Community Theatre

Occasionally the “it’s only community theatre infection” spreads and we all need to step up the antibiotics. Some studios have too many folks convinced that one or two proprietary productions per year barring all other local and regional theatre experience qualify paying students for a professional stage career. As actors, directors, students, teachers, fans, and ...

Charles E. Jeffers

Monday evening I performed only my second staged reading, this one of the Pulitzer Prize-winning “Harvey” with Hickory Community Theatre. For those of you unfamiliar with the show, it’s a delightful comedy, world-renowned by Jimmy Stewart’s performance as Elwood P. Dowd. I won’t go into any detail about the play, but ultimately the show reminds ...