Rehearsals Begin for GOOD ‘N’ PLENTY

First Reading for All-State Thespian Production of GOOD ‘N’ PLENTY

Rehearsals began this past weekend for the 2014 Ohio All-State Thespian show, Jeffrey Hatcher’s comedy-drama Good ‘n’ Plenty. Director Geoffrey Nelson selected the large cast from high school students who auditioned in December; the actors come from schools across the state and will come together over four weekends to rehearse the show prior to performing it twice for the annual state conference in March.

Nelson selected the play because while it is very funny, it also has a serious side to it.  Playwright Jeffrey Hatcher set the play in his hometown high school in Wintersville, Ohio, during the American Bicentennial in 1976.  The action centers around a class project exploring the nature of democracy that goes horribly and humorously awry.

According to Nelson, “Jeff Hatcher is one of America’s most prolific and most produced playwrights. He has written dramas, comedies and musicals as well as adaptations.  I think this is a great opportunity for these student actors to work on a play by a successful writer who comes from the same background they do.”

At CATCO, Geoff produced Hatcher’s Murderers and Scotland Road, as well as acting in Three Viewings and directing The Turn of the Screw, an adaptation of the Henry James novel.