Well the time has come once again. I am once again getting ready to hit the stage for Quitman Community Theater. We are once again in the preparing stages of Smoke on the Mountain 2: A Sanders Family Christmas. In fact last night was our first night with the read through for the cast. We had a great time and it seems like this show might be even funnier than the original that we did two years ago. One of the greatest things is that we have pretty much the whole cast back from the original production of Smoke on the Mountain.
If you aren't familiar with what I'm talking about let me tell you. Two years ago, after I had been in Quitman for four months, I had the opportunity to be in the play Smoke on the Mountain. It was (is) a musical, which scares me more than just a little bit. But I got the chance to step in and play the role of Reverend Mervin Oglethorpe, pastor of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Mt. Pleasant, North Carolina. I was pretty psyched to get this chance because up to that point (2008) I had not been in a full fledged production since about 1995. To be honest it was something that I was ready to have a chance to do again. The story of the play centers around the Sanders Family Singers, a family Gospel group, coming to Mt. Pleasant Baptist for their first Gospel sing in five years. It deals with the issues that they are having as well what Reverend Oglethorpe if dealing with being the pastor of a small church in a small town in the late 1930s. Overall it was a fantastically funny and fun show to get to be a part of. Now I get to be a part of the second Smoke on the Mountain, this time set on Christmas Eve 1941 just over two weeks after Pearl Harbor. It is once again going to be a fantastically fun and funny show to be a part of.
I am excited to get to once again be in a play. It is one of the things that I enjoy getting to do. I will miss The Wild Things on the nights that I'm gone, but it will be fun and Boo and Puck will get to see the show in the end I believe. All in all it is something that will be well worth the time and effort that is put in. If you are in a place where you can check it out, I would love for you to see it. Our performance dates will be October 29-30, November 5-6 at 7:30pm at the Carroll Green Civic Center and on October 31 and November 7 at 2:30pm (I believe that is the time for both Sunday shows) also at the civic center.
Grace, Peace and Love y'all.
