‘Forever Plaid’ opens tonight at Pocket
As the second half of its 2023 season begins, the Pocket Community Theatre looks to change things up with its next play, “Forever Plaid,” which is set to open tonight with new VIP tickets being introduced for a cabaret seating section up front.
“You can get table service from our concession stand included with the ticket,” said Christi Day, director of the play, a musical by Stuart Ross. “And a chance to interact with the cast on stage.”
She said there are moments in the play when VIP audience members are chosen to go up on stage as part of the act.
The play centers around four friends who meet in high school and begin to practice music together. The group lands a record deal and goes to buy four plaid suits when they are broadsided by a bus full of Catholic schoolgirls on their way to see a Beatles concert. The four friends die, but they get a second chance to come back to Earth and perform the show they never got to do.
“It’s kind of a step back in time,” said Day. “It’s a little nostalgic. Music of the ’50s and ’60s. … It’s music that everyone knows; it’s no new music. So, they’ll be singing along and just kind of taking a trip down memory lane.”
That’s especially true for Day, who
has seen the play in three other cities before bringing it to the stage at the Pocket. She first saw it in Tulsa, Okla., in the 1990s, then again in New York before finally seeing it in Las Vegas.
“I just knew that this type of show is great for this community and the Pocket and I just felt like it needed to be done,” she said.
The four lead parts in her production are played by Jeff Freeman, a member of the Fun City Chorus, Dan Breshears, Levi Wilson and Tyler Montgomery.
The show opens tonight and runs through Sunday, Aug. 13. Friday and Saturday showtimes are 7 p.m. with Sundays at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 for students and seniors, $25 for adults and $45 for VIP.