By Marcia Thomas
Contributing Writer
Jefferson’s Opera House Theatre Players announces the cast for “Laundry and Bourbon”, the one-act play that will be performed on May 20-21. The play is the second production of the Players 33rd season which will conclude in July with a musical.
Cast as Elizabeth, a strong, sensuous woman who is intelligent but underdeveloped is Laura Romine who last worked with the group in the comedy “Spreading It Around”. Playing Hattie, a woman whose bluff needs calling, is Lisa Daye who will also direct. Veteran actor with the group, Sara Davis, will play the part of Amy, a bright, sassy and spoiled Baptist woman who is given to gossip.
The setting for the play, which was written by the late Shreveporter, James McLure, is the front porch of Roy and Elizabeth’s home in Maynard, Texas on a hot, summer afternoon in the late 1960s. Elizabeth and her friend are folding laundry and watching TV and gossiping when they are joined by another friend, Amy Lee who can’t resist blurting out that Roy has been seen in town with another woman. When alcohol is served, the stories get louder and broader and a bit unwieldy with salty, comic banter between the three.
The performances will be held at the Union Missionary Baptist Church event space and will begin at 7:30 each night. Tickets are $15 per person and will be available online at www.JeffersonOperaHouseTheatrePlayers.com and at the door.