About the book
Have you ever wondered what goes on in the tight-knit world of
community theater? Especially in a small, Southern town already
overflowing with plenty of eccentric characters?
Are the actors really Hollywood hopefuls looking for their "big
break" or just hometown prima donnas, wanting to become
"slightly famous" as local celebs? Rosalie (Rosy) Potter is
the overly-dynamic founder and director of "The Pitchkettle
Players" located in the small town of Marbury, nestled in the
Appalachian mountains between North Carolina and Tennessee.
Excerpts:
"I was about to fail, and in front of the whole town. Of course,
my mother-in-law claimed I failed all the time. In her opinion, I had
been one big flop from the start. Never mind that her son and I were
still in love and happily married after nearly twenty years. Or that we
had given her a perfect granddaughter.
She grumbled about my love of the theater, of acting, and my work for
our community theater. When I started our town’s "little
theater" group, The Pitchkettle Players, she predicted a quick and
unpleasant end to it. That was ten years ago.
When Ralph and I headed up the effort to buy and renovate the old
train depot for the theater and community center, she recited a list of
every business that had ever failed in Marbury. This time she just might
be right.
The failure I was about to have would be big-time. It would be the
end of the dream for lots of people, not just me. Our latest theater
production, rehearsals for which were about to start, with the opening
night just six weeks away, would either make or break the Marbury
Community Theater, the Pitchkettle Players, and yours truly. My
mother-in-law would finally win."
About the Author
Nancy Sales Cash is a novelist, journalist and television producer. A
native of North Carolina, her career includes journalism, advertising
and public relations, and television production in North Carolina, New
York, London and Sydney.
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