Crowded Outlet presents

LONE STAR SPIRITS
by Josh Tobiessen

East 4th St Theater
3-21 June 2016

Directed by: Wes Grantom
Featuring: Aaron Roman Weiner, Martin LaPlatney, Amelia McClain, Mikaela Feely-Lehmann, KeiLyn Durrel Jones


Do you believe in ghosts? Sometimes it doesn’t matter, as long as you respect the memory of the person who may or may not be haunting a place.

The good folks of a dying Texas town believe the town’s founding father’s (who famously, and fatally, wrestled a 500 pound bear) ghost resides in his former abode. Walter, the man who currently lives there, runs his liquor store/hangout there as well, and always raises a glass to Henry, believing that Henry’s ghost is there to watch over the town’s residents.

Walter’s estranged daughter, Marley, shows up to introduce her fiancé and to convince her father to sell the struggling business. Also waiting to see Marley are her high school boyfriend (who still loves her) and an old high school frenemy, desperate to have a fun evening since she has booked a babysitter.

Resentments, longing and many toasts to Henry fill this slight, but charming, evening. Better than the play itself are the actors, all of whom are marvelous, but especially Amelia McClain as the war widow struggling to regain her party girl image.

- Jean Tait -