Footlight Players is pleased to present “Packing Up Polly”.
Directed by Declan Rice with assistance from Christine Long, join us in welcoming a new comedy by playwright Leslie Kimbell (FOUR OLD BROADS, FOUR OLD BROADS ON THE HIGH SEAS) called PACKING UP POLLY.
Polly Porter is a famous 1970s gospel singer of the group Polly Porter & the Praise His Name Singers. Now that she has gone on up to heaven, her daughter, Caroline, has come home to Savannah, Georgia, to pack up Miss Polly’s house, but there is just one little problem (or two or three): Miss Polly was an extreme hoarder of epic proportions, Caroline’s useless siblings are totally MIA, and her three best friends from high school, former co-cheerleaders, have all shown up... unannounced! Lizzy now owns the Miss Georgia Belle Pageantry system, Donna Jo is the local community theatre diva, and Becca is having a late-in-life geriatric pregnancy with baby girl number five. The gospel music plays and the margaritas pour as the four ladies laugh, cry, scream and come together to pack up Miss Polly’s house, heal old wounds, and make new plans for their future.
With humor, wit and vulnerability, Packing Up Polly delves into themes of forgiveness, acceptance and the transformative power of letting go... unpacking the layers of our own lives to find healing and redemption.
Starring Bobbi Ann Lauritsen as “Caroline Porter Cook,” Cindi Reyes as “Elizabeth ‘Lizzy’ Jennings,” Christina Ortega as “Donna Jo Martin,” and Jami Anderson as “Rebecca ‘Becca’ Bailey,” PACKING UP POLLY is produced by Alayna Lauritsen.
Productions will run April 4-6 and 10-13 at Footlight Theater at 1705 Franklin Street in Michigan City. Tickets are $17 for adults or $12 for children 12 and under on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, and $12 for everyone on Thursday night performances. Thursday and Friday performances will take place at 7pm CST, and Saturday and Sunday shows will take place at 2pm CST. Information and tickets are available online at www.footlightplayers.org.
Footlight Players, a volunteer non-profit theatre, has been providing quality community theater to Michigan City and LaPorte County for over 70 years. For More information, call 219-874-4035 or visit www.footlightplayers.org.
PACKING UP POLLY by Leslie Kimbell is Presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com