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The play stars Holman as Daisy Werthan and Robinson as Hoke Colburn, Daisy’s driver. Derrick Harvey plays Bodie Werthan, Daisy’s son. In 2003, during its run on stage in Lower Lake, the play was sold out and ended with standing ovations every night.
During an interview that will air after the play, Joan Holman said that she had “eight decades of experience on the stage” before she played the part of Miss Daisy.
She got her start as an actress at the age of 7, and stayed involved in the theater throughout her life, even while she was working as a reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle for 30 years.
When she retired to Lake County, she was involved in the Ukiah Players Theatre for 10 years before she became involved in the Lake County Repertory Theatre.
About acting, she said, “The character has to come from the actor. I knew Daisy, and I became her.”
Ginger Ingersoll, the producer, said that one of the qualities she liked about the play was that it would give an opportunity for both Holman and Robinson to portray interesting characters.
“Miss Daisy is not a feel good play,” she said. “It’s about a relationship between two unlikely friends – a Jewish woman and an African-American man.”
In the after-play interview, Mary Howe, the play’s director, said that she has been involved in show business since she was 5 years old, growing up in Los Angeles and then studying radio and TV in college. She owned and operated dinner theaters for many years before she moved to Lake County.
Howe said she’s a bookkeeper by trade, and “I’m into detail.” Directing “Miss Daisy” gave her an opportunity to project this story through “one of the best casts I’ve ever had.”
“Driving Miss Daisy” will air as a one-hour play, followed by an hour of interviews and commentary, on Sunday, Nov. 22, at 2 p.m.; Monday, Nov. 23, at 9 p.m.; Tuesday, Nov. 24, at 11 a.m.; and two times on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26, at 3 p.m. and again at 9 p.m.
