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Crappie Talk
Jul. 8-13, 2008
A P.L.C.T. Production
A full-length comedy with jingles and everything
By Phil Olson
Produced by special arrangements with Eldridge Publishing Co.
Phil Olson is the same playwright that brought us the musical Don't Hug Me, that was performed in the summer of 2006 by the Pequot Lakes Community Theatre.
Pequot Lakes Community Theatre is excited to announce their summer show! We will have performances on July 9 - 12 and 14 - 15 at 8:00 p.m in the Pequot Lakes High School Auditorium.
KOLD Radio is located in the corner of Carl and Lena's Place for Beer in a small Minnesota town near the Canadian border. Lars Knutsen is the host of a radio show called "Crappie Talk" devoted entirely to ice fishing for crappies. Because it is a somewhat narrow subject, Lars has no listeners so he loses his only advertiser, Ole's Bait Mart and Deer Petting Farm. Martha Bjorklund, Lars' unrequited love interest, hosts "Book Beat". She has all the listeners and all the advertisers. Lars has issues with Martha ever since she beat him in the 50-yard dash in 6th grade. Lars' jealousy toward Martha multiplies when a fish out of water Broklyn Italian comes to Whitefish Bay, buys the radio station, promotes Martha and fires Lars. Lars has his work cut out for him. He needs his job, he needs his dignity, but most important, he needs Martha.
Winner of the Gilmore Creek Playwright Competition: finalist in the pristigious Chesterfield Writer's Project and a Pick of the Week in the LA Weekly.