ETC has been working on James Valcq quaint production of The Spitfire Grill musical.
The plot is based on a feisty parolee Percy Talbott(Lauren Thornwall) following her dream to experience the magnificent brilliance of the Northern Wisconsin Fall colors. She finds herself in a small town called Gilead, which could be Cumberland. Percy lands a job working at the Spitfire Grill that is owned by an ornery woman, Hannah Ferguson (Christine Johansen).
The Spitfire Grill is for sale, but there are no takers for the only diner in the depressed town, so newcomer, Percy comes up with a raffle winning idea which turns the townspeople in tumultuous directions as they realize they couldn’t see the forest for the trees.
The music is folksy, charming, powerfully embracing and will pull at your small town heartstrings. The play is directed by Ann Kysely and others in the cast are Carol Houghdahl, Tom Toftness, Jeremy Westin, Val Dehline and Tommy Youston.
Show performances will be:
October 3, 4, 9, 10, 11 – 7:00 P.M.
and
October 5 – 2:00 P.M. Matinee
Tickets $12 Available in Advance at Peter and Annies downtown Cumberland
Cumberland Fine Arts Center
1595 Second Avenue
(Across from Cumberland Elementary)
