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Center on the Square
Phone:501-368-0111
Address: 111 Arch Street
Email:centeronthesquare@sbcglobal.net
Website link:www.centeronthesquare.org
Performing Arts Center on the Square will nurture artists, technicians, administrators, volunteers, and audience members by providing opportunities for them to study and enjoy the art of theater. It will have a significant impact on the level of arts participation in the community by undertaking a wide range of artistic endeavors.
Reservations and Information:
501-368-0111 www.centeronthesquare.org
Reservations and cancellations required 24 hours in advance.
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays Dinner 6:30 p.m. Curtain 7:30 p.m.
Ticket Prices $27/$24 seniors over 60
Sundays Lunch 12:30 p.m. Curtain 1:30 p.m.
Ticket Prices $24/$21 seniors over 60
(Discounts available for Groups over 20)
Show Only Tickets available 15 minutes before curtain for $13.50
Key Members:
Executive Director:Lana Hallmark
Contact info:
Phone:501-368-0111
Address: 111 Arch Street Searcy
Email:centeronthesquare@sbcglobal.net
Website link:www.centeronthesquare.org
Events:
Driving Miss Daisy (Oct 17 - Nov 7, 2008)
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Having recently demolished another car, Daisy Wertham, a rich, sharp-tongued Jewish widow of seventy-two, is informed by her son, Boolie, that henceforth she must rely on the services of a chauffeur. The person he hires for the job is a thoughtful, unemployed black man, Hoke, whom Miss Daisy immediately regards with disdain and who, in turn, is not impressed with his employer's patronizing tone and, he believes, her latent prejudice. This script was the runaway favorite when our audiences voted for their favorite production.
A Christmas Carol (Dec 4 - 21, 2008)
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In a festive mood, the ladies mount another assault on the classics with their stage version of A Christmas Carol. They enthusiastically portray a dizzy array of characters from the Dickensian favorite (and a few which aren't), engineer some novel audience participation while bravely contending with an intrusive PA system and a real Farndale first wrap their vocal cords and feet around two original, show stopping songs. Fans will remember the hilarious Farndale ladies.
The Foreigner (Jan 30 - Feb 15, 2009)
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The scene is a fishing lodge in rural Georgia often visited by "Froggy" LeSeuer, This time "Froggy" has brought along a friend, a pathologically shy young man named Charlie who is overcome with fear at the thought of making conversation with strangers. So "Froggy," before departing, tells all assembled that Charlie is from an exotic foreign country and speaks no English. Charlie overhears more than he should, and it fuels the nonstop hilarity of the play, and the "good guys" emerge triumphant.
Smoke on the Mountain Homecoming (Mar 3 - 7, 2009)
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It's October, 1945, and the gospel-singing Sanders Family is back together again. The war is over and America's years of prosperity are just beginning. But there's another kind of rite of passage at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, where Reverend Mervin Oglethorpe is giving his last service. He's been called to preach in Texas, and he's already bought a ten-gallon hat and is preparing to ride into the sunset with his wife June, who is eight months pregnant. Tomorrow morning, young Dennis Sanders takes over as Mount Pleasant's pastor. Join the Sanders Family as they send Mervin and June off in style, with hilarious and touching stories and twenty-five toe-tapping Bluegrass Gospel favorites.
Steel Magnolias (Mar 27 - Apr 12, 2009)
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The action is set in Truvy's beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies who are "anybody" come to have their hair done. Helped by her eager new assistant, Annelle, the outspoken, wise-cracking Truvy dispenses shampoos and free advice to the town's rich curmudgeon, Ouiser, an eccentric millionaire, Miss Clairee, ; and the local social leader, M'Lynn, whose daughter, Shelby is about to marry a "good ole boy." The characters all possess a special quality that makes them truly touching, funny and marvelously amiable company in good times and bad.
Run for Your Wife (May 15 - 31, 2009)
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This superb example of the British farce had them rolling in the aisles in London and New York, as well as at Center on the Square in 2006. A taxi driver gets away with having two wives in different areas of London because of his irregular working schedule. Complication is piled upon complication as the cabby tries to keep his double life from exploding.