Mister Roberts comes to PPTOPA

If you read the title, you heard correctly. This summer, PPTOPA prepares for it's latest play entitiled "Mister Roberts." Based on the novel by Thomas Heggen in 1946, the title character, a Lieutenant Junior Grade naval officer, defends his crew against the petty tyranny of the ship's commanding officer during World War 2. Nearly all the action takes place on the backwater cargo ship, the USS Reluctant that sails, as written in the play, "from apathy to tedium with occasional side trips to monotony and ennui." 

Heggen based his novel on his experience aboard the USS Virgo in the South Pacific during World War 2 and began the book as a collection of short stories. It was subsequently adapted as a play, a feature film, a television series, and even a television movie.

Auditions for the play is taking place this summer at Pembroke Pines. Anyone unfamiliar with the play, you can find the film at any of your local video stores or even your local library. PPTOPA has been known to bringing the fans the most collaborated stage shows in Broward. Once you set foot on that stage, it will become the adventure of a lifetime. Until then, break a leg!