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Tickets are now on sale for the upcoming Wilkes Playmakers’
production of Holes, sponsored in part by Brame Huie Pharmacy
and The Wilkes Community Foundation.
Directed by Paula Joines, performance dates are May 1, 2,
7 and 8 at 7:30 p.m. and May 3, 9 and 10 at 2 p.m.
The performance on Saturday, May 9, is a 2 p.m. matinee,
rather than an evening show.
All shows will be at Benton Hall, located 300 West D St. in
Wilkesboro.
Tickets may be purchased online at www.wilkesplaymakers.com or
by calling (336) 838-PLAY and leaving a message .
Tickets may also be purchased at the box office in Benton
Hall one hour prior to each performance. Tickets are $10
for adults and $8 for students and seniors. Group rates
are available for groups of 10 or more upon request. MasterCard
and Visa are accepted.
The large cast is filled with talented young people from Wilkes
and surrounding areas. The play is based upon the Newbery Award-winning
book by Louis Sachar, which was later adapted into the popular
Disney movie starring Shia LeBeouf.
Holes examines the life of teenager Stanley Yelnats IV, who
is wrongfully convicted of stealing a famous athlete‘s
sneakers. Of course, this is all due to the Yelnats family
curse brought on by his “no-good, dirty rotten, pig-stealing
great-great-grandfather.”
For his crime, Stanley is sent to Camp Green Lake, where nothing
is green and there is no lake. Here, the Warden and her two
henchmen, Mr. Sir and Dr. Pendanski, command the camp-mates
to dig holes in the desert, all in the name of building character.
The story is told with flashbacks from different places and
times that intertwine with the present. When the story flashes
back to the mystery revolving around Stanley’s family curse,
the characters in present time remain on the stage as characters
from the past move around them. While “Holes”
will particularly appeal to a middle school and high school
audience, it deals with a complicated story very maturely
and does not pander to a “child’s” sensibility.
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