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January 18, 2007 issue

Who Threw the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy’s Chowder?

Stage Company’s Rocket Players Present WinterTale Saturday, January 27

Story by David Brewer

Fresh off packed holiday performances of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, two dozen youth members of the Blowing Rock Stage Company, better known as the RocketPlayers, will present Who Threw the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy’s Chowder? as Winterfest’s annual WinterTale.

Two performances of the play will be given at the Hayes Performing Arts Center during Winterfest on Saturday, January 27, at 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.

The plot of Who Threw the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy’s Chowder? is full of the fun and goofy antics of old-time melodramatic spoofs. Mrs. Murphy runs a boarding house and entrusts the will of a dying Clean Collar Sam to his beloved niece Little Persia, who then loses it.

The villainous trio of Muggs, Belvedere and Bertha de Blues plot to take advantage of the situation and inherit all of Clean Collar Sam’s possessions. According to Director Kim Cozort Kay, members of the audience will be counted on for some timely boos and cheers throughout the show.

“This play is a lot of fun,” said Cozort Kay. “Our cast is full of very talented actors.”

Kay also noted that even though this year’s WinterTale production is shorter, lasting only 45 minutes, the play is full of fast, snappy dialogue.

 “Most of our cast members have been a part of our theatre education program since its inception,” said Cozort Kay. “This performance is a wonderful opportunity for parents who have children interested in theatre to see what the Stage Company has to offer young people.”

Tickets for Who Threw the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy’s Chowder? are $5 for adults and $3 for children 12 and under. For more info, call 828-295-9627 or click to www.brcac.org.

 

WinterTale Cast List

Two dozen of BRSC’s talented RocketPlayers, along with a pair of local musicians, will bring the WinterTale production of Who Threw the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy’s Chowder? to life for two shows on Saturday, January 27. Members of the cast hail from Burke, Avery, Caldwell and Watauga counties.

Cast include Alex Ellis, Tommy, Becky and Andy Bradshaw, Julia Roberts, Laura McKinney, Erin Parsons, Alise Blair, Dylan Russell, Kaitlin Felts, Lyle Sterne, Jordan Rucker, Mitch and Caroline Camp, Chandler Walpole, Jonathan Faulks, Lacey Elliott, Elizabeth and Avery Pitts, Rebecca Dowdy, Emily Raynor, Kaitlyn Long and Melody and Carrie Harmon. 

Musicians are Jamie Blanton and Steve Sensenig.

 

Want To Go?

Date: Saturday, January 27

Time: 11:00 a.m. & 1:00 p.m.

Location: Hayes Performing Arts Center, Blowing Rock

Cost: $5 for adults/$3 for kids 12 and under