Dear Liar opens at the Peacock Playhouse
 | | Submitted Photo Stephen Jones and Laurel Adams in Dear Liar |
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Dear Liar, a readers theater production, at the Peacock Playhouse is shaping up to be an entertaining evening. This production is a fundraiser for the theater. Director Edie Kleinpeter is very excited and happy about how the play is developing. All those familiar with Mrs. Kleinpeter have come to expect top-notch productions and they will not be disappointed here. In Dear Liar the 40 year relationship of George Bernard Shaw and the actress, Mrs. Patrick Campbell is revealed through the actual letters they wrote each other. Kleinpeter has two wonderful actors who are giving their time and talent to support the theater.
Laurel Adams plays Mrs. Patrick Campbell, a leading actress of her time, who won the heart of George Bernard Shaw. She influenced most of his plays either because he wrote parts specifically for her such as Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion or because he wrote characters based upon her in later plays. Laurel Adams enjoyed a career in stage, TV, and movies when she lived in Los Angeles. She performed with William Shatner, Andy Griffith, Jack Klugman, and Suzanne Sommers to name a few. The theater has always been her first love, and when she moved to this area to be near family, she headed up and developed the drama department at Murphy High School. The Licklog Players are very happy that she has come to the Peacock Playhouse to direct plays for the theater. She most recently directed Barefoot in the Park, but she has performed a few roles for Director Kleinpeter in Little Foxes, The Miracle Worker, The Glass Menagerie, and last years intriguing and very funny Madame Arquati in Blithe Spirit. She will be directing the season opener at the Peacock, Romantic Comedy. If you are interested in working with a talented and supportive director, come to try out on Saturday, February 16th and Monday evening the 18th. The play will run the last weekend in March and the first weekend in April.
Playing the challenging role of George Bernard Shaw is Steven Jones. Mr. Jones also has enjoyed a career in acting. He has performed in professional theaters in Georgia and Florida including the respected Burt Reynolds Dinner Theater in Florida. He also did commercial work and voice overs in Miami. One of his interesting and fun jobs was to do voice overs for Japanese cartoons. He also did CD Rom films in Atlanta and had fun playing the "bad guy" in a production. Jones has also worked with Director Kleinpeter in several productions and acted in the last fund raiser with Kleinpeter, the popular Love Letters. Jones said that it has been a challenge taking on the character of Shaw. He has worked hard on the Irish brogue and has been doing research on the prolific playwright. Jones is impressed with the volume of work, not only the plays, but the political writings. Shaw was very affected by World Wars I and II and devoted himself to world peace. He lived to 93 and kept involved in writing and his causes his entire life.
Be sure to plan to come to the theater on Saturday, February 23rd at 8PM or Sunday the 24th at 2:30 PM to support the areas wonderful community theater and have an enjoyable time. Tickets are general admission and can be bought at the door. They are $10. All proceeds will go to the theater. For further information call 828-389-8632 or 877-691-9906.
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