Sweepstakes

by Judy Simpson Cook

Our last show of the 2024-25 season — April 12—13

“Tell me a story. Please…tell me a story.”

That’s a request we’ve all made since we learned to talk — and listen. And we still love a story — TV, movies, books, theatre – all stories to entertain, enrich, inspire, amuse.

At The Storefront Theatre, we tell stories through the faces and voices of actors but your imagination supplies the rest – set, props, costumes, everything.

We are reader’s theatre.

Sweepstakes by Judy Simpson Cook

Eight people, friends all their lives, share their hopes and dreams with each other. They have big ideas of things they’d like to do if they had the money; a lot of money. One of them is a sweepstakes fanatic, entering every one that comes along with the promise that when he wins — and he knows he will someday — he’s going to split that money with them. And he’s right. He wins. And now they have to decide if they really want what they thought they did? It’s time to put the money where they’ve always said their heart is. A sweet poignant comedy that might make us look at our own dreams and what we did — or didn’t do — about them. And why.

SHOW DETAILS:

April 12 | 7:30pm

April 13 | 2:30pm

This project was supported by the Union County Community Arts Council and the North Carolina
Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources

TESTIMONIALS

Don’t just take our word, read from those who enjoyed our performances.

  • “It amazes me how engaging a work can still be without props, sets, and costumes. Audiences wind up really listening. And they find something worthy of that skill every time.”

    Roger Durrett, actor and audience member

  • "I’m now living in Los Angeles and am in the process of starting my own readers theatre patterned off of [this] very successful company."

    Shon Wilson, Los Angeles, CA

  • "The Storefront Theatre is one of “Waxhaw’s Best Kept Secrets” but our mission is to spread the word so everyone knows."

    Devoted Storefront Theatre Fans, Aliene and Franklin Sparkman