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'Virgil’s Family Reunion,' dinner and theater event, Oct. 23-25 in Canton

Posted 10/15/15

CANTON -- A dinner and theater meal event featuring “Virgil’s Family Reunion” will be held Oct. 23 and 24 and a dessert theater show will be held Oct. 25 at the Canton United Methodist Church. …

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'Virgil’s Family Reunion,' dinner and theater event, Oct. 23-25 in Canton

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CANTON -- A dinner and theater meal event featuring “Virgil’s Family Reunion” will be held Oct. 23 and 24 and a dessert theater show will be held Oct. 25 at the Canton United Methodist Church.

After the successful dinner theater "Virgil's Wedding" last fall, Rev. Michael Terrell, pastor of the church, says he decided to direct another show for the community.

"This show will keep you laughing from beginning to end" Rev. Terrell said. "We're already in our second year of doing a fall show, and my goal is to continue making it an annual event."

The cast includes David & Naomi Crowell, Liam, Amelia and Sarah Rodee, Morgan Hastings, Derrick Conway, Charles Romano, Jennifer, Michael and Willow Terrell, Nicole and Derek White, Jennifer Blewett, Jane Brown, Mark Richards, Caroline Smith, Jeannie Blake, Paul Sibbitts, Julia Basford and Madison Simser.

The dinner theatre meal is set for Oct. 23 and 24 at 5 p.m. and includes a lasagna dinner, meat and veggie, salad, roll, drink, brownies and make your own ice cream sundaes, with donations of supplies by Price Chopper, Stewarts, McDonald's and The Cascade Restaurant, 4 West Main St.

The dessert theatre show on Sunday, Oct. 25, will be at 2 p.m. and includes various desserts and beverages.

Tickets can be purchased by calling Carol Johnson at 379-9709 and cost $15 for adults: and $6 for children 12 years and under. If the dinner sells out for each show, theatre only tickets will be available for $6 each.

Proceeds from the dinner theatre support the many missions of the church.

"We have many wonderful ministries within the church from Canton to around the world that we support, and the funds will help us keep our commitment to those life changing ministries" Rev. Terrell said.

The plot: Sometimes, everything that can go wrong will. It’s summer and time for backyard fun and the semi-annual Sludge family get-together. The morning of the relative disaster begins with the snooty yankee neighbor next door, Pamela Chambers, who warns the Sludges that she plans to draft a petition for eviction because the Sludge’s noxious, weed-infested landscape does not promote a safe and attractive community.

Scrambling to get the plastic silverware polished and fried chicken on the grill, Eloise considers Pamela’s uppity threats empty threats until an officer shows up to arrest Harley Wayne, Eloise’s husband, for trampling Pamela’s perennial garden with his four-wheeler.

The barbeque heats up when Virgil and Margaret have their first real lovers’ spat and Ellard, Virgil’s best friend, proposes to Virgil’s sister using visual aids, and the 95-year old matriarch of the family announces her plans to elope with her new boyfriend, Mr. Perky. The bedlam continues in this hilarious but true account of the worst family reunion in the history of the Sludge’s nutty family tree.