Last night, Mer took me to Weathervane Community Playhouse to see the musical Quilters. We joined several of our colleagues that are in Mer’s Bible study at work, so there were six of us in all (me and five ladies!). Quilters is a play about the history of an entire family for four or five generations, as told though the making of a giant quilt. The play is an all-women cast of six, but they do occasionally play men for brief times as the play requires.

I had seen Quilters at Actors’ Summit Theater a few years ago, and although I though it was well done, I had come away feeling rather flat about the play – it did not grab me. I was originally going to pass on going this time, but my friend Brandon designed the lights and told me he thought it was excellent. So, I decided to give it another try.

Weathervane’s production was very impressive – they played up both the humor and the sorrow more than I had remembered at Actors’ Summit. The pit orchestra was excellent, and the acting was very good as well. The simple harmonies the women sang were beautiful. I’m really not sure what more the theater could have done to produce the play better. Still, while I enjoyed parts of the play very much, the overall experience left me feeling flat again. I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m just not into the play, as has happened on occasion with other plays (most notably, Shakespeare’s Two Gentlemen of Verona). Still, I am glad I gave the play another chance, and it was fun being with our colleagues.