Pinewood Hosts Annual Katie Belle Jarriel Dinner Theatre

Pinewood Christian Academy (PCA) held their annual Katie Belle Jarriel Dinner Theatre on Tuesday, October 27, 2015. The doors opened at 6:30p.m., and a catered meal from Bevericks was served at 7:00p.m. Pinewood’s One Act Drama Team then entertained the full house with their presentation of Shakespeare and the Hillbillies by Marcia Marsh. In the play, Granny Murfree, head of the Murfree clan in the Tennessee mountains, has one dying wish. Before she departs for the Promised Land, Granny wants her hillbilly family to learn and understand the words of William Shakespeare–the true sign of an “educated person.” Granny’s son, Pa Murfree, brings two university professors and two students up the mountain to teach the Murfree family about Shakespeare. As Billy Jean, Granny’s granddaughter, falls hard for student Andrew when he recites Romeo’s speech, the rest of the Murfree family attempts to grasp the language of the Bard. Hilarity ensues as the university “folk” make every effort to educate the comical Murfree family, while Granny holds on to a secret of her own.

By: Lilly Dasher

Pictured: Connor O’Sullivan (Ricky Roy), Katie Bell (Ma Murfree), Zac Kumpula (Doc Hawkins), Sam Hobbs (Ben Bob), Allison Harvey (Granny Murfree), Allyson Dillard(Billie Jean), Milligan Williams (Magnolia Sue), Elizabeth McCooey (Aunt Marmalade), Madolyn Hendrix (Marjorie Hawkins), Hunter Smith (Professor Lieberman)