Grace and Glorie
By Tom Zigler
Grace and Glorie returns to One Thirty Productions by popular demand. Grace and Glorie is a heartwarming story of two women from very different worlds. Grace, a cantankerous woman of sixty years plus plans to live out her life high in the Blue Ridge Mountains in the little cabin she calls home. The old stove smokes, there is no phone and there are chickens on the front porch. When Grace breaks her hip, the local hospice sends Gloria a social worker and volunteer to “help” Grace. There are laughs and a few tears as these women come to know each other and become good friends.
Performances: March 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25.
Date(s) – 03/08/2017 – 03/25/2017
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Directed by Marty Van Kleeck
Set design by Marty Van Kleeck
Light design by Stewart Mikkelsen
Sound Design by Lowell Sergeant. And Graeme Bice
Costume design by Marty Van Kleeck
The Cast
Grace Stiles ………...…………………...Gene Raye Price*
Gloria Whitmore…..………….……….Desiree Fultz
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Marty Van Kleeck is nothing less than astonishing in this touching, authentic, demanding performance…. She brings nuance, meticulous focus and joie de vivre to Lady Bird, Pat and Betty, seemingly without effort.
Christopher Soden, Sharp Critic
The job of first lady is truly a demanding long-running show. The full house at the show I saw on Thursday afternoon stood and cheered for Van Kleeck’s performance. I think audiences also cheer for the dynamic women she celebrates
Martha Heimberg, TheaterJones.com
Marty Van Kleeck is nothing less than astonishing in this touching, authentic, demanding performance. She must shift gears three times, adopting the mannerisms and quirks (not to mention dialects) of three famous, original ladies
Christopher Soden Sharp Critic
Van Kleeck never flubs her delivery of a good story… The full house at the show I saw on Thursday afternoon stood and cheered for Van Kleeck’s performance. I think audiences also cheer for the dynamic women she celebrates.
Martha Heimberg TheaterJones.com
Tea for Three
By Elaine Bromka and Eric H. Weinberger
Elaine Bromka gives an overview of the kindly and dutiful lady Bird Johnson, the welcoming but wounded Pat Nixon, the chatty and bold Betty Ford in recollections that are light without being trivial we learn of their feelings, their opinions of the country and their plans for the future and she gives an indirect look at the changing roles of women during dynamic times.
Performances: May 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27.
Date/Time
Date(s) – 05/10/2017 – 05/27/2017
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Directed by Gene Raye Price
Set design by Rodney Dobbs
Light design by Stewart Mikkelsen
Sound Design by Marco Salinas
Wig Design by Coy Covington
Costumes by Gene Raye Price and Marty Van Kleeck
Assistant to the Director: David Meglino
The Cast
Lady Bird, Pat Nixon, Betty Ford……………..Marty Van Kleeck
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Trip To Bountiful
By Horton Foote
In a joint production with Brookhaven College, Gene Raye Price stars as Carrie Watts, an elderly woman who longs to escape her cramped Houston apartment where she lives with her son Ludie and her daughter-in-law, Jessie Mae. Carrie yearns to return to her hometown Bountiful one final time.
All performances will be held at Brookhaven College.
Date/Time
Date(s) – 10/5/2017 – 10/15/2017
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Directed by Darise H. Error
Set and light design by Charles Self
Costumes by Michael A. Robinson
Stage Managed by Joshua Randall
The Cast
Mrs. Carrie Watts……………………………………...Gene Raye Price*
Ludie Watts……………………………………………...Tom Roma
Jessie Mae Watts.............................................Dayna Fries
Thelma…………………………………………………....Stephani Oustalet
Houston Ticket Man……………………………..….Ryan McMahon
2nd Houston Ticket Man, Bus Driver………....Frank Fehmel
Roy………………………………………………………...Darius Aldridge
Sheriff……………………………………………………..Manuel C. Cruz
Travelers………………………………………………….Darius Aldridge
.........................................................................Marcus Butler
.........................................................................Joshua Randall
It’s a Wonderful Life, A Live Radio Play
By Joe Landry
Starring B. J. Cleveland, this beloved American Holiday classic comes to captivating life as a live 1940s radio broadcast. Five actors supported by a sound effects man deliver the lines of all of the characters from the movie. This production is a fresh and inventive way of reconnecting with a classic story of love and redemption. It’s a love story that you want to witness over and over again.
Performances: Nov. 29, 30, Dec. 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16.
Date/Time
Date(s) – 11/29/2017 – 12/16/2017
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Directed by Gene Raye Price
Set design by Rodney Dobbs
Light design by Stewart Mikkelsen
Costumes by Bruce Coleman & Marty Van Kleeck
Sound Design Stewart Mikkelsen and Marco Salinas
The Cast
Freddie Fillmore,…………………...………..B.J. Cleveland*
Jake Laurents……………………….…….……David Fisher
Sally Applewhite…………..………………....Mary Margaret Pyeatt
Lana Sherwood…………….……..……….....Marty Van Kleeck*
Harry “Jazzbo” Heywood….…..………....John S. Davies*
Timothy Lee Tuttle………………......……..Gordon Fox
Johnny Jermaine…………...….……..……..Johnny Sequenzia
Hedda Holter…………………….….………...Erin McGrew