MT Pockets Theater – Morgantown, WV
Infidel
Written by ROBERT LEONHARD | Directed by SHEA THOMPSON
August 26, 27, 28 @ 8 p.m.
An interactive, multi-media, theatre piece integrating film, international television, sound collage, and stage performance.
Set in Iraq during the war, the play explores the relationships of the protagonist, Baker, with his men, his nation, his enemies and ultimately, himself.
The Sugar Bean Sisters
Written by NATHAN SANDERS| Directed by LEE BLAIR
September 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25 @ 8 p.m.
Stuck in a Florida swamp near Disney World, the Nettles sisters are determined to escape spinsterhood by hopping the next spaceship out of town, and they’re not going to let the arrival of a snake charmer, a handsome Mormon Bishop and a mysterious bird woman stand in their way. This is the night they will make contact!
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Written by ED GRACZYK | Directed by CHRISTIAN COX
October 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23 @ 8 p.m.
In a small town dime store in West Texas, the “Disciples of James Dean” gather for their twentieth reunion. Now middle-aged women, they were teenagers when Dean filmed Giant two decades ago in nearby Marfa. One of them, an extra in the film, has a child whom she says was conceived with Dean during the shoot. The ladies’ congenial reminiscences mingle with flash backs to their youth; then the arrival of a stunning but familiar stranger sets off a series of confrontations that smash their delusions and expose bitter disappointments.
Dreams from a Shady Glen*
Written by WILLIAM FRENCH | Directed by TONI MORRIS
November - 10, 11, 12, 13 | 8 p.m. Curtain
Metropolitan Theatre
Dreams from a Shady Glen is built on scenes based on events from the history of Morgantown and West Virginia University. Presented in conjunction with WVU’s Mountaineer Week, the show features scenes from history that reveal the essence of the region, its people, and the university. Some of the scenes draw upon events from pioneer days, such as the fate of the Decker family, Civil War days in Morgantown, events in Morgantown during the 20th Century. Special focus is on WVU, with scenes depicting its early history, its first football team, and the university during the challenging 1960s.
The story will be told by music, with musical selections chosen from all the periods of Morgantown history, from old ballads to Bob Dylan.
Sponsored by the City of Morgantown, through BOPARC under the direction of Mark Wise. With acknowledgement to Former Mayor Ron Justice, who has been instrumental in seeing the project come to fulfillment.
A Tuna Christmas
Written by JASTON WILLIAMS, JOE SEARS & ED HOWARD| Directed by PATRICK COLE
December 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11 @ 8 p.m.
In this hilarious sequel to Greater Tuna, it’s 24 hours before Christmas and all comic hell is about to break loose in the third smallest town in Texas. Radio station OKKK news personalities Thurston Wheelis and Arles Struvie report on various Yuletide activities as the town’s delightfully eccentric characters attempt to cope with seasonal traumas such as a disaster prone little theatre production of A Christmas Carol, and a yard decorating contest that is being sabotaged by a mysterious Christmas phantom!
