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<\/a><\/p>\nThe place is the Deep South, the time 1948, just prior to the civil rights movement. Miss Daisy immediately regards Hoke with disdain and he, in turn, is not impressed with his employer’s patronizing tone and, he believes, her latent prejudice. But, in a series of absorbing scenes spanning twenty-five years, the two, despite their mutual differences, grow ever closer to, and more dependent on, each other, until, eventually, they become almost a couple. They both come to realize they have more in common than they ever believed possible\u2014and that times and circumstances would ever allow them to publicly admit.<\/p>\n
Written by Alfred Urhy, the Murphys Creek production is in lofty company. The 1989 movie version starred Jessica Tandy as Daisy, Morgan Freeman as Hoke and Dan Aykroyd as Boolie. It won four Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Screenplay and Best Actress for Tandy. Freeman earned a Best Actor nomination and Aykroyd a Best Supporting Actor nomination. A recent Broadway revival featured Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones.<\/p>\n
Director Maryann Curmi is well known to theatergoers throughout the region as both an actor and director. She recently directed the highly successful \u201cOver the River and through the Woods\u201d at Murphys Creek where she also helmed \u201cAccomplice\u201d \u201cLast of the Red Hot Lovers\u201d and \u201cTalley\u2019s Folly\u201d. She has also delighted audiences onstage with a lengthy list of credits at Stage 3, Sierra Repertory Theater and Columbia Actors Rep.<\/p>\n
Curmi says, \u201cWhat’s not to love about directing Driving Miss Daisy? This a moving story about friendship that is sweet, sentimental, at times feisty and altogether poignant. Alfred Uhry has given us a gift. A play that delivers such a powerful message of hope that’s just as relevant now as the time it depicts is remarkable. Speaking of gifts…I count my blessings everyday knowing the abilities of this cast and I am humbled to be directing this show. Audiences will be in for a special treat from beginning to the end.\u201d<\/p>\n
The title role is played by Susan Michael. She brings a lifetime of experience to her Murphys Creek Theatre debut. Her favorite role locally was as the fiery Violet in Stage 3\u2019s groundbreaking smash \u201cAugust: Osage County\u201d. Other notable appearances include leading roles in \u201cNuts\u201d, \u201cStepping Out\u201d, \u201cGuys and Dolls\u201d, \u201cSteel Magnolias\u201d, \u201cHamlet\u201d and \u201cSuperior Donuts\u201d.<\/p>\n
Dwight Mahabir will play the chauffeur Hoke Coleburn. Mahabir is coming off his great success in the one man show \u201cLooking Over The President’s Shoulder\u201d at MCT. Mahabir\u2019s resume is truly impressive. Among his leading roles are Billy Flynn in \u201cChicago\u201d, Don Quixote\/Cervantes in \u201cMan of La Mancha\u201d The King of Siam in \u2018The King and I, Coalhouse Walker in \u201cRagtime\u201d and George in \u201cWho’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?\u201d Dwight feels honored to have been cast as Hoke, a man he feels is able to maneuver through aggression with playful honesty while always keeping his integrity and dignity intact. Dwight remarks \u201cI enjoy using the simple vernacular of the old black folk from the south. They made the language their own. It\u2019s beautiful!\u201d <\/p>\n
Mike Moon takes the role of Boolie, Daisy\u2019s son. Moon has a list of credits longer than most people\u2019s arms. He has been seen as Jerry\/Daphne in \u201cSugar\u201d, Henry Higgins in \u201cMy Fair Lady\u201d and, locally in \u201cNovember\u201d, \u201cBrighton Beach Memoirs\u201d and \u201cThe Diviners\u201d.<\/p>\n
Set design for \u2018Daisy\u2019 will be by Micki Dambacher, Costume Design by Linda Glick, Lighting Design by Tommy Johnson, Cortney Gillaspie will stage manage and be assisted by Gracie Graham.<\/p>\n
\u201cDriving Miss Daisy\u201d will run at Murphys Creek Theatre, 580 So. Algiers Street Murphys, CA from April 27 through May 20, 2018. Friday & Saturdays at 7 pm, Sundays at 2 pm. Ticket range $12.00 – $24.00. Tickets can be purchased online at www.murphyscreektheatre.org or reserved by calling 209-728-8422.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Murphys, CA… Behind the innocent sounding title is a mighty comedy-drama that won both the Pulitzer Prize for drama and the Academy Award for Best Picture. Not a bad track record. Now \u201cDriving Miss Daisy\u201d brings its considerable charms to Murphys Creek Theatre, running Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays April 27 through May 20. Called \u201ca […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,20,4,18,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-featured","category-life-style","category-murphys","category-news","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DMD_poster_gold.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/55935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}