Dooley tickets going fast

 

Tickets are still tickets available for the play Tom Dooley: A Wilkes County Legend. But, if you want to see the award-winning show, you better act fast. Last year, the first year of the play, sold out for every performance. Tom Dooley: A Wilkes County Legend was written by Karen Wheeling Reynolds, who directs the show. Reynolds has also penned a companion novel, of the same title. A CD soundtrack of the show, which includes music by the Wilkes Acoustic Folk Society and lines from the play by the Playmakers, has also been produced and is available for sale.

 

Reynolds, who is also executive director of the Wilkes Playmakers, which produces the play at Benton Hall on D Street in North Wilkesboro, said sales of tickets, the book and the CD have been brisk.  Tom Dooley: A Wilkes County Legend, begins it second season on July 11. Evening shows will run Thursdays through Saturdays with afternoon matinees on Sundays each week through the first week in August. All seats for the play are $15. Seating is general admission. The book is $14 and the CD is $15. Tickets, the book and the CD can be purchased online at wilkesplaymakers.com or by calling (336) 838-PLAY.