Point Loma Assembly (Point Loma, CA)
This beloved story details the relationship between an elderly Southern Jewish matron and her African-American chauffeur over the span of several decades. In this delicate depiction of racial tensions and of growing old, playwright Alfred Uhry has created two outsiders who come to a mutual respect based on their independence, strength and stubborn integrity.
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Christmas comes to the third-smallest town in Texas in this laugh-filled sequel to the comedy Greater Tuna. Colorful town residents new and familiar are engaged in preparations for the holidays with varying degrees of success, as a vandal threatens the annual yard display contest and the local production of A Christmas Carol is jeopardized by unpaid electric bills. Learn More
I am a HUGE fan of the actors in the movie and so, was reluctant to see the play, but these actors were sooo intune with their characters, and it was done with such humor and tenderness, that I think it matched the big screen production!! In fact I liked it so much that I went back to see it twice!! And I wish it was playing longer so that I could bring friends to see it!
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<p>The place is the Deep South, the time 1948, just prior to the civil rights upheaval in the United States. Having recently demolished another car, Daisy Wertham, a rich, crusty and sharp-tongued widow of 72, is informed by her businessman son, Boolie, that henceforth she must rely on the services of a chauffeur. The person he hires for the job is a thoughtful, unemployed black man, Hoke, whom Miss Daisy immediately regards with disdain and who, in turn, is not favorably impressed with his employer’s patronizing tone and, he believes, her latent prejudice. But, in a series of absorbing, revealing scenes, spanning 25 years and filled with warm humor and glinting insights, the two, despite their mutual differences, grow ever closer to and more dependent on each other, until, eventually, they become almost a couple. Slowly and steadily the dignified, good-natured Hoke breaks down the stern defenses of the ornery old lady, as she teaches him to read and write and , in a gesture of good will and shared concern invites him to join her at a banquet in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. — which her son declines to attend because it might be bad for business. As the play ends Hoke has a final visit with Miss Daisy, now 97 and confined to a nursing home, and while it is evident that a vestige of her fierce independence and sense of position still remain, it is also movingly clear that both of them have come to realize that they have more in common than they ever believed possible—and times and circumstances would ever allow them to publicly admit.</p>
Point Loma Actors Workshop is a performance based acting company focused on the development of the individual actor. Beginners are encouraged to attend. The Directors of Point Loma Actors have been active in achieving the goal of the theatre company for more than 18 years. They are engaged in the training, development, and production of live theatre presentations with a focus on the actor and the community. The directors, believe that the following core strengths have positioned the company to achieve our goal of outstanding teacher and producer of live theatre for the actor and the community.
