Hickory – The Hickory Community Theatre’s newest live broadcast comedy, Fully Committed by Becky Mode has just three more performances, this weekend, December 10-12 at 7:30pm. In addition to being broadcast online from the Jeffers Theatre, the Theatre is now permitted to have a small live audience in the theatre. A strict mask protocol, social distancing and temperature checks at the door will be in place. Tickets for the broadcast are available online at hickorytheatre.org. For live performance, tickets call the box office at 828-328-2283. Live seating is extremely limited, so patrons are encouraged to order right away.
The play is about a harried reservation clerk named Sam at the hottest restaurant in New York City, coping with desperate callers who will stop at nothing to get a reservation or the right table. Along with the customers, Sam must also balance the needs of the demanding chef, the maître d, the hostess and other restaurant staff.
All 40 of these characters are played by one actor in a hilariously frantic performance.
Performances of Fully Committed are Thursday, Friday and Saturday, December 10-12 at 7:30pm. All performances are Eastern Standard Time.
Tickets are $18 for individual streaming and $30 for families or groups, live show tickets are $18 per person.
Fully Committed is the second production in the Theatre’s 2020-2021 Season. Paramount Automotive and Sunbelt Xpress are the season sponsors. The “Ghost Light Series, live broadcast theatre is supported by the HartBeat of Main Street Grant Program, created by the Hartford Small Business Insurance and Mainstreet America, with additional support from Corning Optical Communications. Hickory Community Theatre is a funded affiliate of the United Arts Council of Catawba County.
PHOTO: Will Vogler plays Sam, and 40 other characters.