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RICK WHELAN
Nationality: U.S./Canadian
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RICK WHELAN was an actor before he became a playwright. His favorite role was CHARLIE BROWN in the national company of YOURE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN. His plays have also been produced at the Actors Theatre of Louisville, the Barter Theatre in Virginia and the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival. .
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Heart's Desire Heaven Sent Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Kindred Spirits Last Shot Wash, Rinse, Spin, DryHeart's Desire
Synopsis:
Western icon Del Stone, exhausted after a life of too much of everything, returns to his quiet little hometown to rediscover his innocence. When Del was in high school, he was in a band called The Country Cousins with his two best friends & Harry Potts and his old girlfriend, May Ludlow. Now after all these years, Del realizes May is "the one who got away." He contemplates a new life of quiet days and even quieter nights with his first love. The only possible impediment to this romance is the fact that May is now married to Harry and they have a cozy little family comprised of two precocious teenage children, Jake and Alyson. Ensconced in the home of his former band mates, these three old friends relive heart-warming memories, painful regrets and entertain the possibility of cooking up one more chance at something wonderful!
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Top of PageHeaven Sent
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Heaven Sent is set in the hard-scrabble world of Appalachia, circa 1933. SAMUEL LANGLEY, a bitter recluse in his late 60s, lives on the edge of the rural community of Raveloe, Kentucky. He is an herbalist, supporting himself by making homemade remedies. Suffering from epilepsy, his frequent fits make him a mysterious, dark figure in this tight-knit southern community. One night, semi-conscious andin the throes of an epileptic fit, Samuel is robbed of his considerable fortune he kept hidden in a hole in his cabin. When a young child, abandoned by her Father and forsaken by her mother, finds her way to Samuels doorstep one cold winter night, Samuel thinks his gold has been returned to him in the form of the childs golden tresses. the play, very loosely based on the 19th-century British novel SILAS MARNER by George Eliot, is the story of a troubled mans redemption through the simple needs of an innocent child.
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Male: 6 Female: 4 Other: 1 child; cast size can be reduced to 8 with doubling
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Top of PageHunchback of Notre Dame, The
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Top of PageKindred Spirits
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The Moseby Spirit has been supplying the people of Moseby, New Hampshire with their weekly dose of news and gossip for over one hundred years. And editor Rose Dwyer has been at the helm of this grand old journal for nearly half that time. Rose and her "crack" news team, young and eager Tom Fergus and part-time stringer and full-time newshound Dora Wickenhuiser, cover this small New England town like white covers rice. But hard times have struck the Spirit, as they have most newspapers across America. The Spirit has been sold to a large investment banking firm and Rose is afraid her life's work will be turned into a trivial piece of irrelevant fluff, full of Hollywood gossip, easy word puzzles and meaningless pie charts. If only Charlie Treadwell were still alive. Charlie was Rose's first boss at The Spirit - her professional mentor, her stalwart champion and the love of her life. As Rose sits in a deserted newsroom, worrying about the future of her beloved newspaper, a door opens and in comes a flood of memories which might offer Rose the solution to her stark dilEmma.
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Top of PageLast Shot
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Top of PageWash, Rinse, Spin, Dry
When Jan-Ellen's friend Yvonne, a waitress at a loca ldinner theatre, introduces her to Darren Tate, one of the dinner theatre's actors, Jan-Ellen and Darren strike up a love connection that culminates in Jan-Ellen's bed one lonesome Friday night.the play opens on that awkward morning after the night before. Darren is in a panic. His first instinct is to flee the scene of last night's passion. But as the morning with Jan-Ellen progresses, he realizes she's just as much fun in the dawn's early light as she was the night before. He decides he could get used to this settled-down life inthe Memphis suburbs with a beautiful woman who adores him. Having been down this road once or twice before, Jan-Ellen has no illusions about her relationship with Darren. She is a widow with a three-year-old boy to raise. But when she discovers Darren once played one of the stars from her very favorite soap opera, she is quite overwhelmed and begins to envision what life might be like with this fascinating and complicated artist. With a dash of slapstick and a whole bunch of fun, Wash, Rinse, Spin Dry follows these two star-crossed lovers as they struggle with the distinct possibility of a second act.
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Victor Jory Theater, Louisville, KY 1981
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