Benji Wilhoite Tribute Concert Free, Set for March 23

Friends and colleagues of Cartersville native Benji Wilhoite, an actor and musician who died at the age of 41, will pay tribute with performances of his original music at the Legion Theater.

Wit, Drama in Southern Comedy 'Catfish Moon'

Cartersville's Pumphouse Players presents the story of three high school friends facing middle age at the Legion Theater in March.

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Pumphouse Players 'Run for Your Wife' a Rip-Roaring Comedy

Shows of the story of a man with two wives are set for the Cartersville's Legion Theater from Jan. 25 to Feb. 2.

Up next for local theater group Pumphouse Players is playwright Ray Cooney’s Run for Your Wife.  Directed by Mike Wasson, it's the story of taxi driver John Smith, played by Mike Davis, who gets away with having two wives in different areas of London. Trouble brews when the cabbie is mugged and ends up in the hospital, where both of his addresses surface. The situation spurs an investigation by two different police officers, and it appears John’s double life is about to explode. Complication piles upon complication as John, with some "help" from his lazy neighbor Stanley, tries to explain himself to both of his wives, played by Stacey Bern and Meghann Humphreys, and two suspicious police officers.  The hilarious cast in this rip-roaring …

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Pumphouse Players' Season Opens at Legion

One of the oldest community theater groups in northwest Georgia opens its 37th season Thursday with "Radio TBS."

The Pumphouse Players in Cartersville, one of the oldest community theater groups in northwest Georgia, opens its 37th season on Thursday with Radio TBS, directed by Leslie McCrary. "The play is about women who live in The Luna Del Mar trailer community in Florida,” McCrary told The Daily Tribune News. "[It] is called 'Radio T.B.S.' because they have a small radio station that broadcasts from their...trailer park. Two ladies run the radio station and the action takes place all around them and [their] station." Shows set for later in the season are "a fun mix of comedy and drama," according to the press release, and include: This season will feature two shows for children: A Christmas Story as PHP's seasonal Christmas show and a one-act …

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Pumphouse's 'Plaza Suite' Opens Aug. 26

Three actors will direct the production set to run through Sept. 3 at the Legion Theater.