The Darlington Digital Players Repertory Company is pleased to present “Paper or Plastic?”, a digital one-act comedy written by Werner Trieschmann and produced by special arrangement with the Dramatic Publishing Company of Woodstock, Illinois. This production will have limited release dates and passcode-protected access on ShowTix4U due to the requirement of the contract with the publisher. With each ShowTix4U access code, audiences will be able to access the digital production for 48 hours during the one-week production run. "Paper or Plastic?" opens for audience enjoyment on Friday, Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. and viewing access will close on Friday, Dec. 11 at 7 p.m. Tickets may be secured beginning Thursday, Dec. 3 at 8 a.m. and will be available through Friday, Dec. 11 at 6 p.m.
“This satire celebrates the patience of what grocery store workers have to face as told through the eyes of a new teenage grocery store worker,” said Shelley Daniel, theater director. “We dedicate this show to all essential workers who have heroically faced the challenges of 2020.”
For her first job, teenage Sarah thinks she's easily qualified to check out customers at Puritan Foods, her local grocery store. At least it has to be better than serving up greasy fast food, right? But Sarah isn't prepared for Carl, the assistant manager, who refuses to deal with unruly customers because he's too busy putting up Christmas displays in August. And she isn't ready to deal with the customer who can't put down her cellphone long enough to acknowledge that Sarah is there. Or the dudes who use their time in the checkout line to launch into an existential argument about the environment. And what about the mysterious cowboy or, even worse, Angus, the person who Carl warns Sarah about the day she's hired. Then there are her crazy co-workers who relish the hunt for stray grocery carts or live in closets and subsist on Twizzlers to avoid Carl. All Sarah wants is the answer to the simplest question in the world: Paper or plastic?
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Audrey Montgomery (‘21) - Sarah
Ben Scarbrough (‘22) - Angus
Claire Smith (‘23) - Greenie #4
Daria Black (‘21) - Social Woman
Elliot Luitwieler (‘22) - Greenie # 1
Favour Olushola (‘21) - Greenie #2
Grayson Davis (‘22) - Carl
Izzie Warden (‘21) - Cracked Egg Woman
Janet Scott-Crossland (‘23) - Regina
John Johnson (‘24) - Little Sam
Madison Rogers (‘21) - In-Store Announcer
Nadejda Spasova (‘22) - Tabloid Woman
Oluwasiji Soetan (‘21) - Cowboy
Owen Payne (‘21) - Kenny
Parker Scott (‘23) - Greenie #3
Annika Patel (‘23) - Assistant Director and Poster Design
Ellie Allen (‘23) - Costume Design
Emma Sklar (‘22) - Assistant Stage Manager and Prop Design
Gracie Willerson (‘22) - Assistant Stage Manager and Costume Design
Jesse Drobisch (‘24) - Prop Design
Karina Patel (‘24) - Prop Design
Kimberly Johnston (‘24) - Costume Design
Mary Mac Pittman (‘22) - Stage Manager
Mary Prusakowski (‘22) - Assistant Stage Manager
Virginia Olivera (‘23) - Costume Design
Wesley Inman (‘23) - Prop Design
Shelley Daniel, Darlington School Theater Director - Direction, Filming, and Production Design
