Cookeville Performing Arts Center

THE STORY: Eve Wilfong, who lives over the “Nice People Dancing to Good Country Music Bar,” is paid a visit by her niece Catherine Empanger, a novice nun who’s been asked to leave her convent. It seems Catherine suffers from a curious compulsion to yell obscenities at the wrong moment, and even, on occasion, bark like a dog. Roy, an honest if simple fellow from the bar downstairs, wants to court Catherine whether she’s a nun or not. Eve feels she should give her niece the benefit of her experiences with men before allowing her to venture back into the mad modern country world. What follows is not simply comic and well-observed, but romantic and affecting as well. (Formerly existed as two one-act plays under the titles, TOYS FOR MEN and NICE PEOPLE DANCING TO GOOD COUNTRY MUSIC.)
 
Mild adult language; Discretion is advised.

THE STORY: Eve Wilfong, who lives over the “Nice People Dancing to Good Country Music Bar,” is paid a visit by her niece Catherine Empanger, a novice nun who’s been asked to leave her convent. It seems Catherine suffers from a curious compulsion to yell obscenities at the wrong moment, and even, on occasion, bark like a dog. Roy, an honest if simple fellow from the bar downstairs, wants to court Catherine whether she’s a nun or not. Eve feels she should give her niece the benefit of her experiences with men before allowing her to venture back into the mad modern country world. What follows is not simply comic and well-observed, but romantic and affecting as well. (Formerly existed as two one-act plays under the titles, TOYS FOR MEN and NICE PEOPLE DANCING TO GOOD COUNTRY MUSIC.)
 
Mild adult language; Discretion is advised.

THE STORY: Eve Wilfong, who lives over the “Nice People Dancing to Good Country Music Bar,” is paid a visit by her niece Catherine Empanger, a novice nun who’s been asked to leave her convent. It seems Catherine suffers from a curious compulsion to yell obscenities at the wrong moment, and even, on occasion, bark like a dog. Roy, an honest if simple fellow from the bar downstairs, wants to court Catherine whether she’s a nun or not. Eve feels she should give her niece the benefit of her experiences with men before allowing her to venture back into the mad modern country world. What follows is not simply comic and well-observed, but romantic and affecting as well. (Formerly existed as two one-act plays under the titles, TOYS FOR MEN and NICE PEOPLE DANCING TO GOOD COUNTRY MUSIC.)
 
Mild adult language; Discretion is advised.

THE STORY: Eve Wilfong, who lives over the “Nice People Dancing to Good Country Music Bar,” is paid a visit by her niece Catherine Empanger, a novice nun who’s been asked to leave her convent. It seems Catherine suffers from a curious compulsion to yell obscenities at the wrong moment, and even, on occasion, bark like a dog. Roy, an honest if simple fellow from the bar downstairs, wants to court Catherine whether she’s a nun or not. Eve feels she should give her niece the benefit of her experiences with men before allowing her to venture back into the mad modern country world. What follows is not simply comic and well-observed, but romantic and affecting as well. (Formerly existed as two one-act plays under the titles, TOYS FOR MEN and NICE PEOPLE DANCING TO GOOD COUNTRY MUSIC.)
 
Mild adult language; Discretion is advised.

THE STORY: Eve Wilfong, who lives over the “Nice People Dancing to Good Country Music Bar,” is paid a visit by her niece Catherine Empanger, a novice nun who’s been asked to leave her convent. It seems Catherine suffers from a curious compulsion to yell obscenities at the wrong moment, and even, on occasion, bark like a dog. Roy, an honest if simple fellow from the bar downstairs, wants to court Catherine whether she’s a nun or not. Eve feels she should give her niece the benefit of her experiences with men before allowing her to venture back into the mad modern country world. What follows is not simply comic and well-observed, but romantic and affecting as well. (Formerly existed as two one-act plays under the titles, TOYS FOR MEN and NICE PEOPLE DANCING TO GOOD COUNTRY MUSIC.)
 
Mild adult language; Discretion is advised.

THE STORY: Eve Wilfong, who lives over the “Nice People Dancing to Good Country Music Bar,” is paid a visit by her niece Catherine Empanger, a novice nun who’s been asked to leave her convent. It seems Catherine suffers from a curious compulsion to yell obscenities at the wrong moment, and even, on occasion, bark like a dog. Roy, an honest if simple fellow from the bar downstairs, wants to court Catherine whether she’s a nun or not. Eve feels she should give her niece the benefit of her experiences with men before allowing her to venture back into the mad modern country world. What follows is not simply comic and well-observed, but romantic and affecting as well. (Formerly existed as two one-act plays under the titles, TOYS FOR MEN and NICE PEOPLE DANCING TO GOOD COUNTRY MUSIC.)
 
Mild adult language; Discretion is advised.

THE STORY: Eve Wilfong, who lives over the “Nice People Dancing to Good Country Music Bar,” is paid a visit by her niece Catherine Empanger, a novice nun who’s been asked to leave her convent. It seems Catherine suffers from a curious compulsion to yell obscenities at the wrong moment, and even, on occasion, bark like a dog. Roy, an honest if simple fellow from the bar downstairs, wants to court Catherine whether she’s a nun or not. Eve feels she should give her niece the benefit of her experiences with men before allowing her to venture back into the mad modern country world. What follows is not simply comic and well-observed, but romantic and affecting as well. (Formerly existed as two one-act plays under the titles, TOYS FOR MEN and NICE PEOPLE DANCING TO GOOD COUNTRY MUSIC.)
 
Mild adult language; Discretion is advised.

We invite you to join us and be a part of this unique rehearsal and workshopping process. Please be a member of our (quiet!) audience while we rehearse this new play for its premiere, and afterwards, offer your thoughts. The most important member of our cast is the audience, and we need you! Attend for one night, or join us for all rehearsals.  *Please arrive on time. The audience will be asked to stay seated during rehearsal, and there will be breaks every half hour.

SYNOPSIS
Barney Martin is dying. In fact, he's been dying for years, but now the children and grandchildren have been called back home to Rose Hill, Mississippi to say their goodbyes. As they gather at the family home, it becomes increasingly apparent that they've been led astray, in more ways than one. Forced together in a home where they each lived very different childhoods, the family members take solace in the kitchen, sifting through their grandmother's recipes and their shared pasts, and revealing their current hidden truths. It's family, and it's sickness, and it’s death, and somehow, thankfully, that also means it's comedy.

The Kitchen

by

Laura Holloway

Mild adult language; Discretion is advised.

We invite you to join us and be a part of this unique rehearsal and workshopping process. Please be a member of our (quiet!) audience while we rehearse this new play for its premiere, and afterwards, offer your thoughts. The most important member of our cast is the audience, and we need you! Attend for one night, or join us for all rehearsals.  *Please arrive on time. The audience will be asked to stay seated during rehearsal, and there will be breaks every half hour.

SYNOPSIS
Barney Martin is dying. In fact, he's been dying for years, but now the children and grandchildren have been called back home to Rose Hill, Mississippi to say their goodbyes. As they gather at the family home, it becomes increasingly apparent that they've been led astray, in more ways than one. Forced together in a home where they each lived very different childhoods, the family members take solace in the kitchen, sifting through their grandmother's recipes and their shared pasts, and revealing their current hidden truths. It's family, and it's sickness, and it’s death, and somehow, thankfully, that also means it's comedy.

The Kitchen

by

Laura Holloway

Mild adult language; Discretion is advised.

We invite you to join us and be a part of this unique rehearsal and workshopping process. Please be a member of our (quiet!) audience while we rehearse this new play for its premiere, and afterwards, offer your thoughts. The most important member of our cast is the audience, and we need you! Attend for one night, or join us for all rehearsals.  *Please arrive on time. The audience will be asked to stay seated during rehearsal, and there will be breaks every half hour.

SYNOPSIS
Barney Martin is dying. In fact, he's been dying for years, but now the children and grandchildren have been called back home to Rose Hill, Mississippi to say their goodbyes. As they gather at the family home, it becomes increasingly apparent that they've been led astray, in more ways than one. Forced together in a home where they each lived very different childhoods, the family members take solace in the kitchen, sifting through their grandmother's recipes and their shared pasts, and revealing their current hidden truths. It's family, and it's sickness, and it’s death, and somehow, thankfully, that also means it's comedy.

The Kitchen

by

Laura Holloway

Mild adult language; Discretion is advised.

We invite you to join us and be a part of this unique rehearsal and workshopping process. Please be a member of our (quiet!) audience while we rehearse this new play for its premiere, and afterwards, offer your thoughts. The most important member of our cast is the audience, and we need you! Attend for one night, or join us for all rehearsals.  *Please arrive on time. The audience will be asked to stay seated during rehearsal, and there will be breaks every half hour.

SYNOPSIS
Barney Martin is dying. In fact, he's been dying for years, but now the children and grandchildren have been called back home to Rose Hill, Mississippi to say their goodbyes. As they gather at the family home, it becomes increasingly apparent that they've been led astray, in more ways than one. Forced together in a home where they each lived very different childhoods, the family members take solace in the kitchen, sifting through their grandmother's recipes and their shared pasts, and revealing their current hidden truths. It's family, and it's sickness, and it’s death, and somehow, thankfully, that also means it's comedy.

The Kitchen

by

Laura Holloway

Mild adult language; Discretion is advised.

THE STORY: Phil is a researcher entrusted with the first major trial of Thriveon, Schmidt Pharma’s experimental treatment for workplace depression. Meena is a study subject who is depressed by her workplace. Can Thriveon cure Meena? Can Meena cure Phil? A comedy about big love, big dreams and Big Pharma.
 
Mild adult language; Discretion is advised.

THE STORY: Phil is a researcher entrusted with the first major trial of Thriveon, Schmidt Pharma’s experimental treatment for workplace depression. Meena is a study subject who is depressed by her workplace. Can Thriveon cure Meena? Can Meena cure Phil? A comedy about big love, big dreams and Big Pharma.
 
Mild adult language; Discretion is advised.