The Heights Players is very pleased to present as it's February production The Trip to Bountiful, written by Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright Horton Foote. Foote is also known for his Academy Award-winning screenplays for the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird and the 1983 film Tender Mercies.

The Trip to Bountiful tells the uplifting story of Mrs. Carrie Watts, an aging widow living with her son and daughter-in-law in a three-room flat in Houston, Texas, in 1953. Fearing that her presence may be an imposition on others, and chafing under the watchful eye of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Watts imagines that if she can get away and return to her old home in the town of Bountiful, she is sure to regain her strength, dignity and peace of mind. So, one day, she decides to run away ... and find her way back to Bountiful.

The cast is composed of a combination of familiar faces and several new ones. New to the Heights are Marilyn Duryea (Carrie Watts), Ross Pivec (Ludie Watts), Kathryn Stevens (Jessie Mae Watts), Mindy Pierson (Thelma), and Ben Guralnik. Familiar faces include Thomas J. Kane (serving double duty as the Sheriff and production stage manager); Heights stalwart Steven Ackerman (also doing double duty as ensemble member and properties master); Mitch Teller (Roy), Marilyn Beck (ensemble), and returning after some absence is Heights prodigal Alex Simmons (Ticket Agent).

Directing the production is Bernard Bosio, who directed the Heights Players' spring 2009 production of Shakespeare in Hollywood, and, most recently, Sarah Ruhl's Dead Man's Cell Phone for the Outrageous Fortune Company at Queens Theatre in the Park. Scenic design is by Gerry Newman, lighting and sound by Robert G. Waring, costumes by Aurora Dreger, with John Bourne serving as House Manager.

Performances are Fridays and Saturdays, February 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20 at 8:00 PM, and Sundays, February 7, 14, and 21 at 2:00 PM. Reservations may be online or by calling 718-237-2752. Please give 24-hour notice for all reservations.