PTD Productions Present: Southern Rapture by Eric Coble | Rentals@Riverside
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Southern Raputre by Eric Coble and directed by Karrie Waarala
Based on a true story! The year is 1996, and a Southern theatre company has somehow obtained the rights to perform the award-winning theatrical epic Rapture In America. The play is due to open in 4 days, and citizens are so alarmed about the gay content, strong language, and brief male nudity that the entire city is in an uproar. A battle of wills, morals, the press, the church, the government, the arts, the law, the playwright, the police, and a one-winged angel armed with pepper spray ensues. And thanks to a disastrous live TV interview, the whole nation is watching to see if the show will indeed go on…
CONTENT WARNING: Like the play it is about, Southern Rapture contains mature themes and language, and brief, non-sexual male nudity.
The Cast:
Laura Mandernack as Marjorie Winthrop
Shelly Smith as Allissa Marquand / Julia Overmyer
Bryan Shane as Winston Paxton
Cindy Franklin as Laverne Jackson / Clarice Paxton
Ken MacGregor as Donald Sherman
Adam Weakley as Simon Larisher / Emmett Whipple / Nightline Host
Jacob Gorski as Reverend DuPree / Anton Finewitz
Abby Lanham as Nyla-Jean Geisy
Jacob Maher as Mickey Stedman
Kimberly Ellerthorpe as Pam
Mark Bernstein as Franklin McManus
Southern Rapture is produced by special arrangement with THE GERSH AGENCY, 9465 WILSHIRE BLVD, SUITE 600, BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90212
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PTD Productions has been offering quality community theatre in Ypsilanti for 30 years.
