Due to circumstances
beyond our control, Catfish Moon, scheduled to open the
23rd of this month, will be postponed until a later date to be
announced. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may
cause. We are looking forward to our next production,
Smokey Joe's Cafe, in August. Thank you for your
continued support.
Catfish Moon (May 23-25 & 29-31) (Our
annual Spotlight on Mississippi Playwrights) by Laddy Sartin is the
story of three former childhood chums, Curley, Gordon and Frog whose
friendships have been strained by the pressures of middle age. It
doesn’t help that Gordon is dating Frog’s ex-wife. In an attempt to
strengthen their relationships with one another, all three agree to
go on an overnight fishing trip just like they did in the old
days.
Laddy
Sartin, was
born in Brookhaven, Mississippi in 1951. He grew up in the country
on the back roads of Lincoln County and spent much of his childhood
at his granny Reed’s house, his favorite place on earth. Currently a
resident of Rock Hill, South Carolina, Laddy holds a BFA in Theatre
from the University of Southern Mississippi. An actor and stage
technician as well as a writer, Sartin has worked in theatre for the
past two decades. He was the 1991-92 recipient of the North Carolina
Arts Council’s Playwriting Fellowship, the state’s most prestigious
individual artist award, with an honorarium of $8,000. His play Blessed Assurance was
selected for the Eudora Welty New Play Series at New Stage Theatre
in Jackson, Mississippi, and was performed there in March 1995.
Catfish Moon was originally
presented by The Charlotte Repertory Theatre in 1994 during their
Charlotte Festival/New Plays in America Series where it received the
prestigious Virginia Duvall Mann
Award.
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