Pam Atchison, Linda Goldsberry and Sandi Kallenberg welcome MaryBeth O Connor as Artspace manager
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"One night only," promises Patric McWilliams of his show-stopping gang. "An all-star cast," he reminds us of the shapely group he has assembled for the River City Repertory benefit on November 5.
To wit, he has gainfully employed Virginia Shehee, Pam Atchison, Liz Swaine, Mimi Hussey, Arlena Acree, Janet Lindsay, Donna Curtis, Sandi Kallenberg, Linda Goldsberry, Betty Phillips, Helen Black, Gwen Campbell, Betty Jo LeBrun-Mooring, Jan Elkins, Johnette McCrery, Margaret Martin, Sandra Braddock, Ollie Tyler, Dr. Helen Black, Sherry Wright, Glenda Erwin, Michele White, Lillian Priest, Catherine Barbaree, Marion Glorioso, Anne Gremillion, Seva May, Jodie Glorioso, Ruth Doreck, Anna Maria Sparke-Keele, Candace Higginbotham, and Knox Goodman in a show.
"RCRT brings together a glittering line-up of Shreveport’s most recognizable faces and names for a staged reading of the hilarious Broadway smash, The Women. Watch your favorite local femme fatale perform on-stage at The Strand and find out who will prevail in the end!" says McWilliams, eager for excitement.
He waxes on in an almost-inimitable voice, "This hilarious, back-biting comedy is played against the background of Manhattan’s fashionable set, with the story focusing on naïve Mary Haines who loses her husband to ruthless Crystal Allen, who is aided and abetted by poisonous Sylvia Fowler, whose own spouse has taken up with another woman. The ladies all travel to Reno seeking quick endings to their marital woes and, while in the throes of divorce, all wage war against each another. By the time this blistering and witty comedy comes to an end, Mary has learned to grow her claws, have them lacquered “Jungle Red”, and match any cat, scratch for scratch!" Whew.
A historian by nature, McWilliams continues, "Written by Clare Booth Luce, The Women became a star-studded 1939 film featuring Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Joan Fontaine and Paulette Goddard. No males appear in the play, but men are what The Women is all about---men cheating on their wives, men settling fortunes to be rid of their wives and men crawling back home in the hope of reconciliation."
Sun, Nov 5
Strand Theater
5 P.M.
Tickets:
$50.00 single
$90.00 couple
$350.00 block of 8 tickets
There will be open seating in the beautiful Strand Theatre and a reception featuring wine and hors d’oeuvres following the performance.
Tickets may be purchased by calling the River City Repertory Theatre office at 318-868-5888 or simply sending a check to
River City Repertory Theatre
2829 Youree Drive Suite #4
Shreveport 71104
