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Spring season senior theater is anything but serious.
Just ask the cast, a group of volunteers who frequently bobble lines, drop props and improvise for a good laugh.
It’s all part of the Knot Quite Write Players, the Kent Senior Activity Center’s Readers Theater troupe that performs a four-comedic-play, two-skit program the next two Mondays, May 9 and 16, on the Social Hall Stage. It is open to the public.
Tickets are $1 and go on sale at 12:30 p.m. the day of each show. Doors open at 1 p.m. for the 1:15 p.m. curtain at the stage, located in the east end of the senior center, 600 E. Smith St.
Two plays, “The Journey” and “The Mystery Thing”, both by Drena Heizer, are performed with special permission from ArtAge Publications Senior Theatre Resource Center. The third play, “Your Call is Important to Us”, and fourth play, “In Plain Sight”, were written by Linda DeVange and Susan Jarrett, respectively, KQWP members.
The group welcomes the opportunity to entertain. Many cast members have little or no theater experience, while others either performed in high school or as a child, on stage or in the choir. Script memorization and physical dexterity are not required.
“It’s just something I’ve always wanted to do since I was little girl,” said DeVange, a cast member and director who is testing the waters as a playwright. “We’re having a lot of fun … purely amateur … a great bunch of people.”
People of all walks who don’t take themselves too seriously.
“They kinda play off each other and have a whole lot of fun,” said Helena Reynolds, the KQWP program’s executive producer and parks program coordinator for the city of Kent. “No experience necessary.”
Reynolds said the show got a big boost from corporate sponsors. The Chateau at Valley Center and the Kent Lions Club made a substantial contribution toward the purchase of wireless sound enhancing equipment for the audience, including special options for those who are hearing impaired.
For more information, contact Helena Reynolds at 253-856-5150.
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