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    Lee Treadaway and Beth Ann Hough trade improvization lines during Duncan Little Theatre's "Evening of Shorts."
September 28, 2012

DLT ready for second week of ‘Evening of Shorts’ program

Derrick Miller The Duncan Banner

DUNCAN — Duncan Little Theatre will take over the Marlow Opera House for the second consecutive weekend.

The annual “Evening of Shorts” will be performed at 7:30 p.m. today and Saturday at the Opera House.

This is the one show performed each year in Marlow.

“Evening of Shorts” is just that, an evening featuring short plays performed by DLT actors.

Several of the productions, including “Chapstick,” “Elevator Irritations” and “Receipt Please,” are original productions written by DLT volunteers.

There are five shorts in all.

“When I was growing up, I watched shows like Carol Burnett and “Saturday Night Live. I love little short skits like that. That’s what this is,” Paula Morrison-Huckabaa, “Evening of Shorts” performer, said.

Morrison-Huckabaa is one of several actors to appear in multiple shorts in the production.

She appears in four of the five shorts, only missing out on the improvisation portion of the show.

The only person in all five segments of the show was Lee Treadaway, although several performers were in three or four.

The improv portion included only four people, each of whom took their cues from the audience.

The games and ideas changed from Friday to Saturday, and will change during the final two performances.

Morrison-Huckabaa said “Evening of Shorts” has been an enjoyable production, and she’s glad to be part of it.

“It’s been a lot of fun,” she said. “I’ve gotten to know a lot of people.”

Although she has had a great experience, she said there was a period of adjustment, especially when it came to learning her lines.

“It’s been challenging,” Morrison-Huckabaa said. “I haven’t been on a stage since college.

“I was on the competitive speech team in high school, and I spent a lot of time on stage. I’ve always missed it.”

The one portion of the production not written or creatively designed by DLT members was “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten” by Robert Fulghum.

The actual “Kindergarten” production is longer than an “Evening of Shorts” production.

Instead, the DLT members cut the play down into seven related segments from the original show.

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