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LONE STAR SPIRITS
by Josh Tobiessen
a small-town comedy
playing July 12 — October 25
at the Commonweal Theatre Company
in Lanesboro, Minnesota
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“A very fine coming-home story, reconciliation story and small-town-hero story—another spunky, funny work by Josh Tobiessen.” —The New York Times
Marley is hoping for a quick trip home to the dwindling Texas town where she grew up, but she and her hipster fiancé, Ben, are in for more than they bargained for.
Upon entering her estranged father’s liquor store, she’s immediately set upon by Drew, her football-hero ex-boyfriend, who’s looking to relight a romance with the only girl he’s never cheated on. Then there’s Jessica, the former classmate and current single mom looking to drag Marley into a two-woman bachelorette party. By the time Marley finally manages to reveal to her father the real reason for her visit, things are further complicated by the ghost of the bear-wrestling pioneer who used to live in the store and who Marley’s father and Drew speak to on a daily basis.
A small-town comedy with hairpin turns that takes a hilarious and sympathetic look at family, spirituality, those who stay and those who leave their hometowns, and the ghosts that haunt us either way.
CommonwealTheatre.org
Box Office (800) 657-7025
tickets@commonwealtheatre.org
LONE STAR SPIRITS
by Josh Tobiessen
a small-town comedy
playing July 12 — October 25
at the Commonweal Theatre Company
in Lanesboro, Minnesota
============================
“A very fine coming-home story, reconciliation story and small-town-hero story—another spunky, funny work by Josh Tobiessen.” —The New York Times
Marley is hoping for a quick trip home to the dwindling Texas town where she grew up, but she and her hipster fiancé, Ben, are in for more than they bargained for.
Upon entering her estranged father’s liquor store, she’s immediately set upon by Drew, her football-hero ex-boyfriend, who’s looking to relight a romance with the only girl he’s never cheated on. Then there’s Jessica, the former classmate and current single mom looking to drag Marley into a two-woman bachelorette party. By the time Marley finally manages to reveal to her father the real reason for her visit, things are further complicated by the ghost of the bear-wrestling pioneer who used to live in the store and who Marley’s father and Drew speak to on a daily basis.
A small-town comedy with hairpin turns that takes a hilarious and sympathetic look at family, spirituality, those who stay and those who leave their hometowns, and the ghosts that haunt us either way.
CommonwealTheatre.org
Box Office (800) 657-7025
tickets@commonwealtheatre.org
