“The Day They Kidnapped the Pope” opens this Thursday, March 23 on the Attic Productions’ stage.
The play is directed by Sally Miller and is a comedy by Joao Bethencourt. In the play, the Pope decides to take a taxi during a visit to New York. The taxi driver, on the spur of the moment, decides to take the Pope home with him, surprising his family and the world by asking for one day of world peace as ransom.
The play runs March 23, 24, 25, 30, 31, and April 1. Evening performances start at 7:30 each day, Saturday matinees start at 2:30. All adult tickets are $12, with a reduced rate for those 18 years and under and for groups of 10 or more at $10. Call the Attic Productions box office (473-1001) for reservations. Volunteers staff the office on Monday and Wednesday, 3-7 p.m., and Saturdays 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
The D. Geraldine Lawson Performing Arts Center is located at 7490 Roanoke Road, Fincastle.
The cast includes:
Sam – Bill Joppich
Sara – Kim AsburyFincastle.
The cast includes:
Sam – Bill Joppich
Sara – Kim Asbury
Miriam – Skylar Gay and Susannah Kellam
Irving – Matthew Clayton
Pope – AL Nierwinski
Rabbi – Gene Marrano
Cardinal – Steve Shackelford
Sheriff – Steven Aaron
Newscaster – Walter Miller
Newscaster – Wyatt Ewell
Commentator – Wanda Shackelford
Sergeant, Reporter, General – Josh DiPalma
Salvatore Mangini – Sean Lavery
Assistant Director Brigid DePalma
Stage Managers – Becky Gay, Josh DiPalma