Driving Miss Daisy is a play about the relationship of an elderly Southern Jewish woman, Daisy Werthan, and her African-American chauffeur, Hoke Colburn. Mrs. ("Miss") Daisy Werthan, a 72-year-old widow, lives in Atlanta, Georgia. After a driving mishap where her automobile is demolished, Miss Daisy’s son, Boolie, tells her she will have to get a chauffeur because no insurance company will insure her. She refuses, but Boolie is determined to find her one. He finds Hoke Colburn, who had driven for a local judge until he died, and he decided to remain in the area rather than accompany the judge's widow when she moved away. Miss Daisy at first refuses to let Hoke drive her. Out of necessity, Miss Daisy gradually starts to accept Hoke and the fact that she needs him to drive her around.

Fridays - 2 for 1 :
October 7th, 14th
-- 8:00pm

South Street Players is proud to announce an inaugural event for the 2011-12 Season—The Tri-State Theatre Festival. For one exciting weekend, SSP will present several original one-act plays written by local playwrights from New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. An organic and fresh mix of fifteen-minute comedies and dramas, this festival is sure to entertain and delight audiences of all ages.

In addition to its artistic goals, the event will also serve as a fundraiser, with all proceeds going to South Street Players to help the theatre group maintain its commitment to producing high-quality, extremely entertaining theatrical experiences for the 2011-12 season…and beyond.

So, this November, come support your local playwrights! Come support your local artists! Come support the South Street Players! Come to the Tri-State Theatre Festival!

The festival will take place at Wesley Hall in Spring Lake, NJ. Ticket prices are: $15 for adults, $10 for senior citizens and children under 12. For more information, please email Rob Sullivan, Festival Producer, at southstreetoneacts@gmail.com. For ticket reservations, please call: 732-447-5169. Be sure to reserve early! Seats are sure to fill up fast for this special event!

Friday:
November 4th
-- 8:00pm

Hailed by drama critic Harold Clurman as "one of the best American comedies", the play focuses on four aging sisters living in a small Midwestern town in 1938, and it deals with ramifications within the family when two of them begin to question their lives and decide to make some changes before it’s too late.

Directed by Armand Marino

Fridays:
February 3rd, 10th, 17th
-- 8:00pm

This wonderful comedy focuses on Herbert Tucker, a struggling, writer's-blocked screenwriter who abandoned his New York family 16 years earlier. Now daughter Libby has arrived on the West Hollywood doorstep of the father she barely remembers, convinced he can jump-start the Hollywood acting career she desires. Dispensing guilt and demanding love, Libby not only forces Herb to deal with the responsibilities of parenthood, but to come to terms with his on-again/off-again relationship with adoring girlfriend Steffy as well.

Directed by Maggie Rogers

Fridays:
May 4th, 11th, 18th
-- 8:00pm