Last performances of “Opal’s Baby” will run tonight, Thursday, Jan. 27, and also Friday and Saturday, Jan. 28 and 29, at 7:30 p.m.
The production is showing on stage at the Port Aransas Community Theatre, 2327 St. Hwy. 361.
The play is a comedy by John Patrick, directed by Larry Paton, about Opal, an irrepressible woman who lives in a tumbledown home on the edge of the city dump, where she has a visitor looking for a tire to fit his 1927 Reo truck. Misguided into thinking that Opal is a rich eccentric, the shifty visitor, Norman, announces (fallaciously) that he is Opal’s long-lost kin. The warmhearted Opal takes him, and his whole family, in – whereupon they scheme to do her out of her supposed fortune. What follows are hilarious attempts to get Opal’s “fortune.” A surprise announcement by Opal causes Norman and his family to resort to thievery in an attempt to get her money. Happily, all ends well for Opal, who emerges safe, sound and ready for whatever may come next.
The cast is Laura Crocker as Opal, Chuck Thompson as Norman, Dianne Govella as Rosie, Elliott Morris as Spencer, Pepper Pendzinski as Granny and Jenna Ward as Verna. Bill Garner will run the tech booth, Marg Paton is stage manager, Bob Lewis, Ken Yarbrough, Mike Jones and Larry Paton are in charge of set construction, set painting is by Bob Lewis and Larry Paton, and an antique shotgun prop is on loan by Danny Keddrell.
The play is suitable for all ages. Adult tickets are $15. A special Thursday price of $10 will be available for chrome and plastic seats on the floor only. Tickets for youth under age 18 are $10 for all performances.
Tickets can be reserved and purchased on the theatre’s Web site, www.portaransascommunitytheater.com, by following the link for obtaining tickets. Tickets also will be available at the theatre box office one hour before performances.
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