Angelo Civic Theater

We went to a play at Angelo Civic Theater (ACT) last Friday night. The play was a comedy called Crimes of the Heart  written by Beth Henley. Here is the summary from the ACT website:

"The three Magrath sisters have gathered to await news of the family patriarch, their grandfather, who is living out his last hours in their local Mississippi hospital. This is the story of how they escape the past to seize the future—but the telling is so true and touching and consistently hilarious that it will linger in the mind long after the curtain has descended. Winner of the 1981 Pulitzer Prize and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award."

The play was well received as evidenced by its awards. So why didn't Donna and I enjoy it more than we did? It's been a long time since we have really enjoyed a play at ACT. We've been season ticket holders since we moved to San Angelo, but that may change soon. With the new San Angelo Performing Arts Campus I wrote about recently, we may start transitioning to that venue. The shows there utilize professional traveling troupes. The price is higher, but the offerings are more varied and there are more of them to choose from.

I hate to give up on our little theater. Angelo Civic Theater prides itself on being the longest continuously running community theater in Texas, with its first performance dating to November 21, 1885. That's a long run. The theater relies largely on volunteer support, as a community theater should, and employs only 3 or 4 full-time people. So we really want to support the theater. Hopefully, performances will improve.