Show details
January 24, 2025
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February 2, 2025
SYNOPSIS
The Book Club Play
A Clever New Play
by Karen Zacarías
Loads of laughter and literature collide in this smart hit comedy about books and the people who love them. Ana is a Type A personality who lives in a letter-perfect world with an adoring husband, the perfect job and her greatest passion: Book Club. But when her cherished group becomes the focus of a documentary film, their intimate discussions about life and literature take a turn for the hilarious in front of the inescapable camera lens. Add a provocative new member along with some surprising new book titles, and these six friends are bound for pandemonium. Sprinkled with fun theatrical references to documentaries and novels galore from Moby Dick and Age of Innocence to Twilight and The Da Vinci Code, this buoyant comedy on contemporary culture will have everyone laughing … and reflecting. The Book Club Play is a delightful new play about life, love, literature and the side-splitting results when friends start reading between the lines.
The Book Club Play has never been produced by TCT or HHT.
THE BOOK CLUB PLAY
Is produced by special arrangement with THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY of Woodstock, Illinois.
(www.dramaticpublishing.com)
CO-PRODUCERS
MEDIA SPONSORS
KMAJ Majic 107.7 – A Cumulus Station, WIBW, and WIBW.com
AUDITIONS
Saturday, December 7, 2024
1:00 – 4:00 PM
Callbacks immediately following
TICKET DATES
Friday, January 10, 2025 – RESERVATIONS OPEN TO GENERAL PUBLIC
SHOW TIMES
Production Dates
Friday, January 24 – 7:00 PM
Saturday, January 25 – 7:00 PM
Thursday, January 30 – 7:00 PM
Friday, January 31, 7:00 PM
Saturday, February 1 – 7:00 PM
Sunday, February 2 – 2:00 PM Matinee
Production Staff & Cast
STAFF & CREW
Director – Joanna Lassley
Scene Design – Laurie & Dave Uhler
Costume Design – Andrew Ralston
Stage Manager – Connie Erwin
CAST
Ana Smith – Kelly Huff
Robert Novum Smith – Jeff Boyer
William Lee Nothnagel – Andy Huff
Jennifer McClintock – Melissa Boyer
Lily Louise Jackson – Dorcianna Cortez*
Alex – William Ross*
Pundit – Tom McElroy
*Denotes TCT/HHT debut
Thank you to everyone who auditioned! We were fortunate to have so many talented actors from which to choose!
Cast: Please email HHT Office Manager Kari Johnson at kari@Topekacivictheatre.com to accept your role. Our first rehearsal will be at 7:00 pm on Wednesday, December 11 in the HHT admin classroom.