A Crash Course in Nottingham Politics!

Come see "The Town Meeting" a play by Rebecca Rule May 21 & May 22
Posted on: May 19, 2022 - 9:24am
playbill for Town Meeting Play cover

Coming to the stage of Nottingham School

245 Stage Road Nottingham

Saturday night May 21, 2022, at 6:30 PM and

Sunday afternoon May 22, 2022, at 3:30 PM

performances of Becky Rule’s brilliant play, Town Meeting, a comedy in two acts.

The play has been adapted to Nottingham and it is part of the yearlong celebration of Nottingham’s 300th Anniversary.

It is directed by Claire Burbank and Cassidy Green. Admission is free and so are the laughs!

 

It is possible that the large boil on the town of Nottingham’s . . . ah-hem . . . will burst--or be lanced--at this town meeting. The Moderator will try to maintain order, but there will be controversy. Should the cemetery fence be repaired? Does the police department need a new cruiser? And who blasted the hole in the roof of the old one? Should the town accept the skating pond from the Daughters of Illustrious Yankee Patriots? Will Esther Crawford Fox, ninety-seven years old and counting, accept the Boston Post Cane as Nottingham’s oldest citizen? Course the Gooches have problems of their own. I guess they do! Mickey Enright's out of jail. No, he's not technically a Gooch--he's an in-law. And an out-law. Arrested last month for disorderly conduct at the Frothy Mug. Some say Mickey wa'n't any more disorderly than usual. Some say our Chief of police has eyes for Mickey's bride--the beautiful Stella Gooch-Enright. Well, Mickey served his thirty days, but he wa'n't happy about it, and no sooner was he sprung then he was right back at it--stirring up trouble in Goochland. Last night, Dicky the Deputy chased him into the Grisly Swamp, but Mickey escaped, and somehow Dicky ended up with a wicked black eye. Now Mickey is at large. Between you and me, he hiding over in the voting booth and Town Meeting about to start. Mickey never was the brightest bulb on the tree. Meanwhile, here's your crash course in Nottingham politics, where grudges are held long and hard, retribution is both art and entertainment, and once in a while (despite our best efforts) good sense and compassion prevail.