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ozzieparker · 7 May 2010
Pamela Parker's Second Samuel Stage Whispers Review by Kimberley Shaw Playlovers and David Young Productions. Director: Sue Hayward. Subiaco Arts Centre, April 30 - May 8 Like a Southern American acce…
Read more →ozzieparker · 16 February 2010
A full house and a well-earned standing ovation greeted the Wetumpka Depot Players at the curtain call of "Second Samuel", the inaugural production of this, their 30th Anniversary Season. Atlanta play…
Read more →ozzieparker · 19 October 2009
(Previously in The Second Samueltonian) The sun had almost disappeared behind the live oak trees before the Studebaker came down the road kicking up a cloud of dust. Mansel wasn’t surprised to see t…
Read more →ozzieparker · 25 September 2009
Rosella was smart, good-natured and so clean she always looked like she was dressed up for church. The fact that she was so clean was important Raymond said. "By the time we drive all the way from you…
Read more →ozzieparker · 15 September 2009
WARM TIMES FOR THE TOWN Things here in Second Samuel are about usual for this time of year. The weather is pretty warm but don't be fooled by that! It isn't time to be setting out your tomato plants j…
Read more →ozzieparker · 9 September 2009
At the New Hope plantation just outside the city limits of Second Samuel, there wasn’t much to do in 1925. Miss Madison and Miss Simpson liked to spend their days sitting on the front porch watching…
Read more →ozzieparker · 3 August 2009
The fictional town of Second Samuel, Ga., is populated with characters right out of Faulkner, had he been funny, or Thornton Wilder, had he been wilder. The town has a mixed bag of gossips, barflies,…
Read more →ozzieparker · 15 July 2009
Just in case anyone would like more information about me or any of my plays my agent Marta would be more than happy to talk to you. She's a lovely lady with time on her hands, all her other clients ar…
Read more →ozzieparker · 15 July 2009
“Second Samuel†is the first play I wrote. It’s been my most popular and has been done throughout the south and there have been a couple of national tours. It was named play of the year in Atlan…
Read more →ozzieparker · 14 July 2009
A very nice lady said I should explain why I'm in Atlanta Georgia posting on an Australian theater board. Easy. Well, no. Yes.... gee.... maybe it's not all that easy. Let's start at the beginning; la…
Read more →ozzieparker · 26 June 2009
If you liked "Steel Magnolias" or "Driving Miss Daisy", that's cool- I didn't write those but my work has been compared to them and others, including "To Kill A Mockingbird" I have done well with my f…
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