds, refuses to watch over his flock by night without pulling his little red wagon behind him and the entire cast is dropping like flies due to food poisoning from the Band Boosters’ Pancake Supper. But when the family arch nemesis Patsy Price shows up and when Frankie lets slip a family secret that has been carefully guarded for decades, all hope for a successful Christmas program seems lost, even with an Elvis impersonator at the manger. But in true Futrelle fashion, the feuding sisters find a way to pull together in order to present a Christmas program the citizens of Fayro will never forget. Their hilarious journey through a misadventure-filled Christmas Eve is guaranteed to bring joy to your world!

• Thu-Sat, Sept. 11-13 at 8pm
• Sun, Sept. 14 at 3pm
• Thu-Sat, Sept. 18-20 at 8pm
• Sun, Sept. 21 at 3pm

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