Operation: Whispering Pines

Book By: Karen Jones
Play #: 1598
Pages: 28 pgs
Cast: 3 m, 5 w, 8 flexible, children, doubling possible

Whispering Pines is a small, homey assisted living facility, but for how long? On the death of the owner, the facility has passed to his daughter, who is determined to unload this “albatross.” She has lined up buyers but there’s only one problem. Or really, six problems: the current residents. And together they agree they are not going out without a fight! Knowing that the new owner must find another facility to take them in, they come up with a plan. It’s an elaborate scheme that will ensure that no one else will accept them. So “Operation: Whispering Pines” is put into action. Can the residents pull off a Christmas miracle, or will everything backfire, causing them to lose their “family of friends”?

 

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Productions

DAYSPRING CHRISTIAN CENTER 3 Performance(s)
NEW BERN, NC 12/24/2023
NEW BETHEL CHURCH 1 Performance(s)
KANSAS CITY, KS 12/24/2023
BUFFALO HIGH SCHOOL 2 Performance(s)
BUFFALO, WV 12/19/2023
SOUTH HENDERSON CHURCH OF GOD 1 Performance(s)
HENDERSON, NC 12/17/2023
TRUE VINE CHURCH 1 Performance(s)
TEMPLE, GA 12/17/2023
HODGES CHAPEL PH CHURCH 1 Performance(s)
CHOCOWINITY, NC 12/17/2023
JUMPING BRANCH TABERNACLE 1 Performance(s)
JUMPING BRANCH, WV 12/17/2023
WARDENSVILLE ASSEMBLY OF GOD C 1 Performance(s)
MOOREFIELD , WV 12/17/2023
LONE OAK 1 Performance(s)
BANCROFT, WV 12/16/2023
PROMISE LAND COG 1 Performance(s)
WEST HAVEN, UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS 12/15/2023
AUXIER FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH 1 Performance(s)
AUXIER, KY 12/15/2023
VILLAGE VIEW COMMUNITY CHURCH 2 Performance(s)
SUMMERFIELD, FL 12/13/2023
OLD WASHINGTON BAPTIST 1 Performance(s)
DAYTON, TN 12/10/2023
NA 1 Performance(s)
BERRIEN SPRINGS, MI 12/9/2023
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF TAFT 2 Performance(s)
TAFT, CA 12/8/2023
RIVERDALE ACADEMY 2 Performance(s)
COUSHATTA, LA 12/4/2023
PINE VIEW CHURCH OF GOD 1 Performance(s)
RICHTON, MS 12/3/2023
NORTH HAVEN CHURCH 1 Performance(s)
RALEIGH, NC 12/2/2023
PLEASANT VALLEY HOLINESS CHURCH 1 Performance(s)
JACKSONVILLE, AL 12/1/2023
TRI-COUNTY PLAYERS 2 Performance(s)
KARLSTAD, MN 11/17/2023
RACE POND CHURCH OF GOD 1 Performance(s)
FOLKSTON, GA 9/24/2023
STEVENS CREEK UMC 1 Performance(s)
FRIES, VA 12/24/2022
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH GOLD HILL 1 Performance(s)
GOLD HILL, NC 12/18/2022
HICKORY GROVE CHURCH 1 Performance(s)
OLIVE HILL, KY 12/18/2022
DESTINATION CHURCH 1 Performance(s)
TAYLORS, SC 12/18/2022
GODS MISSIONARY CHURCH 1 Performance(s)
ALUM BANK , PA 12/18/2022
EAGLES BAPTIST CHURCH 1 Performance(s)
PINETOPS, NC 12/18/2022
1 Performance(s)
LIBERTY, KY 12/18/2022
FORT CHISWELL CHURCH OF GOD 1 Performance(s)
MAX MEADOWS, VA 12/17/2022
COMMUNITY PARK CHURCH 2 Performance(s)
BRYANT, AR 12/16/2022
CLAYPOOL HILL BIBLE CHURCH 1 Performance(s)
POUNDING MILL, VA 12/11/2022
BETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH 1 Performance(s)
RICHLANDS , NC 12/11/2022
CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH 1 Performance(s)
LAVALE, MD 12/11/2022
BEAVER CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH 1 Performance(s)
WEST JEFFERSON, NC 12/11/2022
1 Performance(s)
RICHTON, MS 12/11/2022
MAPLE STREET CHURCH OF GOD 2 Performance(s)
HAZARD, KY 12/10/2022
ST. JOHN LUTHERAN CHURCH 1 Performance(s)
MONTEREY, VA 12/10/2022
CHILLICOTHE FIRST ASSEMBLIES OF GOD 1 Performance(s)
CHILLICOTHE, OH 12/4/2022

Behind The Scenes

With Playwright Karen Jones

 

What inspired you to write this play?

If you notice, most plays are written with the younger generations in mind, which is perfectly understandable.  However, you might be overlooking the talent and experience of the elderly thespians in your group.  They are usually more confident and have a “sass” about them that really translates into a fun play.  At least, that’s been my experience.  So I wanted to shine the spotlight of these folks and give them an opportunity to “strut their stuff.” 

 

What's your favorite part or line in the play?  Why?

At the end of the play when they have successfully saved Whispering Pines, the statement is made that Christmas is always a time to celebrate the birth of the Christ Child, but it is always better celebrated with friends and family.  In this case, it was a “family of friends.”

 

Where did the characters come from?  Are they based on people you know?

Yes and no.  While the characters are figments of my imagination, I must admit that people of my ‘church family’ did influence the characters personality and attitudes. 

 

What did you try to achieve with this play?

Two things:  First I wanted to spotlight the elderly and show that they still have a lot to give.  Secondly, I wanted to show that family is not always defined by blood but by love.

 

Do you have anything else you'd like to add?

Just to re-iterate Bernice: “Don’t mess with old people.”  You might bite off more that you can chew.