From BLACK SWAMP PLAYERS
The Black Swamp Players will be staging a one-night-only, limited seating revival of its production of Jane Martin’s “Talking With…”
The play will be performed at the Players’ theater (115 E. Oak St.) on Saturday, Oct. 30, with curtain time at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 each. Click to purchase tickets. All seating is general admission and only 75 seats will be available. Any tickets not sold online prior to the October 30 performance will be available at the door.
Audience members will be required to wear masks throughout the performance.
[See story on production in May at Ohio Theatre.]
Comprised of eleven monologues, “Talking With…” introduces its audiences to a kaleidoscope of idiosyncratic women—from a career baton twirler to a fundamentalist snake handler, an ex-rodeo rider, an old woman who claims to have seen a man healed by a Big Mac, and many more. Equal parts humorous and touching, Martin’s play invites audiences to share in some of the most intimate experiences that women have with parents, with spouses, with lovers, with children, and ultimately with themselves.
The cast for the BSP Encore production includes: Annelise Clifton (Fifteen Minutes); Leah Truman (Scraps); Karen Noble (Clear Glass Marbles); Katya Dachik (Audition); Deb Weiser (Rodeo); Hali Malecki (Twirler); Tiffany Scarola (Lamps); Cyndy Brookover (Handler); Bridget Drew (Dragons); Monica Hiris (French Fries); and Tracy Armentrout (Marks).
“Talking With…” is being directed by Heath A. Diehl.
This production originally was produced at the Ohio Theatre in Toledo in May and was funded through the Community Resilience Fund from the Greater Toledo Community Foundation. Three local theatre organizations—including Black Swamp Players, Children’s Theatre Workshop, and Actors Collaborative Toledo—were awarded a total of $9,000 for a grant written by Aimee Reid, Executive Artistic Director of Children’s Theatre Workshop.The three companies collaborated on co-producing each other’s productions with the intent to discover potential cost-savings opportunities and improved artistic and operational processes.
Martin’s play was the recipient of the 1982 American Theatre Critics Association Award for Best Regional Play and Martin herself was dubbed “[a] dramatist with an original voice . . . and gladsome humor” by The New York Times. “Talking With…” premiered at the Manhattan Theatre Club in October 1982 under the direction of Jon Jory.
Black Swamp Players is nonprofit corporation that exists to provide opportunities for area residents to experience quality, amateur, live theatre in all its many aspects. Founded in 1968, Black Swamp Players has been providing community theatre to the Bowling Green and surrounding areas for the past fifty-one years. Those interested in volunteering for the organization should send an e-mail query to president@blackswampplayers.org.
