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The Azle Arts Association's Popcorn Players perform a variety of productions like melo-dramas, comedies,
musicals and dramas. Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring directed
by Monica Goth
January 30, 31, February 1, 6, 7, 8, 2009
The play, a clever combination
of the farcical and the macabre, centers on two elderly sisters who are famous in their Brooklyn neighborhood for their numerous
acts of charity. Unfortunately, however, their charity includes poisoning lonely old men who come to their home looking for
lodging. The two women are assisted in their crimes by their mentally challenged nephew who believes he is Teddy Roosevelt
and who frequently blasts a bugle and yells ‘‘charge’’ as he bounds up the stairs. Matters get complicated
when a second nephew, a theater critic, discovers the murders and a third nephew appears after having just escaped from a
mental institution. In his adroit mixture of comedy and mayhem, Kesselring satirizes the charitable impulse as he pokes fun
at the conventions of the theater.
Cheating Cheaters by John Patrick directed by Rita Davis
March 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 2009
What do you get when you cross two middle-aged sisters
that scam for a living, a cat burglar who is not all that he appears to be and a lowly policeman with suspicious intentions?
Funny Girl by Isobel Lennart, Julie Styne and Bob Merrill directed
by Lisha Goth
May 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 2009
A semi-biographical story
based on the life and career of Broadway and film star and comedienne Fanny Brice and her stormy relationship with entrepreneur
and gambler Nicky Arnstein. Fanny is shown as a stage-struck teen who gets her first job in vaudeville. Her success as both a comedienne and a singer leads her to meeting the sophisticated Nick Arnstein. They soon become romantically involved and marry. As Fanny becomes a major star with Ziegfield, Nick's business ventures fail and he is arrested for embezzelment.
Curse You Otis Crummy or...
A Rip In Old Calico by Tim Kelly and...
Alias Smedley Pewtree or... the Villain of Glitter Gulch by Tim Kelly both shows directed by Larry Thompson August 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 2009
The Azle Arts returns to its
roots with the presentation of two one-act shows all in one night.Sit back and enjoy a quick-witted, humoruos show for one
act. Then, after a quick intermission the same actors return for an entirely different show.
Southern Hospitality by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, Jamie Wooten directed by Lisha Goth
September 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, 2009
If you were present for the
hilarious comedy Dearly Departed, then all you need to do is travel a short way down the road to
the tiny town of Fayro, TX. It is here that their neighbors are up to the same uproaringly fun mischief.
Rain Maker by N. Richard Nash directed by BD Smith
November 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 2009
Set in a drought-ridden rural
town in the West in Depression era America, this dramatic play tells the story of a pivotal hot summer day in the life
of spinsterish Lizzie Curry. Lizzie keeps house for her father and two brothers on the family cattle ranch. She has just returned
from a trip to visit cousins, which was undertaken with the failed expectation that she would find a husband. As their farm
languishes under the devastating drought, Lizzie's family worries about her marriage prospects more than about their dying
cattle. The arrival of a charming confidence trickster named Starbuck promising to bring rain in exchange for $100 sets off
a series of events which enable Lizzie to see herself in a new light.
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