The O’Connor Girls playing at Springfield Community Players

Characters who speak as real people do are the strength and highlight of “The O’Conner Girls,” the comedy/drama now on stage at the Springfield Community Players’ Studio and directed by Don Gray.
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The O’Connor Girls Playing at Springfield Community Players Submitted by VT Journal on Tue, 10/15/2013 - 3:21pm SPRINGFIELD, VT -Characters who speak as real people do are the strength and highlight of “The O’Conner Girls,” the comedy/drama now on stage at the Springfield Community Players’ Studio and directed by Don Gray. Realistic dialogue by playwright Katie Forgette makes it easy to believe we’re actually looking in on a real family in a real situation. Many secrets are hidden in this Irish Catholic family’s story. Some are benign. Why doesn’t the brother in the family ever get out of bed and come downstairs and pull his weight? Why does Margie wear that outrageous purple hat? Other secrets are more insidious. Why did the recently deceased patriarch of the family keep his distance from his wife and children? What are Sarah’s plans for the family home and her life? As the story unfolds most of these secrets reveal themselves, changing their lives. Irene Ramen, of Chester, is the family matriarch Sarah, a woman who remembers her husband as a man with an infectious laugh and delight in life. The daughters never saw that side of him. Anna Kendall, of Andover, is the daughter Martha, a nurse, who has spent the last year taking care of her taciturn father, giving up sleep and a personal life in the process. Martha’s sister Liz (Aprille Blanchard of Springfield) keeps up a pretense; she can’t bear to tell her family that her real estate career and her marriage are on shaky ground. Aunt Margie, played by Cindy Hughes of Springfield, is an amiable meddler, always playing match maker or trying to coerce the unseen brother into coming downstairs. Her enthusiastic photography of every little event is endearing and comical. Scott Stearns, of Ludlow, appears as David Stevens, a young, likeable doctor, whom the sisters once baby sat. He and the girls re-enact a childhood game of impersonating movie stars and their interviewers. Viewers will have to be alert to catch the stock phrases from such classics as “Casablanca”, “All About Eve“, and “”North By Northwest. “The O’Conner Girls” will be presented at the Springfield Players’ Studio on South Street on October 11-12 and 18-19 at 7:30. Tickets are $12 for seniors and students and $15 for general admission. For reservations call 802-885-4098. - See more at: http://www.vermontjournal.com/content/o’connor-girls-playing-springfield-community-players#sthash.Su5oh6fr.dpuf