STAGED READING FILMED FOR YOUTUBE

The Voice of the Prairie

written by John olive

DIRECTED BY: Suzanne Ashlock

In John Olive's The Voice of the Prairie, three actors winningly take on more than 20 roles while guiding the audience through a nostalgic journey of young love on the run and middle-aged longing, a sepia-tinged early America of prairie lands and radio days, "a strange (and lovely) world where wooden boxes can pull ghosts out of the sky." It is the early 1890s and itinerant story tellers like Poppy are the voices of the prairie. Years later, Davey Quinn is discovered by a radio entrepreneur while he is telling stories about Poppy and Frankie, a blind girl he rescued from a cruel father. Quinn becomes famous on radio as the The Voice of the Prairie.

Cast List

actor 1-Ken Garner

actor 2-geoff purvis

actor 3-Sara Witasik

DATE: Saturday, October 10, 2020 - all day
WHERE: Drama Group YouTube Channel

COST: FREE

PLAY READING SERIES

Since 2011, The Drama Group has offered script-in-hand readings of a variety of plays, expanding the scope of our offerings to Patrons, Subscribers and Members alike.  Offered free-of-charge as true community out-reach, the series has brought to the stage titles we haven't been able to fit into our subscription season.  The wide variety of plays featured have come from World Literature, popular American Drama, New Plays under development and Classics of Readers Theatre.  Building these evenings on a shoestring with minimal rehearsal and production value allows us to focus in on the story.

We're always encouraging new participants and fresh ideas for this program.  If you have interest in directing or participating as an actor, please contact the Reading Series Curator, MaryEllen Fawk.