Wetumpka Depot Players, Inc

300 South Main Street

in Historic Downtown Wetumpka

(334) 868-1440

2010 Season

Click below to purchase tickets to Second Samuel

Read what theater critic Michael Howley had to say about Second Samuel

It is a simple time. The summer of 1949 in the rural south. Co'Colas are just seven cents in Omaha Nebraska Madison's Change Your Life Hair Emporium. Over at the Bait and Brew, you can order Red Eye whisky or stock up on red wigglers for your tacklebox. Everybody knows everybody and there are no secrets. Or are there?

Written by Atlanta playwright Pamela Parker, Second Samuel is a comical and touching Pulitzer Prize nominated play about life and friendships set in a small south Georgia town. The young and simple-minded B-Flat takes the audience on a tour of his world and introduces us to its characters who must deal with a shocking surprise that not one of them could imagine in their wildest dreams.

The play is the first in the Depot's celebratory 30th season. It features stellar performances by Depot veterans and very talented newcomers.

"Community theatre is flourishing in Wetumpka," said Depot Board President Watt Jones. "We have so many talented volunteers who build and paint sets, work with lighting, and pop the best popcorn this side of the Mississippi. These people spend hundreds of hours on each production so our friends and neighbors can enjoy a quality live production. I know they will enjoy the humor and the heart of Second Samuel and all the plays we have in our 30th Anniversary Season!"

Second Samuel opens February 4 and runs each Thursday through Saturday through February 20th at 7:30 p.m. and a special Valentines Day matinee February 14 at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets are $10 in advance at the box office and $12 at the door or when you order online at www.wetumpkadepot.com. The theatre is located in the heart of historic Wetumpka at 300 Main Street. For more information visit the website or call 334-868-1440.

Rumbling Waters

Written and Directed by Sherida Black

April 15-17, 22-24 at 7:30pm and April 18 at 2pm

Rumbling Waters, an original show written and directed by local author Sherida Black, celebrates the rich history of Elmore County and the surrounding River Region. Funded in part by a grant from the Elmore County Community Foundation, the play weaves tales from Wetumpka's rich history along with music and multimedia into stories shared from a front porch of yesterday.

Written by Roger Miller

Directed by Kristy Meanor

August 5-7, 12-14 and 19-21 at 7:30pm and April 8 at 2pm

Based on the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, this Tony award winning musical was conceived primarily as a vehicle to showcase the talents of country music songwriter Roger Miller. It tells the story of Huck Finn and his friend Jim, a runaway slave, as they travel down the Mississippi River and features such showstoppers as Muddy Water and Let's Hear it for the Hawg.

Directed by Hazel Jones

Sept 30-Oct 2, 7-9 and 14-16 at 7:30pm and Oct 10 at 2pm.

Five southern women whose friendships began many years ago on their college swim team, set aside a long weekend every August to recharge their relationships. Free from husbands, kids and jobs, they meet at the same beach cottage on North Carolina’s Outer Banks to catch up, laugh and meddle in each other’s lives. The Dixie Swim Club focuses on four of those weekends and spans a period of thirty-three years.. As their lives unfold and the years pass, these women increasingly rely on one another, through advice and raucous repartee, to get through the challenges (men, sex, marriage, parenting, divorce, aging) that life flings at them. And when fate throws a wrench into one of their lives in the second act, these friends, proving the enduring power of ‘teamwork’, rally ‘round their own with the strength and love that takes this comedy in a poignant and surprising direction.