- JOHNNY
GETS SICK -
Bugs Bunny
meets Shakespeare in this hilarious satire about the Medical
Community! Written and featuring John Poole in his best
recurring character!
Look Out! San
Texania’s favorite mendicant is back! John Poole’s recurring
character of Johnny Jose returns in the show that started it
all!
In Johnny Gets
Sick, Johnny Jose is fired from his menial job at Ye Old
McMutton King. He then witnesses a furious paper battle between
a lawyer and an Insurance Agent which sparks an idea that will
make the entire countryside shudder! Johnny Jose will become a
Doctor!
But not your
average Doctor, that would take effort. Johnny becomes a Witch
Doctor, and embarks upon a career in alternative Medicine.
During his journey, he winds up making fun of doctors, lawyers,
insurance agents AND patients, the sick, the fakers and Al Gore.
In the land of
San Texania, where Johnny lives, loves and deceives, the old is
mixed with the new. The issues of today are retold through the
language of Shakespeare, Moliere, Mel Brooks, Bugs Bunny and The
Marx Bothers. Don’t worry, if you have never understood a word
of Shakespeare, you’ll get all of this! John Poole has been
taking the classics to the people since 1992. In five years he
helped produced 35 classical theater titles. While dancing with
the bard, he also participated with every major
Improv troupe in
San Antonio including The Oxymoron’s, Comedy Sportz and Fiesta
Texas. In Johnny Jose, it all comes together!
The jokes and
wordplay come fast and loose. The six actors around Johnny Jose
play eighteen roles, and have license to get as silly as they
can. Rebecca Coffey’s inventive and unique costume design will
provide a stylish backdrop that will make this production a true
art event. Finally, The Overtime is privileged to welcome back
Kathleen Lovejoy as director. She gives this wild ride the
finesse and attention to detail that has made her one of the
most sought after directors of theater in Central Texas.
Folks, Johnny
Gets Sick is funny, homegrown and a bargain. Come on down and
see the shows that’s got everyone wishing they made
reservations.
Rated PG-13
May
16 through June 8, 2008. Runs Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8pm;
and one Sunday (June 8) at 2:30pm
Ticket prices
are $9 for general admission, and $5 for teachers. Thursdays are
dice nights – roll the dice and pay the amount shown! (Or pay $9
if your score is over 9.)
Please call for reservations at 210-380-0326.
1216
West Avenue
San
Antonio Texas, 78201
380-0326
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