Henderson County Performing Arts Center press release
It’s 1962 in Bradleyville, Texas – population 6,000 – a small, dead West Texas town in the middle of a big, dead West Texas prairie between Abilene and San Angelo. The new highway has bypassed it and now the world is trying to as well.
The regular meeting of the Knights of the White Magnolia is about to begin and it’s going to be an auspicious one, at that. For the first time in a very long time, the Lodge has a new member to induct. The current members are excited but also a little leery of bringing a stranger into the inner sanctum of the club. And it’s been so long since any of them have participated in the ceremony, most of them have forgotten just exactly how it’s supposed to go.
Join us for this multiple-award winning play that will have you laughing and commiserating with these down-home lads of a Texas home-town you probably will recognize.
Preston Jones has created a masterpiece of Texana that is already a classic. Join the fun and peek at the mysteries of the Knights of the White Magnolia.
“The Last Meeting of the Knights of the White Magnolia,” written by Preston Jones and sponsored by Will and Pamela Pruitt, opens at Henderson County Performing Arts Center Friday, March 4 at 7:30 p.m. The play continues Saturday, March 5 with performances at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 6 the show is preceded by a barbeque and followed by a talk-back led by Sam Nance, a friend of the playwright. Mr. Nance will recall stories of the playwright and anecdotes about the writing of A Texas Trilogy from which this play is taken.
Tickets are available at 903-675-3908 or online at www.hcpac.org. Individual tickets for the play or barbeque are $12; purchased together they are $20. Group rates are available.
Henderson County Performing Arts Center is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization located at 400 Gibson Rd, Athens, TX, 75751.