LAKE BENTON – The Lake Benton Opera House will present its fall play, “The Cemetery Club” beginning tonight.
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LAKE BENTON – The Lake Benton Opera House will present its fall play, “The Cemetery Club” beginning tonight.
The show will run at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 6-7 and Oct. 13-14 and at 2 p.m. Oct. 8 and Oct. 15. Tickets, with prices ranging from $5-$11, can be reserved by calling 507-368-4620 or going to www.lakebentonoperahouse.org.
The story involves three widows who meet once a month for tea before going to visit their husbands’ graves.
Ida (played by Lori Sanderson of Tyler) is sweet-tempered and ready to begin a new life; Lucille (Becky Lothert of Marshall) is a feisty embodiment of the girl who just wants to have fun; and Doris (Kathy Holck of Ruthton) is priggish and judgmental, particularly when Sam (Tom Schmitt of Porter) the butcher enters the scene.
He meets the widows while visiting his wife’s grave. Doris and Lucille quash the budding romance between Sam and Ida and are guilt-stricken when Sam shows up with Mildred (Betty Andries of Marshall) and nearly breaks Ida’s heart.
The play was originally produced in 1987 by the Yale Repertory Theatre and is written by Ivan Menchell.
Mark Wilmes of Tyler is directing with Nathaniel Gates of Brookings as the technical director. Costuming was done by Sandy Hanson of Tyler and the cast.
