Marvin's Room in Lake Charles for Seven More Performances

A woman sits on a park bench in Disneyworld. She told the rest of her family to go enjoy one of the other attractions without her as she wanted to rest. Suddenly, she coughs into a handkerchief and as she looks into it, she sees that she's coughed up blood. Suddenly, she falls to the ground because she fainted.

The next thing that is known is that she awakes and doesn't know where she is. Her sister tells her that she is in the lost children's hut. This is just one of the episodes that deals with family drama in Marvin's Room. In the play, Marvin, an elderly father, has suffered two strokes and one of his daughters, Bessie, takes care of him. Bessie's Aunt Ruth also lives with them. Bessie is diagnosed with leukemia and her sister and her sons come down to Florida from Ohio to find out of their bone marrow matches Bessie's. However, these are only a few of the trials faced in the play.

Marvin's Room is currentlySadler playing at The Lake Charles Little Theatre. Jo Ann Hanks is wonderful as Bessie. You can see that she definitely pours her emotion into her acting. This is also true of Ellie Marqeuz whoe plays Ruth and Carson Turgeon who plays Hank.

A sad play usually doesn't work well without comic relief. This provided by Kevin Driscoll who plays Dr. Way and Dan Sadler who plays Bob. Of course, the rest of the cast is wonderful, too. Lee, Bessie's sister, is played by Stacy Solak. Dr. Charlotte is played by Leslie Harless. Cole Becton plays Charlie and Heather Phillips plays the retirement home director. The production of this play is directed by James Johnson and is dedicated to Jo Ann Rigney.

Other crew members are Katy Cole (assisstant director), Johnathon Richards (Lighting Advior), Jordan Coe (Light Operator), Cameron Scallon (Sound Operator), James Johnson (Set Design), Heather Partin (Costume Design), Kevin Driscoll (Hair & Makeup), Rebecca Harris (Box Office), and James Johnson (Concessions Manager). Set construction was done by Dan Sadler, Randy Partin, and the cast and crew. The stage crew consists of Hunter Becton, Christopher Marshall, Jaylon Williams, and Quaid Nichols.

The production can be seen seven more times at The Lake Charles Little Theatre. The dates are as follows:

• Sunday, October 14, 2018 at 2pm
• Friday, October 19, 2018 at 7:30pm
• Saturday, October 20 at 7:30pm
• Sunday, October 21 at 2pm
• Friday, October 26 at 7:30pm
• Saturday, October 27 at 7:30pm
• Sunday, October 28 at 2pm

Tickets for the show can be bought online at Vendini for Marvin's Room at The Lake Charles Little Theatre.

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