Possum Point Players Heat Up Summer Musical THE SPITFIRE GRILL

"Order up! Order up!" Things are definitely cooking at "The Spitfire Grill" as Possum Point Players prepare an early summer presentation of the humorous and touching musical. Production dates are June 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11; Friday and Saturday shows are at 7:30 p.m., Sunday matinees, 2:00 p.m.

Tickets are $23 for adults; $22 for seniors and students. Tickets may be purchased at www.possumpointplayers.org and 302-856-4560. Originally produced as a movie, James Valcq and Fred Alley collaborated in the musical version of "The Spitfire Grill." The show is suitable for all audiences.

Director Kenney Workman, Milford, and music director Melanie Bradley, Lewes, have assembled a cast of actor singers, many well-known and a very welcome newcomer. Familiar faces include Abby Chesney, Don Megee and Sarah Rose from Georgetown, Denise Baker, Frederica, Cheryl Graves, Rehoboth Beach and Steven Dow, Lewes. Making his first appearance with Possum Point Players is Dan Foskey, also from Lewes.

In "The Spitfire Grill," a feisty parolee attempts to leave her old life behind and she follows her dreams, based on a page from an old travel book. Her journey leads her to a small town in Wisconsin where she ends up working at Hannah's Spitfire Grill. The outdated travel book shows a picturesque location with green forests, gentle hills and clear running streams. However, the town is now depressed and the only eatery is for sale.

There are no takers for Hannah's grill until the newcomer, Percy the parolee, suggests that she raffle it off. Entry fees are one hundred dollars and the best essay on why you want the grill wins. The raffle brings attention to the grill and the little town and also opens the residents to awareness of their surrounding and what really exists there. Friendships, romance, easing of old pains, and maybe even acceptance of the busybody town gossip all develop musically with humor and tenderness.

'The Spitfire Grill' is being produced through special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.

Possum Point Players is supported, in part, by grants from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency dedicated to nurturing and supporting the arts in Delaware, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts.