Driving Miss Daisy

Joplin Little Theatre is pleased to announce the next production – Driving Miss Daisy by Alfred Uhry.  This production is directed by Greg Green.

 

Winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize, Driving Miss Daisy chronicles 25 years in the life of Daisy Werthan, a rich Jewish widow and her proud, soft-spoken Black chauffeur, Hoke Coburn, in post-war Atlanta.       Driving Miss Daisy is a warm-hearted, humorous and affecting study of an unlikely relationship between two seemingly opposite personalities.

 

The cast is as follows:

 

Daisy Werthan – Lisa Olliges

Hoke Colburn – Kennan Cortez, Sr.

Boolie Werthan – Shaun Conroy

 

Dates:

Wednesday, February 2 – Saturday, February 5, 2022 – 7:30 pm

Sunday, February 6, 2022 – 2:30 pm

 

The play will run approximately 90 minutes without an intermission.

 

Following the Thursday evening performance there will be a Talk-Back with the audience immediately following the production. Audience members are invited to meet the cast, and ask questions about production.  The Talk-Back is free to all Thursday night ticket holders.

 

There will be a Tea before the Sunday Matinee starting at 1:30 pm in the President’s Room that is free to all Sunday matinee ticket holders.

 

Ticket prices are as follows:

Adult – $18.00

Senior Citizen/Student – $15.00

Children 12 and under – $8.00

 

Individual tickets are on sale by calling the JLT Box Office at 417-623-3638 or online at www.joplinlittletheatre.org

 

Joplin Little Theatre is located at 3009 W. First Street – Joplin MO  64801

Office hours are Monday through Thursday 9:00 am to 2:00 pm.