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Hovey Players Presents:
Stones in His Pockets

By Marie Jones

Directed by Leigh Berry

Stones in His Pockets is set in a tiny rural town in County Kerry during the economic depression in the 1980s - Jake and Charlie, each of whom has had both financial struggles and a dream to tap into the fortune and fame of Hollywood. When a huge Hollywood film studio descends upon their tiny village as the backdrop to create "The Quiet Valley", both men are hired as extras. The actors each portray these main male characters, plus each performs a multitude of other characters against the other's Jake or Charlie - a production assistant in the film crew, a security guard, the main actress in the Hollywood film, an Irish Catholic priest. Though the portrayal of
these characters is genuinely funny, the predicament of these two men and the rest of the inhabitants of their village is placed in contrast to the glamour and greed of Hollywood. When one of the villagers dies of a drug overdose, the others are left to choose between attending his funeral or being forced to continue filming so
that the studio does not go overbudget. The play's deeper meaning lies in exposing the dashed hopes, dreams and desires of these impoverished, struggling people as they reveal their hardy Irish resilience and perseverance.

Performances: January 11-26, 2008

Fridays and Saturdays, January 11, 12, 18, 19, 25, & 26, 2008 at 8:00 pm with a matinee on January 20 at 2:00pm.

Tickets $15.00 general admission, $13.00 for students/seniors. For reservations, please call 781-893-9171 or email reservations@hoveyplayers.com. Seating is limited so reserve early!

Saturday, January 26, is sold out. Tickets are still available for Friday's performance. If you would like to be added to the waiting list for Saturday’s performance, please call or email your name, phone number, and number of tickets you want. Wait list requests will be honored in the order they are received. You should be at the theater at 7:30 to wait and see if tickets become available. If you are not there when seats open up, the next person on the waiting list will get the tickets.

Cast

Bill Stambaugh as Jake (and others)
Michael Corbett as Charlie (and others)

Production staff

Jessie Olson - Assistant Director
Susan Harrington and Michelle M. Aguillon - co-producers
Tracy Sullivan - stage manager
Kristina Perry - costume design
Jeremy Medicus - lighting design, tech crew coordinator
Ed Council and Tom Berry - sound design
Jessie Olson, Kristin Hughes, Mark Sickler, Michelle Aguillon, and Tom, Devyn, & Leigh Berry - Set Design & Construction
Mark Usher, Dialect Coach & Dramaturg
Kristin Hughes - house manager
Ronni Marshak - reservations, opening night coordinator
Key Design - programs
Eric Houghton - webmaster

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