ENID, OK - Enid Event Company is presenting a three night run of two one act plays at The Breeze at 222 E. Maple with a cookout dinner as a fundraiser for Gaslight Theatre. On August 16, 17, and 18, the gates will open and dinner will be served at 7:00pm each evening with the plays beginning at 8:00p.m. Tickets are $15.
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The first play, Graceland, takes place at the front entrance of Graceland, Elvis Presley's Memphis mansion, three days before the estate is to be opened to the public where two ardent Presley fans, Bev and Rootie, are camped out at the gates, both determined to be the first one in.
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Asleep on the Wind is set ten years before Graceland in Bayou Teche, Louisiana where Graceland's Rootie meets with her older brother, Beau, to escape their other brothers and the chaos of a home without a mother. Beau has a double purpose for this particular meeting.
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Graceland features Gaslight veterans Tammy Wilson and Bailey Wilson and Asleep on the Wind features Enid newcomer Alex Johnson, most recently seen as Mercutio in Gaslight's Shakespeare in the Park production of Romeo & Juliet, and Gaslight's Shelby Ochs, Chisholm High School student, most recently seen as Juliet in Romeo & Juliet.
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The Breeze is an outdoor venue owned by Mike Klemme located at 222 E. Maple. "We wanted to do something a little different from the norm," said Wilson. "We do our annual Shakespeare production in the park and the yearly dinner theatre is at Symphony Hall. Both of these plays are set outside and require minimal space so the Breeze was the perfect spot. It's outdoors and still maintains the intimacy these shows and their audiences will both benefit from. In addition, we're trying to fill the gap of more outdoor evening events in town."
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Tickets are $15 and include a cookout dinner, both plays, and intermission entertainment by Elvis tribute artist, Marshall Matthews, and are available at www.enidevents.com. For more information call (580) 402-6732 or email info@enidevents.com.
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