ANNA MARIA – After more than a year off due to COVID-19 restrictions, The Island Players are excited to announce they are starting their historic 73rd season with the delightful comedy, “The Savannah Sipping Society.”
The play centers around four unique Southern women, all needing to escape the sameness of their day-to-day routines, who are drawn together by fate and an impromptu happy hour. The playwrights, Nicholas Hope, Jessie Jones and Jamie Wooten, were writers of the legendary TV comedy, “The Golden Girls” and this play is another good example of their talent in understanding and illustrating the perks and perils of older, single women.
The cast is being directed by well-known Island Players director and actor Mike Lusk, assisted by veteran stage manager Priscilla Boyd. Cast members include Jennifer Kwiatkowski as Randa Covington, Cathy Hansel-Edgerton as Dot Haigler, Laura Morales as Marlafaye Mosley, Susie Lowe as Jinx Jenkins and Mikey Lynch as Grandmother.
The Savannah Sipping Society runs from Sept. 16-26 with a new evening start time of 7:30 p.m. Sunday matinee time stays the same at 2 p.m.
Tickets are $25 each and will be available at the box office, 10009 Gulf Drive, which opens on Tuesday, Sept. 7. If you purchase season tickets before Sept. 1 you will receive a discount price of $110. Call Peg at 941-778-7374 for season ticket information. The box office is open Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and one hour before each show. For more information, please see the website, or call the box office at 941-778-5755.
Parking can be difficult, so it is recommended to arrive early. The Players have received permission from CrossPointe Fellowship to allow their patrons to park in their lot. They are located at 8605 Gulf Drive about a mile before the theater on the right. The AMI free trolley stops in front of the church and runs approximately every 20 minutes north toward the theater.
For everyone’s protection, masks are required when inside the theater. Temperature checks will be taken at the door and hand sanitizer will be available.
