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ickets go on sale January 1 for the Wimberley Players 2014 season of five shows at the Wimberley Playhouse. “We spend many hours reading and considering plays,” says artistic director John Hood. “Our goal is to provide a balanced season of top quality entertainment for our patrons.” A readers committee and the artistic team consider the selections before recommending to the board of directors for approval. The range of shows for 2014 is wide— from a turn of the century comedy to a very modern spoof on a popular horror film. The season opener, “Charley’s Aunt,” by Brandon Thomas, was written in 1892. “It’s had audiences laughing ever since,” Hood explains. He adds that those unfamiliar with the play are in for a good time, since the pace is fast and the situations hilarious. The show runs February 7 through March 2. More familiar is “Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean” by Ed Graczyk, on stage April 11 through May 4. Set in a small Texas town, a fan club of six middle-aged women meet at Woolworth’s on the 20th anniversary of Jimmy Dean’s death. Their reminiscences. told as flashbacks, lead to revelations none expected.In 1982, the play became a prize-winning film directed by Robert Altman and starring Sandy Dennis, Cher, and Mark Patton. “The Skin of Our Teeth” by Thornton
Wilder brings a thoughtful Pulitzer Prize winner (1943) to the Playhouse stage. A mindboggling series of settings, ranging from prehistoric to modern, showcases an Everyman Family that manages to escape historic disasters throughout the ages. The indomitable spirit of human beings comes shining through this inspiring theatre Wimberley Players’ 2013 performance of “You’re A Good Man, classic, schedCharlie Brown.” Photo courtesy Wimberley Players. uled June 13 through July 6. The final show of the 2014 season The fall show will be “The New Mel Brooks Musical: Young Frankenstein” by is a seldom-performed Shakespearean Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan, running play, written in collaboration with John Fletcher and thought to be Shakespeare’s September 12 through October 5. Based on the 1974 comedy film of the final play. “The Two Noble Kinsmen” is same name, this is a musical parody of the a comedic adaptation of Chaucer’s “The horror film genre, featuring the grandson Knight’s Tale,” wherein two devoted cousins turn rivals in competition for the of the infamous Dr. Frankenstein. Suffice it to say he prefers that his hand of a maiden. FYI • Tickets for all performances are available onname be pronounced “Fronkensteen,” insisting that he is a not a madman, but a line at www.wimberleyplayers.org, or by calling the box office at 512-847-0575. scientist.
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Mel Tillis performs January 25 at Cailloux Theater. Photo courtesy Mel Tillis.
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ountry music superstar Mel Tillis comes to Kerrville Saturday, January 25. Mel Tillis & The Statesiders will present two performances at 3:30 pm and 7:30 pm in Cailloux Theater. Best known for his 36 Top Ten singles, including nine number one hits like “Good Woman Blues,” “Coca Cola Cowboy,” and “Southern Rain,” he penned country classics like “Ruby Don’t Take Your Love To Town,” “Detroit City,” “Burning Memories,” and “Thoughts of a Fool.” FYI • Tickets are reserved seating, and are now on sale online at caillouxtheater.com; by calling 830792-3536. Prices range is $38-$55. For more information, visit the web site at caillouxtheater.com and at texmoentertainment.com, or call 417-699-6199.