VILLAGE PLAYERS ANNOUNCES ITS 2023-2024 SEASON
February 2, 2023, Fort Thomas, KY— Village Players of Fort Thomas is excited to announce its 2023-2024 mainstage season. Whether it’s family, friends, young or old, near or far, you can find it here at Village Players.
DOUBLEWIDE, TEXAS by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, and Jamie Wooten
A comedy in September/October 2023
Courtesy of Dramatists Play Service
Directed by Fred Murrell
“In this hilarious, fast-paced comedy, the inhabitants of one of the smallest trailer parks in Texas—four doublewides and a shed—are thrown for a loop when they realize the nearby town of Tugaloo is determined to annex them. The rollicking mayhem of this flat-out funny Jones Hope Wooten comedy escalates as the residents attempt to secede from Texas, discover a traitor in their midst, and turn the tables in a surprising and side-splitting finale. So grab your Stetson and come on over to Doublewide, Texas, where life is double the fun, double the joy, and where audiences double over with laughter!”
THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER by Barbara Robinson
A holiday comedy in December 2023
Courtesy of Concord Theatricals
Directed by Amy Waldfogle
“In this hilarious Christmas classic, a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant is faced with casting the Herdman kids–probably the most inventively awful kids in history. You won’t believe the mayhem – and the fun – when the Herdmans collide with the Christmas story head on!”
ART by Yasmina Reza
A seriocomedy in February/March 2024
Courtesy of Dramatists Play Service
Directed by John Leo Muething
“How much would you pay for a white painting? Would it matter who the painter was? Would it be art? One of Marc’s best friends, Serge, has just bought a very expensive painting. It’s about five feet by four, all white with white diagonal lines. To Marc, the painting is a joke, but Serge insists Marc doesn’t have the proper standard to judge the work. Another friend, Ivan, though burdened by his own problems, allows himself to be pulled into this disagreement. Eager to please, Ivan tells Serge he likes the painting. Lines are drawn and these old friends square off over the canvas, using it as an excuse to relentlessly batter one another over various failures. As their arguments become less theoretical and more personal, they border on destroying their friendships. At the breaking point, Serge hands Marc a felt tip pen and dares him: “Go on.” This is where the friendship is finally tested, and the aftermath of action, and its reaction, affirms the power of those bonds.”
SPREADING IT AROUND by Londos D’Arrigo
A comedy in April/May 2024
Courtesy of Concord Theatricals
Directed by Betsy Bossart
“Angela Drayton, a wealthy widow living in an up-scale retirement community, is tired of handing out money to her unappreciative children. So she starts the ‘S.I.N. (Spending It Now) Foundation,’ to give to those truly in need. This terrifies her greedy son, driving him to devise a plan to have her committed. Featuring delicious roles for adult and mature actors, this poignant family comedy has played numerous theatre in the US and Canada, and continues spreading the laughs around.”
“We’ve chosen a slate of shows that I think features something for everyone.” says play reading committee chair and treasurer C.J. Bossart
Season packages are $60 and individual show tickets are $20 and will be available soon at villageplayers.org.
Village Players of Fort Thomas is a vibrant community theatre, continually producing plays and musicals for almost 60 years. Our productions range across a spectrum of periods and styles, presented in our intimate, three-quarter-thrust performance space in the heart of Fort Thomas, Kentucky. We stage innovative and of-the-moment works alongside beloved classic pieces while serving as an incubator for new talent, ideas, and writing. Each season features four mainstage shows, including a family-friendly winter production, as well as a summer production of original short plays produced by the New Works branch of the group.
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SHE KILLS MONSTERS
Steve Myers, 71, of Fort Thomas, KY, passed away suddenly on Monday, February 27, 2023. Steve owned and operated Honey-Do Home Services, and had a hand in improving properties across the entire Tri-State (except for perhaps his own, which he planned to get to “when he retired”). Active in Greater Cincinnati community theater, Steve won a plethora of awards over the 50+ years he was involved, including “Best Actor” for the 2014 Kentucky Theater Association state conference. Somewhere among his many treasured keepsakes is the plaque to prove it. He was also a Kentucky Colonel, the highest title of honor bestowed by the governor, given in recognition of outstanding service.
From Legacy Remembers
CAST ANNOUNCED FOR SHE KILLS MONSTERS AT VILLAGE PLAYERS
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