By Emily Davis
The Haysville Times
On November 3rd, and 4th the Haysville Friends of the Library will be putting on their annual Mystery Dinner Theater production. This will be the tenth year that they will be performing an original play to benefit the Haysville Library. The deadline to purchase tickets will be November 2nd. Admission prices will be $25 per couple or $15 for an individual. Children under 12 are $10. All proceeds will go toward the Friends of the Library fund which is supporting the bond issue on this years ballot about the library expansion. The production will take place at the Haysville United Methodist Church, 601 E. Grand. This will be the third year at this location.
This year’s play, “Spunky and the Haysville Gang!”, should be a great time and will be sure to entertain. Just think Little Rascals’ Our Gang with some Haysville warp. Spunky (played by Marion Renner) is the leader of a marble playing gang of kids and is accused of a crime. Is he guilty? What will happen? This is a true “who dun it“ that you won’t want to miss.
The eight person cast is filled with Haysville’s veterans to the stage. Renner works as a supervisor of the student teachers at Newman University. The play’s director is Joe Perkins, whose day job is that of a flight instructor. This is his first year directing but second year being in the play. He will make his stage appearance this year as the dog Lucky, the faithful friend to Mr. Clean played by Haysville Times’ own Ray Racobs. Racobs is a fourth year veteran to the stage. Joetta Branch who plays ragweed, is a fifth year veteran. When Branch isn’t pursuing the stage, she is a Noninvasive Cardiac Tech (a.k.a. EKG Tech) at Via Christi Medical Center. Zoe Burgess who plays Lilly is also a fifth year veteran. She works as an Executive Assistant with the Warren Theater Co. Anna Perkins, wife of Director Joe Perkins, is an Executive Assistant at Galaxy Audio and appears in the play as Mrs. Crow. Anna is one of the two first timers. Lyn Worrell is President of the Friends of the Library and is the other first timer to the stage. She will be playing the part of Darla Karla. Marion Renner, as Spunky, is the true veteran with ten years of directing and performing.
Tickets are on sale now at the Haysville Community Library.