things to do in san antonio – The Overtime Theater

The Back-Porch Gang

The Overtime Theater proudly presents the world premiere of Ben Scranton’s new comedy The Back-Porch Gang, a heartwarming comedy about love, loss, and renewal. This mainstage production will run Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. May 6-21, 2022 and 3 p.m. Sunday, May 15, 2022. The Overtime Theater is located at 5409 Bandera Road, Suite 205 on the city’s Northwest Side. Masks are strongly recommended. General admission tickets are $18 or $12 for SATCO members, military and students with a valid ID.

The play stars Ida Steele, Joe De Mott, Denise Swain, Kurt Grabenstein, Barbara Hartman, and Beth Lamy. Jade Esteban Estrada directs.

In The Back-Porch Gang, a play about the journey of a group of senior citizens, the majority of the cast members are over the age of 70.

One summer morning residents at a retirement complex wave at cars to see if they can get a wave back. This harmless activity takes an unexpected turn when a police officer and a quirky stranger suddenly appear. The residents must now face the past and its impact on the present. Secrets are revealed as they navigate a hilarious maze of resentment, guilt and missed opportunity. Can lost love be rediscovered? Will long-held friendships be sustained? The Back-Porch Gang is a comic take on relationships senior citizens have with family, friends and lovers. It examines the need seniors have to be seen and acknowledged, coupled with a desire to lead a fulfilling life. Come celebrate the lives and loves of these characters as they wave their way into your heart.

We need your help

From The Overtime Theater’s Executive Board to our supporters,

Thank you for everything you’ve ever done for us, from seeing our shows, talking with our actors, having your favorite writers and directors, to generously paying for tickets and donating to our Love Bucket. You are both what makes our work possible and why we work as hard as we do to bring you quality in return for your patronage.

Here is our honest truth: we depend on the profits of a month’s shows to pay for the next month’s shows, which means the lights stay on, we can paint the stage floor, we can print posters and programs, and everything else that goes into making a show happen. Not one of us makes money from what we do at the theater – no writer, no director, no actor, no one working front of house.

By closing the theater for two to three months, foregoing the income from shows, it will be a true hardship to re-open our doors.

The Overtime is the only theater in San Antonio dedicated to actually producing new work by local playwrights. This means that our work is not tried and true – and that it is unencumbered by prior productions and the expectations those engender; it is daring, risky, timely, modern, reflective of our times, culture, and lives. We give an opportunity to new voices and assist emerging theater artists by giving them a place to actually see their work produced, valued, and celebrated.

We do not do this work because we want to be wealthy or even profitable. We want to break even and you can help us do that. We have a goal to make $15,000 to keep doing what we do.

We understand that these are difficult times on every level, including financially, for everyone. If you could donate $5 or $10 it would make all the difference in us weathering this time and emerging – when we’re all able – funded and ready to continue being your community theater for new local works.

Thank you for your time reading this and your consideration.

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The Meeting by Jeff Stetson

The Meeting

A One Act Play by Jeff Stetson

This eloquent production depicts an imaginary meeting of two of the most important men of modern times: Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Differing in their philosophies, but alike in their mutual respect, the two men debate their varying approaches to the same grave social problems, both prepared to die for their beliefs but neither aware of how soon their assassins’ bullets would await them.

Note: There will be a talk back by director and actors following both performances.

Cast

Carl E. Brooks – Malcolm X

Ronnie Whyman Alexander – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Torence B. White – Rashad

Creative Team

Producer: The Overtime Theater

Writer: Jeff Stetson

Director: Torence B. White

Performances

Return engagement on Friday and Saturday, November 15 and 16 at 8:00 pm.

Special arrangement granted by Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Tickets: $10.00 general admission. Buy online.

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