Main Street Players

Main Street Playerspresents

September 26 - October 7, 2018

Written by

Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope,and Jamie Wooten

A Message from the Artistic Director

Welcome to Main Street Players and our 2018-2019 Season.

We are very excited about our season of plays this year and to kick off we’re bringing back the delightful comedy , The Dixie Swim Club.

This is the story of friendship. It focuses on five Southern women whose friendships began many years ago on their college swim team. They meet every August at the same beach cottage on North Carolina’s Outer Banks to catch-up on each other’s lives. The play focuses on four of those weekends and spans a period of thirty three years. You will laugh and cry as you experience this hilarious and heartwarming look at friendships that last forever.

On a personal note....I want to express my deepest appreciation to everyone who was part of this production. You have all been amazing to work with. .…but above all else ….I will cherish the special bond of friendship that developed during this process.

Enjoy the show!

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byNicholas Hope,

Jamie Wooten and Jessie Jones

115 North Hill St. Griffin, GA. 30223

Director ............................................................................................ Norma Richardson

Set Design .........................................................................................................BJ Hughes

Assistant Director/Stage Manager ........................................Andrew Stewart

Costumes ..................................................................................................... Curtis Brown

Wig Design .......................................................................................................Kay Bohan

Original Music ....................................................................................Andrew Stewart

Master Carpenter ...................................................................................Frank Dansby

Set Construction ..........................................Raymond Crossnine, BJ Hughes,

Frank Dansby, Karen Stanford,

Shari Barron and Emory Schroeter

Lighting Design ....................................................................................... Curtis Brown

Lighting Technician ................................................................................Jason Brown

Audio Design............................................................................................. Curtis Brown

Rehearsal Assistant and Stagehand ...............................Alexandra Childers

Publicity ...................................................................................................... Clark Douglas

Box Office ...................................................................................................... Carlee Love,

Shirley Beall, Phyllis Walderp

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contact Landra Larson 770-228-5356

Downtown Trick or TreatWednesday, October 31 ::: 4-6pm

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“The Dixie Swim Club” is presented by special arrangements with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

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A Beach CottageThe Outer Banks, North Carolina

Sponsored in part by Ingram Foundation

SETTING:

Act I

Act 1, Scene 1

AugustLate Afternoon

Act 1, Scene 2

Five Years LaterMorning

15-Minute Intermission

Act II, Scene 2

Five Years LaterEvening

Act II, Scene 2

Twenty-three Years Have PassedLate Afternoon

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Sheree .................................................................................................... Jocelyn Connell

Lexie .................................................................................................................... Kay Bohan

Dinah ................................................................................................Norma Richardson

Vernadette ...................................................................................................Elise Gomez

Jeri Neal ...........................................................................................................Kristi Taylor

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The PlayersKay Bohan (Lexie) is so happy to be returning to The Main Street Players! She was last seen as Jessie Mae in A Trip to Bountiful. Favorite roles also include Blanche DuBois in A Street Car Named Desire, Brooke Vickie in Noises Off, and Lina Lamont in Singin’ in the Rain. Kay has worked in Community Theater around Atlanta for the past 21 years and dabbled in some professional TV and Commercial work as well. By day

Kay is a Hair Dresser along side her husband Damon at their Salon in McDonough. In her spare time, Kay and her husband love to travel the world. Please enjoy this funny and heart felt comedy.

JoceLyn conneLL (Sheree) is an Emmy-award winning journalist returning for a second season with MSP. Jocelyn made her stage debut in Season’s Greetings in 2017 as Rachel. While she may be fairly new to the MSP stage, she’s certainly a veteran when it comes to being on camera. Jocelyn spent nearly two decades on TV as a reporter and anchor, most recently with WGCL in Atlanta. Her work

has been recognized multiple times by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. She now resides in Griffin and says the greatest role she will ever have is being a wife to her husband, Billy, and mom to Amelia (age 2), as well as to their four-legged babies, Armani and MoJo.

eLiSe Gomez (Vernadette) is very happy to be making her debut with The Main Street Players! No stranger to the stage, Elise has performed in over 14 shows with The Henry Players down the road in McDonough. Favorite roles include Princess Winnifred in Once Upon a Mattress and Elizabeth Proctor in The Crucible. Her most recent performance was as Roz in 9 to 5 The Musical. Elise

has also performed with The Front Porch Players as Meg in Leading Ladies, with The Griffin Theater Project in The Rocky Horror Show, and with The Academy Theater in Hapeville for a 10 Minute Play Festival. With The Henry Players, Elise has worked behind the scenes as producer, Board member, set builder and painter, and has directed two of her all-time favorite shows, A Few Good Men and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Elise is currently an adjudicator for the Metropolitan Atlanta Theater Awards and serves as a board member. When she is not feeding her theater obsession, she works as an Art Teacher and Visual Arts Lead in Clayton County. Elise would

like to thank her friends and family, especially her husband, John and puppy dog, Gus for their love and support over the years. Lastly, she would like to dedicate her performance in memory of her two sweet Southern Grandmothers, Evelyn Dial and Margie Dotson, who would “get a kick outta this show.”

noRma RichaRDSon (Director/Dinah) is one of the founders of Main Street Theatre. Her theatre experience includes: acting, directing, writing and production management. She has been involved with theatre for most of her life and has appeared on a number of Atlanta stages among others. With Main Street, her directing credits include: Honky

Tonk, Irma Vep, Inherit the Wind, Nunset Blvd., Titanic-The Musical, Tuesday’s With Morrie, Every Christmas Story Ever Told (and Then Some), Mama Won’t Fly, Our Town, and on stage productions include; Southern Comforts, Driving Miss Daisy, The Little Foxes, The Guys, Steel Magnolias, Driving Miss Daisy, Grace & Glorie, and Same Time Next Year. Her career in television began with Turner Broadcasting/CNN. After leaving Turner, she was an Executive Vice President with Primerica and General Manager for their corporate television production department for over 20 years. She is a native of Griffin, Georgia and is the Founding Artistic Director of Main Street Players.

KRiSti tayLoR (Jeri neal) is excited to make her Main Street Players debut as Jeri Neal. Kristi received her BA in Theatre and English from Texas Wesleyan University a few years back and has since moved to the metro Atlanta area to add to her 20 years experience in the Film, Music, and Theatre Industries. Kristi has played such fun stage roles as: Charlotte in Moon Over Buffalo, Rona in The 25th

Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Bella in Lost In Yonkers, Sally in Cash On Delivery, Nurse in Romeo & Juliet, and Jack’s Mom in Into The Woods just to name a few. She has just released her first singing album titled “Untangled”, which is available on iTunes, Apple Music, Google, Amazon, and Spotify. She is also working on several film productions including two on Netflix, which will release in 2018 and 2019. You can find more information on her current and upcoming work at the following link: www.kristi-taylor-actress.com. She would like to thank God, her friends, and family for their continued support! She loves you all very much!!

Artistic Staff and CrewcURtiS BRoWn (Lighting Design and costumes ) is a man with many skills, having just appeared in multiple roles in Irma Vep. Earlier this year he played Jake Laurents and Mr. Stewart in War of the Worlds: The Panic Broadcast. Other roles at MSP include Judge Mel Coffey in Inherit the Wind, multiple roles in Charlotte’s Web (2016 and 2017), Neil Tilden in 1940s Radio Hour, the Centipede in James and the Giant Peach and

Norman Bulansky in The Boys Next Door. He has worked with Main Street in some capacity almost every season since 2002. Other favorite roles include Selznick in Moonlight & Magnolias, Amos in Chicago with the Henry Players and the Thurston rotation in The Tuna series, which toured the Southeast.

JaSon BRoWn (Lighting technician) is a Griffin native who has been involved in the local arts for a few years. His involvement has included everything from designing programs to being Music Director for a group of students attending Junior Theatre Festival. His passion is working behind the scenes, especially lighting and sound design. He is excited to be working with this talented group of hard working folks at Main

Street once again!

aLeXanDRa chiLDeRS (Rehearsal assistant and Stagehand) is so excited to be working on another show at MSP. Most recently, she has choreographed and assistant directed Monkey Business with the Front Porch Players. Previously at MSP, you may have seen her as Jennie Mae in The Diviners. Later this season, she will return to the Main Street stage as Alais in The Lion In Winter. In addition to MSP, she has also worked with

Henry Players and Camelot theatre on multiple shows. She is so thankful for the opportunity to be a part of this wonderful production.

BJ hUGheS (Scenic Designer) is in his eighth season as resident scenic designer for Main Street Players. Favorite shows he designed include Irma Vep, Inherit the Wind, The 1940’s Radio Hour, Crimes of the Heart, A Trip to Bountiful, Titanic, the Musical, and Cotton Patch Gospel. In addition, he has directed and designed The Diviners, 39 Steps, The Boys Next Door, The Odd Couple, Crimes of the Heart, A Trip to Bountiful, Deathtrap, Ten

Little Indians, On Golden Pond, and The Little Foxes. BJ has also produced and designed over 100 productions for Alliance Theatre Education as

well as directing more than 80 of them. He has been a teaching artist there for 30 years. As an actor, BJ toured America for three years in classical productions of Shakespeare and Molière before settling in Atlanta where he has performed at the Theatrical Outfit, Horizon Theater, and Theatre in the Square and at the Alliance Theatre

anDReW SteWaRt (Stage manager) delighted audiences last year with his portrayals of Darrell in Honky Tonk and Melvin Wilder in The Diviners. He is a singer/songwriter/musician from the Griffin area with a passion for the performing arts. He fell in love with theater at a young age, starring as the Baker in Griffin High School’s production of Into the Woods in 2000. Since then, he has performed

on multiple stages all over the state of Georgia, mostly behind a microphone while playing a guitar or a piano. Over the last several years, he has been heavily involved with the International Thespian Society at Lamar County High School. In 2017, he co-wrote and co-directed LCHS’s One Act Competition play based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe. Andrew is so thankful for the opportunity and is looking forward to working with Main Street as often as possible in the future.

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Special thanks to these organizations for their assistance and support with this production.

Griffin Daily News, Junior Guild. Blackshear Photography, Griffin Ballet Theatre, WHIE Radio, Home Depot of Griffin

and Spalding High ROTC.

A very special thank you to all of our volunteers. Every person that you see in the lobby is one of these special people

that help keep this theater going on a volunteer basis.Monica Jacobs, Brian Love, Barb Panick,

Tom & Janette Kozinski, Jayne Mouchet, and of courseour wonderful Board of Directors.

Special Thanks

Board of Directors

Norma RichardsonPresident

Donnie BeallBoard Chairman

Joe McKaughanMember Emeritus

Marian SorensenSecretary

Janice AikenSusan Brigden

Nick ClarkMarcia CollinsVirginia Church

Carlee LoveJanet Prothro

Janice WallaceJohn Parente

In an effort to keep our theater looking its best, we ask that you please refrain from bringing anything other than

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Griffin Bears football to host Upson-Lee here Friday nightSPORTS, A8

Education Spotlight page is in today’s editionINSIDE, A15

General speaks at JROTC commissioning

ceremony for GHS and SHS cadets

U.S. Army Gen. Stephen J. Townsend is a Griffin High School graduate, class of 1978.

PHOTOS BY JOHN SULLIVAN/THE GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS

School board officials approved the installation of artificial grass at Memo-rial Stadium by a vote of 4-1 during a called meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 11.

Barbara Jo Cook, Zacher y Holmes, James Graham and Will

Doss voted in favor of ar tificial grass. Michael Kendall voted no, citing health and safety concerns as his only consideration in the vote.

Prior to voting, community mem-bers addressed the board to express their concerns.

Three community members rep-resented the concerns of girls soc-

cer and were in favor of remaining with natural grass.

Some of their concerns were the nature of injuries potentially incurred on artificial turf, increased heat on artificial turf, and that the timing of the installation will conflict with the

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School board OKs artificial turf for Memorial Stadium

BY JENNIFER REYNOLDSSTAFF WRITER

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City’s 2018 LOST

collections up slightly from 2017

BY KAREN GUNNELSSTAFF WRITER

Spalding County Chief Mag-istrate Judge Rita Cavanaugh dis-missed the involuntary manslaugh-ter charge against Amanda Chambers and added one count of felony murder dur-ing a Tuesday prelim-inary hearing.

Chambers, 39, is also charged with possession of fen-tanyl with the intent to distribute, reckless conduct and interference with a 911 call. Cavana-ugh bound those charges along withthe felony murder charge against Chambers over to Spalding County Superior Court.

Spalding County Sheriff Darrell Dix agrees with the judge’s deci-sion.

“I agree and fully support Judge Cavanaugh’s decision. It’s time we take the deaths caused by this

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SATURDAY, SEPT. 15, 2018 - SUNDAY, SEPT. 16, 2018

UGA, GT in action todaySPORTS, A8

155th anniversary of the Battle of Chickamauga coming up.B1

Amanda Chambers

KAREN GUNNELS/DAILY NEWSCatch the antics of Junie B. Jones this weekend at Camelot Theatre Company’s production of “Junie B. Jones the Musical Jr.” at the Griffin-Spalding Enrichment Center, at 205 Spalding Drive, Griffin. Today’s show times are at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., and the last performance is at 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for seniors.

Because of the impact of Hurri-cane Florence, many post offices in the way of the storm have closed, which may af fect customers who receive bills in parts of the affected areas.

Mail destined for the Charles-

ton, Hilton Head, Greenville, Myrtle Beach and Columbia areas in South Carolina and the Greensboro area of North Carolina will be delayed, according to information released Wednesday by the city of Griffin.

While Grif fin does not service these affected areas, the city does have customers in these areas who do receive bills.

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Reign of ‘Junie B’ continues at Camelot

First state pickleball championships starts today in Spalding County

Special GPD operation results in drug arrests

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Joshua D. Babb, 29, will appear before Cavanaugh on charges of traf-

ficking methamphetamine, posses-sion of meth, possession of meth with intent to distribute, two counts of pos-session of a Schedule IV controlled substance, possession of a Schedule II controlled substance, entering an automobile, and possession of less than 1 ounce of marijuana.

Babb was arrested Aug. 29 on School Road by the Spalding County

Sheriff’s Office. He is being housed at the Spalding County Jail and no bond has been set.

A hearing for Courtney W. Hender-son is also set for this morning.

Henderson was arrested Aug. 13 by the Grif fin Police Depar tment on charges of possession of cocaine

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26th Little Free Library dedicated Public hearings for twoseparate planning and zoning requests are set for tonight at the city of Griffin Board of Com-missioners meeting.

Commissioners are alsoscheduled to vote on the two requests during tonight’s regu-lar meeting.

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GRIFFIN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

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Five of the 12 families affected by last week’s fire are still in hotel rooms.The goal is to get all 12

back into a unit at Northside Hills Apar tments, Resident Services Coordinator DaShun-dria Davis said Tuesday.

Some families may be in smaller units than what they were in until their units are ready, Davis said.“We’re

household i tems, fur n i -ture and food for them,” Davis said regarding the families back in apartments. “That’s what we’re working on now.”

She said residents have been able to stop by the offiand get th d

Fire victims still need household itemsBY RAY LIGHTNERSTAFF [email protected]

A Griffin woman originally charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with a recent death attributed to fentanyl is Spalding County Superior Court Judge

Rita Cavanaugh dismissed the involun-tary manslaughter charge against Aman-

da Chambers and added one count of felony murder after hearing evidence presented during a preliminary hearing for Chambers held Tuesday.Chambers is also charged with pos-

session of fentanyl with the intent to distribute, reckless conduct and inter-ference with a 911 call. Cavanaugh bound those charges along with the fel-ony murder charge against Chambers

over to Spalding County Superior Court.The charges stem from the Aug. 19

death of Jeffrey Scott Callahan. Spalding County Sheriff’s Office deputies respond-ed to the RaceTrac gas station on North Expressway to find EMS personnel per-forming lifesaving procedures on Cal-lahan. Callahan was pronounced dead shortly after the deputies’ arrival, accord-ing to SCSO reports.SCSO Investigator Ray Hightower tes-

tified Tuesday that substances found in Callahan’s pocket tested positive for pure fentanyl.

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Suspect charged with felony murderBY KAREN GUNNELSSTAFF WRITER

Cavanaugh dismisses manslaughter charge against

Chambers in connection to reported fentanyl death

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Public records, including arrest reports, are in today’s edition.A11

Jags looking forback-to-back winsSPORTS, A8

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Firefighters work at Northside Hills on Thursday morning to put more water on hotspots and smoking debris.

Amanda Chambers

Remembering 9/11Flags were flown at half-staff on Tues-day — including this one at the Veter-

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Commissioners are also scheduled to vote on the two requests during tonight’s regu-lar meeting.

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Five of the 12 families affected by last week’s fire are still in hotel rooms.The goal is to get all 12

back into a unit at NorthsidSome families may be in

smaller units than what the

household i tems, fur n i -ture and food for them,” Davis said regarding the families back in apartments. “That’s what we’re working on now.”

She said residents have been able to stop by the offi

Fire victims still need household itemsBY RAY LIGHTNERSTAFF [email protected]

iffin woman originally charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with a recent death attributed to fentanyl is Spalding County Superior Court Judge

Rita Cavanaugh dismissed the involun-tary manslaughter charge against Aman-

s and added one count of felony murder after hearing evidence presented during a preliminary hearing for Chambers held Tuesday.Chambers is also charged with pos-

session of fentanyl with the intent to distribute, reckless conduct and inter-ference with a 911 call. Cavanaugh bound those charges along with the fel-ony murder charge against Chambers

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Expressway to find EMS personnel per-rrforming lifesaving procedures on Cal-lahan. Callahan was pronounced dead shortly after the deputies’ arrival, accord-ing to SCSO reports.SCSO Investigator Ray Hightower tes-

tified Tuesday that substances found in Callahan’s pocket tested positive for pure fentanyl.

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The Spalding County Office of Homeland Security/Emer-gency Management Agency (EMA) urges Spalding County residents to take the time to prepare for the upcoming hur-ricane and tropical storm sea-son.

Spalding County EMA Director Glenn Polk explains that it is vital to understand your home’s vulnerability to storms, flooding and winds. With this understanding, your family’s emergency plan will be able to address the needs that your family has to be prepared.Spalding County and Ready

Georgia offers these prepared-ness tips to assist with planning for every family:• Create, practice and com-municate your family’s emer-gency plan that may consist of evacuation plans, family com-munication plans and alternate shelter plans.• Create an emergency

kit with non-perishable food, water, etc. Recommended list can be located on Ready.Gov.• Create a plan for your pets.• Check and update insur-ance policies to make sure any damages will be covered.SEE STORM/PAGE A12

Be prepared for storm seasonSTAFF REPORTS

The work ethic of Colby Willis exempli-fies a committed city of Griffin employee, Public Works and Utilities Director BrantKeller said Tuesday

Willis named city’s strongest link for month of AugustBY KAREN GUNNELSSTAFF WRITER [email protected]

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God Is SeenOctober 18, 2018 | 7:30 PM

Griffin First United Methodist Church

Leading off the 2018-19 season will be the acclaimed, authentic show Not Fade Away (Buddy Holly Experience) on Tuesday, October 16, 2018. This is an energetic tribute to Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper and their famous Winter Dance Party. Not Fade Away creates a new show that keeps the music alive, while remembering the importance and impact it had on history. A tribute to the pioneers of Rock ‘n’ Roll.

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