PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Community Players will stage a production of “The Man in the Green Truck” at 7:30 p.m. Friday with matinee performances at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
The performances will be on the main stage at the Port Angeles Community Playhouse, 1235 E. Lauridsen Blvd.
Tickets are $15 per person, $8 for students at www.pacommunityplayers.org or at the box office 30 minutes before each performance.
At the request of John Bertholl, the author of the play, one-third of ticket sales will be donated to Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County.
Bertholl, a Sequim resident and storyteller, based the play on his experiences when he moved from Alaska to Washington in his green truck to help care for his aging parents.
The play navigates the emotionally charged landscape of caring for a father with Alzheimer’s disease and a mother concealing congestive heart disease with humor and some poetry.
Funny incidents in the play mitigate the pain of losing loved ones while the story explores the question, “How do we care for the parents who raised us?”
Director Barbara Jo Maier has worked closely with Bertholl to fine-tune the script for its premiere production.
Cast members Rick Mischke, Rebecca Gilbert, Mary Kaye O’Brien, Rich Hendricksen, Susan Bjork and Steve Henrickson will present the story in a readers theater format with additional multimedia components.
