Spotlight on the Off Broadway Players

Win Two Free Tickets to A 2025 OBP Show!

By Ron Smith

     This month the Off Broadway Players present a contest based on your familiarity with your community theatre. Below are ten questions. Your correct answers could win you two tickets to any one OBP show of your choice in 2025. 

     Here’s what to do: For each numbered question, write the letter of the correct choice. Be sure to include your name and telephone number with your responses to the questions. (TIP: Some answers can be found on the OBP website.)

Then, either:

(1) Email your answers to the quiz to info@offbroadwayplayersva.org  by March 31. Be sure to write “OBP Trivia” in the subject line.

OR: 

(2) Mail your answers on a sheet of paper to P.O. Box 1027, Broadway, Virginia 22815, postmarked no later than March 31.

     A winner will be drawn from the entries having the greatest number of correct answers. The winner will be contacted by telephone and given instructions for receiving the prize. Remember: You must include your name and telephone number so that we can notify you. The winner will also be announced April 15 on the OBP Facebook page. Enter today. You could be the lucky person to receive two tickets to the 2025 OBP show of your choice. Good luck! 

1.  What Biblical story did the OBP stage in 2024?

1. Noah and the Ark
2. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
3. Daniel in the Den
4. John the Baptist Meets John Denver

2. In Sandy Toes and Salty Kisses, the character Bubba was also 

1. Madame Ziva
2. Sir Lancelot
3. Madame Coco
4. Madame Coo-Coo Bird

3. The first OBP show in 2024 was:

1.  To Kill a Mockingbird
2.  To Catch A Thief
3.   Clue
4.   Not A Clue

4. The Off Broadway Players originated as the Schultz Theatre in the town of

1.  Broadway
2.  Timberville
3.  New Market
4.  Mt. Jackson

5. Which show will NOT be performed by the OBP in 2025?

1.  The Kitchen Witches
2.  The Wizard of Oz
3.   It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play
4.   Lion King

6. Which comedy has only two actors who play as many as ten characters each?

1. Greater Tuna
2. A Tuna Christmas
3. Red, White, and Tuna
4. All of the Above

7. In OBP/Schultz Theatre history, which site has NOT been used to perform plays?

1. J.F. Hillyard Middle School
2. Broadway High School
3. Broadway Fire Hall
4. Rouss Opera House

8. What historic location may become the new home of the OBP?

1. A.W. Whitmore Department Store
2. Broadway Post Office
3. Broadway Elementary School
4. Benny’s Beach

9. What time do the OBP plays start on Fridays and Saturdays?

1. 5 PM
2. 6 PM
3. 7PM
4. 8 PM

10.  In a recent OBP article, which volunteer was described as “A real peach”?

1.  Ian Cherry
2.  Paula Plum
3.  Sandra Strawberry
4.  Jimmy Carter