Despite dramatic area storms in late afternoon, Cisco Writers Club celebrated its 48th anniversary as planned with an informal table reading on March 2, 2023. Twenty-four readers, including 13-year-old Mickell York and 80-year-old Dave Carney, assembled to read a screenplay of Elmer Kelton’s classic western, The Time It Never Rained. The script was written by J. Brian Elliott and Lorie A. Woodward. Lorie was on hand to introduce this award-winning novel, its history, its adaptation for the screen, and then to join the readers as narrator. Alicia Gibson, friend and former neighbor of Elmer Kelton, was also present. Alicia holds the film rights for this book. She is determined to be a good steward of what Kelton felt was his best work. Another special guest for the evening was Texan and movie producer Dallas Sonnier now of Nashville. He shared words of encouragement for the young actors and emphasized the importance of this story by one of Texas’ greatest authors.
CWC thanks Cisco College’s Director of Performing Arts, Zack Frizzell, and his students from the College’s Crawford Theatre for making this event flow. Zack’s wife Jodi, Professor of Art at Cisco College, also joined the readers, demonstrating considerable dramatic flair.
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