Friends of the Park Committee host a dinner theater for Boon Park Project

Saturday, February 27, 2021

Dexter Statesman/Josh Ayers

The Friends of the Park Committee presented a community dinner theater Friday night at the First Baptist Church in Dexter to benefit the Boon Park Project. The proceeds went toward the purchase of the new playground equipment. The show was entitled The Glue of Gopher Gulch which was written and directed by John Stephens. A second showing is scheduled for Saturday evening.

Prior to the dinner theater, Eric Krapf, a Deacon at First Baptist Church, opened the vening with a prayer.
Polly Palate (Amber Duley) is dismayed due to not having enough money for her bills.
Greedy Gregory Grip (Jamie Twomey) offers a solution to her problem.
Father Muther (Tim Summers) consoles Polly.
Gregory plots his next move.
Sister Faith (Susan Shipp at left) and Sister Hope (Tabatha Crow) have an argument.
From left Deputy Clumsy Clyde (Adam Clark), Kermit the Hermit (Mark Rinehart) and and Sheriff Mark Madison (Caleb Gentry) have conversation.
During a "commercial break" Abigail DeMent and Luke Gentry presented the product Armadillo Ambience.
Gregory talks with his sisters Gertrude (Kathy Faries at left) and Gretchen (Jessica Jinkerson).
Polly speaks with Dolly Panache (Amelia Banken) at a barbecue.
Clumsy Clyde has an accident with a pie.
A fight breaks out at the barbecue.
Landon Jarrell presents a c"commercial" for The Flattened Fauna Bistro.
A group of performers presented a "commercial" for Sister Faith and Sister Hope's Financial Conglomerate.
Father Muther officiates the wedding of Gregory and Polly.
Sherriff Madison speaks at the wedding.