The Genoa-Kingston High School Drama Department is presenting “One Stoplight Town” as this year’s Fall Play. “One Stoplight Town” will be performed Friday, November 3 and Saturday, November 4 at 7:00 PM in the Genoa-Kingston High School auditorium. The play will also be performed on Sunday, November 5 at 2:00 PM. Tickets are ten dollars for adults and seven dollars for students and senior citizens.
“One Stoplight Town” is a story about a town so small that you might drive through it without as much as a second glance. However, if you did stop to look around, you might see a young boy and girl fall and love and raise a family. You may see a local merchant coping with changes to the street in front of his grocery store.
You might witness a son returning home while a daughter thinks about leaving town for good. Or a beauty queen and a drum major striking up a friendship. If you have the time, you could get to know the local residents as well as the town handywoman, who takes everything in while she fixes what’s broken.
The stories that are told in “One Stoplight Town” are filled with fun characters, lots of humor, and plenty of heart. Connecting these glimpses into small-town America is the theme that time, and change, come for us all, whether we are ready for it or not.
“Regardless of your age, dealing with the ever-changing world in which we live is something that everyone can identify with,” said Jon Fromi, who is directing “One-Stoplight Town”. “The community of this small town getting its first stoplight is very closely knit. They squabble from time to time, but they all have a common nemesis. That would be dealing with and accepting change.”
“I think there are a lot of situations in the play that our actors have some indirect experience with, having grown up in this day and age. Of course,” Fromi added, “I wind up providing an old guy’s perspective.”
Together, director and cast have the challenge of utilizing a diverse set of viewpoints with a wide array of the town’s inhabitants.
“The students are working hard to bring this collection of stories to life on the stage,” Fromi explained. “I think they’re also having fun collaborating with each other in their different roles.”