Photo Flash: Alana Opie and Brittney Klepper Star in Manatee Players' ALWAYS...PATSY CLINE, Beg. Tonight
Always...Patsy Cline christens the Manatee Players' Kiwanis Studio Theater stage as the first full theatrical production in the new intimate space at the Manatee Performing Arts Center. The show opens tonight, September 19 and runs through October 6. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the stars onstage below!
The musical stars Alana Opie as Patsy and Brittney Klepper as Louise. Both actresses have appeared on numerous occasions at many of our area theaters.
Always...Patsy Cline is based on the true story of Patsy Cline's friendship with Houston housewife Louise Seger. Having first heard Cline on the "Arthur Godfrey Show" in 1957, Seger became an immediate and avid fan of Cline's and she constantly hounded the local disc jockey to play Cline's records on the radio.
In 1961 when Cline went to Houston for a show, Seger and her buddies arrived about an hour-and-a-half early and, by coincidence, met Cline who was traveling alone. The two women struck up a friendship that was to culminate in Cline spending the night at Seger's house--a friendship that lasted until Cline's untimely death in a plane crash in 1963.
The relationship, which began as fan worship evolved into one of mutual respect. It is the kind of relationship that many fans would like to have with their heroes.
Alana Opie as Patsy Cline
Alana Opie as Patsy Cline
Alana Opie as Patsy Cline
Brittney Klepper as Louise Seger
Alana Opie as Patsy Cline
Alana Opie as Patsy Cline
Brittney Klepper as Louise Seger
Alana Opie as Patsy Cline and Brittney Klepper as Louise Seger
Alana Opie as Patsy Cline and Brittney Klepper as Louise Seger
Alana Opie as Patsy Cline and Brittney Klepper as Louise Seger
Alana Opie as Patsy Cline and Brittney Klepper as Louise Seger
Alana Opie as Patsy Cline
Alana Opie as Patsy Cline and Brittney Klepper as Louise Seger
Brittney Klepper as Louise Seger
Alana Opie as Patsy Cline
Alana Opie as Patsy Cline and Brittney Klepper as Louise Seger
Brittney Klepper as Louise Seger and Alana Opie as Patsy Cline
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