BREAKING NEWS!
SAMUEL FRENCH TO PUBLISH
ACTING
EDITION OF "THE SUGAR WITCH"!
"THE SUGAR WITCH"
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"Bewitching!"
-San Jose Mercury News
"Spellbinding...
a gem of special effects, dead bodies, silent demons,
flickering campfires and flying cats...
eerie... chilling...
moody...
(The Sugar Witch) embraces gay/lesbian themes as
heartily as anything you'll get south of San
Francisco...
(a) gender-reversed Sleeping Beauty!"
- Metro Weekly (Silicon Valley)
"A hauntingly creepy delight...
lyrically written...
a standout... quality play...
intriguing... impressive...wonderful...
(a) story of decay, violence and transformation...
Li'l Abner meets William Faulkner...
(The Sugar Witch) is filled with weird, surreal, stageworthy dramatic moments
and situations...
a satisfying balance between gothic horror and humor!"
-Palo Alto Daily News
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ABOUT THE PLAY
The Bean family in Sugar Bean, Florida live
under an ancient family curse. The surviving members of the town's founding family have reached the end of their rope.
Just when things can't possibly get any worse, tragedy strikes as a mysterious and brutal murder takes place in the Bean
family home. The crime places "Moses" and "Sisser" in grave danger as "Annabelle", the last
in a long-line of so-called "Sugar Witches", attempts to end the curse placed on their heads by the dying words
of her very own grandmother.
Dark family secrets are revealed and unusual passions are ignited as the family confronts
madness, truth and the destructive legacy of racism as the spirits of the dead walk the dark swamp, haunting the hearts of
all who reside there. "The Sugar Witch" is a dark, Southern Gothic play that will linger in the minds of the audience
long after the curtain falls.
CLICK HERE FOR UPCOMING PRODUCTIONS OF "THE SUGAR WITCH"!
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PRODUCTION HISTORY:
"The Sugar Witch", Part II in "The Sugar Bean Trilogy" of plays, received its world
premiere production at Northside Theatre Company in San Jose, CA. "The Sugar Witch" opened at
the Black Box Theatre on October 4, 2007 and ran through October 28th. The production was directed by Richard
T. Orlando with the following cast: Kezia Radke as "Sisser", JeannieRae Orlando as "Ruth Ann Meeks", Kendra
Owens as "Annabelle", Scott Cox as "Moses Bean", Paul Ulloa as "Hank Hartley" & Jerry Hitchcock
as "Granddaddy Meeks".
*The production was funded in part by Applied Materials Excellence in the Arts: a program of
Arts Council Silicon Valley.
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