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Arts!Oglethorpe presents the absurd comedy
“A Little Box of Oblivion” by Stephen Bean
February 3 & 4 at the historic Crawford School.
“A Little Box of Oblivion” opens on a lovely spring day in a park in London. Cool (played by Shelby Leggett) is settling on a park bench to read the paper when Woman (Bridget Shenkel) rushes on with a box. Before Cool can object, the box has been left on the bench with instructions that the box cannot be moved, knocked, tilted or opened.
And thus begins a less than relaxing afternoon in the park. Neurotic (Rebekah Nelms) arrives on the scene and is quite convinced that the box contains a bomb. Or could Doom (Jessica Sagustume) be right and it is a box of deadly anthrax? There’s a cat up a tree, unresponsive police, a stockpile of baked beans, a man on a ledge and a possible terrorist on the loose. Once Assertive (Reed Ash) arrives on the scene, her direct approach to the conundrum may be the answer – or not.
The cast features five veteran Arts!O actresses. Shelby Leggett is welcomed back to the Arts!O stage as Cool. Shelby is a OCHS junior and was last seen in “Taming of the Shrew” and “Nunsense”. Bridget Shenkel, an OCHS eighth grade student, joins the cast as Woman. Currently Bridget is the only cast member who really knows what’s in the box.
Sophomore Rebekah Nelms plays Neurotic. The role is helping the normally very sane and rational Nelms exercise her acting skills. Rebekah has performed in many Arts!O shows including “Once Upon a Mattress” this past summer.
Jessica Sagustume is too busy to be as doom-struck as her character. The OCHS senior attends UGA in the morning, OCHS in the afternoon and then heads to rehearsal after school. Jessica was last seen as the devious and deceitful Mrs. Cheveley in “An Ideal Husband”.
Reed Ash (Assertive), an OCHS sophomore, has been performing with Arts!O since she was first cast as Catherine in “The Taming of the Shrew” as a seventh grader. No difficult husbands to deal with this year, but there is a little matter of a severed head…
“A Little Box of Oblivion” will make you laugh at the absurdity of it all while giving you serious pause when confronting the realities of today’s “New Normal”.
Tickets for “A Little Box of Oblivion” are available at the Oglethorpe Echo, from the cast, online at www.artsoglethorpe.org or by calling 706-364-1339. Tickets are $5.00 (in advance) for teachers and students. All others are $7.00 (in advance). Tickets are available at the door for an additional $3.00 (Students/Teachers: $8.00 – Adults $10.00). Shows are at 7:30 nightly February 3 & 4 at the historic Crawford Schoolhouse. Doors open at 7:00.
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