Lynn Center woman appearing in Richmond Hill play

    Richmond Hill Players will present a Jesse Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten family-friendly, Southern-fried, Yuletide comedy “Christmas Belles.” 

    The show will be presented Thursdays through Sundays, Aug. 5, through Aug. 15, at the Barn Theater in Geneseo. 

    John VanDeWoestyne, Geneseo, directs the s

how. 

    A church Christmas program spins out of control in this Southern farce about squabbling siblings, family secrets, a surly Santa, a woman scorned, kidney stones, a vengeful sheep and a reluctant Elvis impersonator, as the fabulous Futrelle sisters of Fayro, Texas hit the stage again in this sequel to 2008’s highly-popular “Dearly Beloved.”

    The cast features Eugenia Giebel, Diane Greenwood, Kady Patterson, Susan Philhower, Mike Skiles, Stan Weimer, all of Geneseo; Valeree Pieper, Moline; Larry and Lorrie Lord, Galva; Nancy Teerlinck, Lynn Center and Nicholas Waldbusser, Hampton.

    The staff includes stage manager and costumer Jean Melillo, Atkinson; technical director Archie Williams; lighting assistants Jay Detmer and Alex Stevens, Geneseo; crew members Alex Klimkewicz, Kewanee; Nathan Johnson, Tristan Johnson and Beau Johnson, all of Geneseo; set builders Kevin Pieper, Moline and Al Teerlinck, Lynn Center;    and art designer Angela Rathman, Geneseo.

   Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays the doors open at 6:30 pm with the show beginning at 7:30 pm.  Sundays are 4

p.m. matinees with the doors opening at 3 p.m.   Reservations are strongly recommended and can be made by calling, the Richmond Hill box office at 944-2244 or by visiting their Web site at www.rhplayers.com.