By Claudia Loucks
Geneseo Current
Geneseo’s Richmond Hill Players continue their 2023 season with “Penny for Your Thoughts,” a comedy by Scott Haan. The show will be presented Thursdays through Sundays, July 13-23, at the Barn Theatre in Geneseo.
Joe DePauw directs the show.
ABOUT THE PLAY
Penny Ramsey is a young woman who has different sides to her personality. Hers are personified by comically stereotypical characters, collectively known as the Egos.
The five Egos make up her decision-making process, which gets a lot more complicated when Penny overhears only one side of her boyfriend Matt’s phone conversation and believes he has betrayed her. It’s a stressful time for Penny, made even more confusing by the introduction of a potential new suitor named Rick and the nosy involvement of Penny’s mother (and Matt’s boss) Mrs. Killian. Maybe things could get straightened out if the people in Penny’s head could just get along, for once!
The cast features Leslie Day, Elizabeth Hulsbrink, Matthew McConville and Cherry Wolf, all of Geneseo; David Shaffer, Moline; Lona Friedman, East Moline; Mimi Sweetser, Lyndon; Laney Chandler, Pam Kobre and Aidan Leahy, all of Davenport.
The staff includes stage manager Elizabeth Shaffer, Moline; light/sound designer Jennifer Kingry, booth operator Dana Skiles, set builder Mike Skiles, costumer Suzanne Rakestraw, crew member Cade Wolf, all of Geneseo; set builder Jim Skiles, Colona, and crew member Rich Kobre, Davenport.
On Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, the doors open at 6:30 p.m. with the show beginning at 7:30 p.m. Sunday shows are 3 p.m. matinees with the doors opening at 2 p.m.
Reservations are recommended and can be made by calling the Richmond Hill box office at 309-944-2244 or by visiting the website at rhplayers.com.
Late seating is not permitted; no one will be admitted to the theater after the show has started.
Admission to all performances is $12.
An audio description performance will be held Friday, July 14. Richmond Hill also offers Assistive Listening Devices (ALDs), which can be requested at the time reservations are made.
Lona Friedman, left; East Moline; Cherry Wolf and Leslie Day, both of Geneseo, and Aidan Leahy, Davenport, rehearse a scene from “Penny for Your Thoughts,” to be staged in July by the Richmond Hill Players.
Mimi Sweetser, Lyndon, and Matthew McConville, Geneseo, are among the cast members of the July production of the Richmond Hill Players.
