Habersham Community Theatre presents Alfred Uhry’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, “Driving Miss Daisy,” in Clarkesville for two weekends in February and March.
Performance are scheduled for 7:30 p.m., Feb. 20-21 and Feb. 26-28; with 2 p.m. shows on Sunday Feb. 22 and March 1. For tickets, call 706-839-1315 or visit www.habershamtheater.org
The play affectionately covers the 25-year relationship between “Miss” Daisy Werthan (Alta Moseley), a 72-year old wealthy, white Jewish widowed school teacher, who lives in Atlanta with the aid of an African-American housemade name Idella. Her son, Boolie (Justin Dudkiewicz), stops by on a regular basis—as long as he can do so without getting in trouble with his wife. In Hoke Coleburn (Bruce Martin), Boolie finds a man who seems able to handle Miss Daisy’s temperament, a feat Boolie never quite accomplishes.
Both Miss Daisy and Hoke are outsiders, Hoke because of the color of his skin, and Miss Daisy because she is Jewish in a WASP-dominated society. As they learn to tolerate each other, their relationship moves from that of employer and employee to friend.
