The Festival Playhouse presents
Luau for King Lear
Written by Pat Cook
Opening on Friday, March 28, The Festival Playhouse presents Pat Cook's comedy, "Luau for King Lear." Performances run Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. & Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $14.00 Fri\Sat, $12.00 Sun. and available by calling 303-422-4090. The Festival Playhouse is located at 5665 Olde Wadsworth Blvd. in Arvada. More information at
www.festivalplayhouse.com.
The Peaceful Glen Memorial Players are about to mount a new production, but this time, it's a fight for their lives. It's not just the usual hand-to-hand combat between board members Duncan and Hope for the last donut. This time the company is about to lose their building. According to the late Archibald Donnelly's will, they could keep the building as long as they do "quality productions." Oh, they have tried, in their own left-field way, to do the classics. "Isn't it true," family heir Blair Beesley asks, "that you did 'Twelve Angry Men' with five actors and seven store mannequins?" Board President Tamara sees an opening when she learns that Blair once minored in drama in college. "You will be our next director!" So Blair chooses the Shakespearean classic "King Lear," unaware that the play will have a setting in the tropics to coincide with the town's celebration theme. What Blair faces in the next few weeks are giggling teenagers, a cranky lady who lives in the basement apartment, a leading man with a slight "problem," food fights and teaching Hawaiian to her cast. All sorts of oddball community theater types come out of the woodwork in this riotous farce where your audience not only gets to see their performance but also what goes on behind the scenes.
Growing up in Frankston, Texas, Pat Cook enjoyed writing short stories and skits for high school. He wrote his first play in Lon Morris Junior College in 1968. It has since vanished into some forgotten waste basket. His first play to be published was Rest in Peace, released in 1976. Between working as a professional actor and, occasionally, selling pianos, books and other odd jobs, more plays have been published. Then his wife, Rose Ann, taught him the joys of using a computer. This coupled with his conviction to drop everything else and write full time, proved to be a turning point in his life. As of this writing, he has had 114 plays published by 8 publishers, several of which have been translated into Dutch and German. (
www.patcook.org).
The Festival Playhouse presents
Pat Cook's LUAU FOR KING LEAR
March 28 - April 12
Fri\Sat 8 p.m. & Sun at 2 p.m.
The Festival Playhouse, 5665 Olde Wadsworth Blvd.
Tickets are $14.00 Fri\Sat, $12.00 Sun
Box Office: 303-422-4090
festivalplayhouse.com
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