Stone Arch Players 2023-24 Season
“Death and Taxes” by: Pat Cook
Directed by: Phyllis Johnson
Top row left to right: Katye Long, Julie O’Connor, Dean Shunkwiler, Nikki Kahley. Bottom row left to right: Barry Gibson, Jim Shannon, Colette Hartzler, Jessica Filson, Michael Cramer.
Synopsis
Ever wonder what goes on at a small-town city council meeting? In Hendricks, they're looking for a murderer. Mayor Kathleen Lyles boldly announces that the meeting will be more like a coroner's jury than the usual round of arguments. Not only was a man murdered, but he was an employee of the IRS. "Somehow I don't feel that bad!" Carl Johansen says, as the sheriff clamps the cuffs on him, making him the prime suspect. Slowly it becomes apparent the entire city council had seen the man, and each of them seems to be hiding something. Who murdered the stranger? Was it Cora Sedgewick, who was still dizzy at the time from stepping on a rake and being thumped in the face with its handle? Or newspaper editor King, who's right on the spot to report the facts, if he could only find a pencil? Or maybe the mayor herself, who was doing her laundry in the back of city hall?
Ticket Information: General admission is $12.00.
SHOWTIMES: Friday November 3, 10 and 17
Saturday November 4, 11 and 18
Sunday November 12 and 19
Friday and Saturday shows start at 7:30 P.M. Sunday shows start at 2:00 P.M.
Ticket requests can be made anytime by calling 717-248-2224 or by email: tickets4sap@gmail.com
“The Tin Woman” by: Sean Grennan
Directed by: Phyllis Johnson & Katye Long
Top row left to right: Julie (Long) Fetterman, Tyson Byler, Morgan (Yoder) Miller. Bottom row left to right: Abby Fleming, Katye Long, Mike Knarr.
Synopsis
The Tin Woman is the story of a woman who receives a heart transplant and her eventual meeting with the family of the donor.
Instead of relishing life after her heart transplant, Joy enters a downward spiral, unsure whether she truly deserves a second chance. Meanwhile, Alice and Hank mourn the loss of their son, Jack, whose heart was used to save Joy. At a friend's urging, Joy tracks down Jack's family to find closure. But are Alice, Hank, and their daughter Sammy ready to accept Jack's death? Based on a true story, The Tin Woman uses humor and pathos to explore loss, family, and what it means to be given new life.
Ticket Information: General admission is $12.00.
SHOWTIMES: Friday February 23, March 1 and 8
Saturday February 24, March 2 and 9
Sunday March 3 and 10
Friday and Saturday shows start at 7:30 P.M. Sunday shows start at 2:00 P.M.
Ticket requests can be made anytime by calling 717-248-2224 or by email: tickets4sap@gmail.com
“The Sweet Delilah Swim Club” by: Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, Jamie Wooten
Directed by: Colette Hartzler
Cast left to right: Marsha Sharp, Nicole Homan, Chris Woods, Dena Stauffer and Jessica Filson
Synopsis
Five Southern women, whose friendships began many years ago on their college swim team, set aside a long weekend every August to recharge those relationships. Free from husbands, kids, and jobs, they meet at the same beach cottage, the “Sweet Delilah” on North Carolina’s Outer Banks to catch up, laugh, and meddle in each other’s lives. The Sweet Delilah Swim Club focuses on four of those weekends and spans a period of thirty-three years.
Sheree, the spunky team captain, desperately tries to maintain her organized and “perfect” life, and continues to be the group’s leader.
Dinah, the wisecracking overachiever, is a career dynamo but her victories in the courtroom are in stark contrast to the frustrations of her personal life.
Lexie, pampered and outspoken, is determined to hold on to her looks and youth as long as possible she enjoys being married—over and over and over again.
The self-deprecating and acerbic Vernadette, acutely aware of the dark cloud that hovers over her life, has decided to just give in and embrace the chaos.
And sweet, eager-to-please Jeri Neal experiences a late entry into motherhood that takes them all by surprise
As their lives unfold and the years pass, these women increasingly rely on one another, through advice and raucous repartee, to get through the challenges (men, sex, marriage, parenting, divorce, aging) that life flings at them.
And when fate throws a wrench into one of their lives in the second act, these friends, proving the enduring power of “teamwork” rally ’round their own with the strength and love that takes this comedy in a poignant and surprising direction.
The Sweet Delilah Swim Club is the story of these five unforgettable women.
An hilarious and touching comedy about friendships that last forever…
Ticket Information: General admission is $12.00.
SHOWTIMES: Friday May 3, 10 and 17
Saturday May 4, 11 and 18
Sunday May 12 and 19
Friday and Saturday shows start at 7:30 P.M. Sunday shows start at 2:00 P.M.
Ticket requests can be made anytime by calling 717-248-2224 or by email: tickets4sap@gmail.com