By Karen Hall Editor Serious drama is back at the Dixie Theatre this weekend, and the play Director David Sanders chose is "Flowers for Algernon." Algernon is not a human character, he's a mouse who's had a brain operation that made him much more intelligent. As the play opens, scientists -- played by the family drama team of Barbie, Andy, and Daniel Pitts -- are ready to try the operation on a human...
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By Karen Hall
Editor
Serious drama is back at the Dixie Theatre this weekend, and the play Director David Sanders chose is "Flowers for Algernon."
Algernon is not a human character, he's a mouse who's had a brain operation that made him much more intelligent. As the play opens, scientists -- played by the family drama team of Barbie, Andy, and Daniel Pitts -- are ready to try the operation on a human.
Their chosen subject is Charlie Gordon -- brilliantly played by Evan Dumser -- a mentally challenged man without a family, who holds a menial job in a bakery.
The operation is technically a success, but as Charlie becomes more intelligent (he eventually rises to genius level) he discovers problems he didn't even know existed.
Work at the bakery becomes less satisfying, and his coworkers begin to be afraid of him, to the point they petition the owner to fire him.
He falls in love with his teacher, Alice Kinnian, played by Amanda Adams, but she's not sure how to react to this.
