The faculty and students of Mount Pleasant High School Theatre Arts are proud to announce their first production of the year! On October 22 and 24, they will present the winner of the 1982 American Theatre Critics Association Award, Best Regional Play \u2013 Talking With.
\nThis play presents 11 women who bare their souls to the audience who sit safely in the dark \u2013 or so they think. Each of the monologues reveal the struggles of the person speaking.
\nThe play includes pieces titled “Fifteen Minutes,” “Scraps,” “Clear Glass Marbles,” “Audition,” “Rodeo,” “Twirler,” “Lamps,” “Handler,” “Dragons,” “French Fries,” and “Marks.” It premiered at the Manhattan Theatre Club in New York in 1982 and has been performed around the world.<\/p>\n
The play deals with the personal ordeals of each of the female characters. Many of them are very touching; a few are even intensely emotional. However, there is also scenes that make us laugh. Even the funny ones, however, have an underlying depth to them that gives a sensitive insight into each of the characters\u2019 lives. The ladies cover a wide spectrum of life and age from the opening titled \u201cFifteen Minutes\u201d as an experienced actress prepares to go on stage but is looking for a little understanding on a personal level, to the fading rodeo star in “Rodeo” lamenting the state of rodeo today, to the young aspiring actress in “Audition”, we witness much tenderness and diversity in subject matter. Ultimately, we are all invited to allow life to touch us and to be grateful for the experiences that make us who we are.<\/p>\n
The cast includes Lexie Humber, Karla Prado, Daniela Palomo, Sharon Zambrano, Victoria Cabrera, Reese Loving, Pearl Murillo, Aeryn Mast, Ashanti Presley, Silvia Sustaita, and Savannah Mack.<\/p>\n
You are also invited to stay after the show for a preview of the Mount Pleasant H.S. entry in the UIL One Act Play, Dark Road. This is a play about the choices two sisters make that ultimately tear them apart. Set with the background of Nazi Germany, we experience the human struggle to maintain our humanity.<\/p>\n
You are invited to join us on the 22nd and 24th of October at the Mount Pleasant H.S. Auditorium at 7PM. Admission is $2 for students and $5 for adults. For more information you can contact the director, Dr. Edward Lee at the Mount Pleasant High School at (903) 575-2020.<\/p>\n
Photos:<\/p>\n
\u201cTalking With\u201d cast members from L to R , Aeryn Mast, Silvia Sustaita, Victoria Cabrera, and Daniela Palomo, and in the foreground, Lexie Humber, rehearse in the MPHS auditorium<\/p>\n
\u201cTalking With\u201d cast member Pearl Murillo rehearses her part, \u201cLamps\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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