The Holly Theatre Company opens their 2008 season with The Boys Next Door, an Off-Broadway success by Tom Griffin...
After an amazing 2007 season at the Holly Theatre with, attendance of the Holly's performances at an all time high, Holly audiences are excited to see what is next for the Holly Theatre Company. To kick off the 2008 season the theatre company will present The Boys Next Door by Tom Griffin.
An Off-Broadway success, this very funny yet very touching play focuses on the lives of mentally challenged men, who live in a communal residence under the watchful eye of a sincere, but increasingly despairing, social worker.
The place is a communal residence in a New England city, where four mentally handicapped men live under the supervision of an earnest, but increasing "burned out" young social worker named Jack. Norman, who works in a donut shop and is unable to resist the lure of sweet pastries, takes great pride in the huge bundle of keys that dangles from his waist; Lucien P Smith has the mind of a five-year old, but imagines that his is able to read and comprehend the weighty books that he lugs about; Arnold, the ringleader of the group, is a hyperactive, compulsive chatterer, who suffers from deep-seated insecurities and a persecution complex; while Barry, a brilliant
schizophrenic who is devastated by the unfeeling rejection of his brutal father, fantasizes that he is a golf pro.
Mingled with scenes from the daily lives of these four men, where "little things" sometimes become momentous (and often very funny), are moments of great poignancy when, with touching effectiveness, we are reminded that the handicapped, like the rest of us, want only to love and laugh and find some meaning and purpose in the brief time which they, like their more fortunate bothers, are allotted on this earth.
Cast:
Arnold Wiggins -Nicholas DeMore'
Lucien P. Smith- Andrew Snider
Jack - Justin Green
Norman Bulansky - Justin Gilstrap
Barry Klemper - Daniel Tracy
Mr Hedges, Mr. Corbin, Senator Clarke - Gary Heffelfinger
Mrs Fremus, Mrs, Warren, Clara - Lucy Simpson
Sheila - Rebekah Williams
Mr. Klemper - Noah Reichert
Artistic and Backstage Staff:
Director - Jamie Fambrough
Assistant Director - Linda Thompson
Technical Director - Ambrosia Dickerson
Back Stage Crew - Tawyna Williams, Valerie Fambrough and Stephanie Sartain
Showtimes:
February 8-24, 2008
Thursday - Saturday at 8 pm and Sunday at 2 pm
A special preview is scheduled for February 7 at 8 pm
Tickets Prices:
$18 Adults/$17 Senior Citizens/$12 Students
($2 of each ticket sale goes toward the Historic Holly Theatre Building Fund)
Tickets are now on sale! Call 706-864-3759 or visit www.hollytheater.com
The Holly Theatre is a non-profit community orgranization located at 69 West Main
Street in Historic Dahlonega, Georgia.