"Marvin's Room"

The last play of our millennial season is "Marvin's Room" being performed at Stein Hall (old Bass school) Thursday thru Saturday, May 18 – 20, 7:30 p.m. with a final matinee on Sunday, May 21, 2:30 p.m.

"Marvin's Room" by Scott McPherson is a hilarious and wonderful account of one woman's commitment to loving others first, and her belief that giving such love has made her life unbelievably rich, even as she faces her own death.

'Bessie' (Mary Frances Maxey) lives in Florida and takes care for her aunt Ruth (Sharon Clark) and her father Marvin (Micheal Sherman). Aunt Ruth has several collapsed vertebrae and has to wear a electrode pack on her wrist that she uses to control her constant pain and which also wildly opens and closes the garage door at random intervals.

Unable to speak and confined to his bed for years, Marvin's only entertainment come bouncing beams of sunlight, reflected from a small mirror. Bessie learns amidst all this that she to has been become sick also. Her sister Lee (Penny Byler) comes from her Ohio home to Florida with her two sons; Hank (Cory Cunningham), who has just been released from a 'institution', and the quiet, shy Charlie (David Cunningham).

Bessie …………………………….………..Mary Frances Maxey
Doctor Wally………………………………..Robby Scucchi
Ruth…………………………………………Sharon Clark
Bob………………………………………….Michael Sherman
Lee……………………………………..……Penny Byler
Doctor Charlotte………………….…………Missy Stone
Hank…………………………………….…..Cory Cunningham
Charlie………………………………….……David Cunningham
Retirement Home Director………………….Susie Talbot
Marvin ……………………………..……..…Michael Sherman

Director – Ann Kinnebrew
Assistant Director – Beth Downs