Thomas M. Atkinson

Works / Stage

Clear Liquor and Coal Black Nights

Performances

  • Playhouse in the Park — LORT Regional Main Stage Production, Robert S. Mark Theater
  • Stable Players, Amateur Production
  • Bailiwick Rep Directors Festival, Full Production

Cast

  • Opening Singer: Ed Cunningham
  • Orval Pack: Paul Ukena
  • Ray Lee Parker: Henry Dardenne
  • Denvil Cox: Geoffrey Wade
  • Garnett Hinton McComas
  • Clayton Jensen: Steven Griffith
  • Reverend Bob: Elkins
  • Aunt Maydell: Amelia White
  • Ma McComas: Sheridan Thomas
  • Boy Garnett: Jessie Vincent
  • Almina Coleman: Patricia Ryan
  • Jess Coleman: Jay Raphael
  • Les: Conan McCarty
  • Tony: Jay Raphael
  • Bartender: Jay Raphael
  • Cecil: Jessie Vincent
  • Ma Parker: Amelia White
  • Lloyd (Pa) Parker: Bob Elkins
  • Precious Apostolon: Barbara Wilder
  • Decretia Pack: Jackie Van
  • Skeet Jensen: Paul Thomas
  • Billo Jensen: Steven Griffith

Preview

Following the funeral of their friend Skeet, four men—Garnett, Denvil, Ray Lee, and Orval—gather at Orval's trailer to fulfill Skeet's final request: that they each share a secret they have never told another living soul. As they consume moonshine, the men recount harrowing stories of past trauma and moral failure.

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Chillicothe Gazette, 01/13/1988, p. 9
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Cincinnati Enquirer, 01/03/1988, p. 54
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Cincinnati Post, 01/13/1988, p. 38
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Cincinnati Post, 09/11/1986, p. 20
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The Indianapolis News, 05/19/1987, p. 11
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The Marion Star, 01/13/1988, p. 10
The Plain Dealer, 01/13/1988, p. 11
The Plain Dealer, 01/13/1988, p. 11
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