Two One-acts by Horton Foote Director – Suzanne Doublestein Assistant Director – Elizabeth Blakemore This show is comprised of two memorable one-acts by the playwright Horton Foote. They are both set in a small Texas town in the early 1950’s. The first is a comedy and the second a drama.

The Dancers

Horace, a boy of seventeen, is visiting his sister who has arranged a date for him with Emily Crews, the prettiest and most popular girl in town. The date is for a dance—but Horace claims that he doesn't know how to dance. His sister coaches him a little, persuades him he'll do very well, and goes off to call for Emily. And in Emily's living room, waiting for her to appear, he discovers that Emily is being forced by her mother to go to the dance with him; and in great humiliation he leaves. He finds himself in a soda fountain where he meets Mary Catherine, a young girl who, like Horace, lacks confidence and so cripples her own considerable abilities and attractiveness. The two lonely young people are drawn to each other. Horace finally gains the confidence to ask Mary Catherine to another dance, but at the same time his sister and Emily's mother again arrange for Horace to escort Emily, this time with Emily's cooperation. But what about Mary Catherine? “You gave me confidence and I gave you confidence. What’s the sense of getting confidence, Horace, if you’re not going to use it?” ~ Mary Catherine.

The Death of the Old Man

It is a simple story, chiefly one of mood and character in which the main character is an old man who lies dying and worrying about what will happen to the daughter who has cared for him. His other children, for whom he sacrificed so much, have now left home and have their own lives, which they will not alter to include any provision for their sister. The old man begins to wonder if there’s even any good left in the world. Until his precious daughter Rosa is taken care of, he cannot die in peace.

“Then I’ve lost. My investment’s wasted…Kindness has gone from the world, generosity has vanished.” ~ Will Mayfield, the old man

Dates: November 16th-18th

Venue:

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