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EVERY BRILLIANT THING
Oxford Area Community Theatre
April 25-May 4
Oxford Community Arts Center

Staged by R. Scott Shriver

Cast: Clare Squance & Vincent Hobart Smith alternating performances

When Mum’s in the hospital and Dad says she’s ‘done something stupid’, there’s not much a seven year old can do.

1. Ice cream
2. Water fights
3. Staying up past your bedtime and being allowed to watch TV

These are the first three items on a list of every brilliant thing in the world worth living for. Duncan MacMillan’s play Every Brilliant Thing pulls back the curtain on what it’s like to be a child of a suicidal mother and the lengths we go for those we love. Based on true (and untrue) stories, Every Brilliant Thing is a life-affirming story of how to achieve hope through focusing on the smallest miracles of life.

• Fri, April 25 at 7:30pm (performed by Clare Squance)
• Sat, April 27 at 7:30pm (performed by Vincent Hobart Smith)
• Sun, April 27 at 2pm (performed by Clare Squance)
• Fri, May 2 at 7:30pm (performed by Vincent Hobart Smith)
• Sat, May 3 at 7:30pm (performed by Clare Squance)
• Sun, May 4 at 2pm (performed by Vincent Hobart Smith)

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MISERY
Oxford Area Community Theatre
Feb. 21-March 2
Oxford Community Arts Center

Directed by Kayleigh Swatzell

Cast: Ben Mattox as Paul Sheldon, Rebecca Howard as Annie Wilkes & LaTricia Hillman as the Sheriff

Successful romance novelist Paul Sheldon is rescued from a car crash by his ‘Number One Fan,’ Annie Wilkes, and wakes up captive in her secluded home. While Paul is convalescing, Annie reads the manuscript to his newest novel and becomes enraged when she discovers the author has killed off her favorite character, Misery Chastain. Annie forces Paul to write a new “Misery” novel, and he quickly realizes Annie has no intention of letting him go anywhere. This nail-biting cat-and-mouse-game will have you on the edge of your seat. Recommended for ages 14 and up.

• Fri-Sat, Feb. 21-22 at 7:30pm
• Sun, Feb. 23 at 2pm
• Fri-Sat, Feb. 28-March 1 at 7:30pm
• Sun, March 2 at 2pm

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OUT CRY
Oxford Area Community Theatre
Oct. 12-20
Oxford Community Arts Center

Directed by Mike McVey

OUT CRY is set in an empty, run down theatre in an unspecified location.  Siblings Felice and Clare discover that the acting company that they have been directing and touring with has abandoned them for nonpayment of salaries. Deserted and penniless, the two are left to perform a play by themselves without complete set, costume, and props. They must deliver a spectacular performance despite their own insecurities. They are literally playing for their lives. This play is achingly plaintive, amusingly combative, and wildly humorous. Williams believed that this was, “My most beautiful play since Streetcar the very heart of my life.” As with all of Tennessee Williams’ plays, his characters are isolated, flawed, and always fragilely human.

• Sat, Oct. 12 at 7:30pm
• Sun, Oct. 13 at 2pm
• Fri-Sat, Oct. 18-19 at 7:30pm
• Sun, Oct. 20 at 2pm

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MURDER AT THE HOWARD JOHNSON’S
Oxford Area Community Theatre
April 19-28
Oxford Community Arts Center

Directed by Kayleigh Swatzell

Is all fair in love? Even murder? That’s the question posed by this light and funny suspense comedy about a love triangle set in a Howard Johnson’s Motor Inn. Self-absorbed Arlene is married to blundering car salesman Paul, who adores her. Arlene’s lover Mitchell, a dentist who fancies himself an irresistible ladies’ man, joins her to plot the murder of her husband. But wait—a betrayal shifts the alliances and the intended victim. A rambunctious suspense comedy where the target keeps changing and the laughs keep coming!

• Fri-Sat, April 20-21 at 7:30pm
• Sun, April 22 at 2pm
• Thu-Sat, April 28-28 at 7:30pm

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