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Patch Read of the Day: Village Players Tackle End of World

Hatboro's community theater is putting the finishing touches on its next play, "Early One Evening at The Rainbow Bar & Grille."

Just outside Warminster, the world is coming to an end. What do you do? The ' upcoming performance explores just that.

"Early One Evening at The Rainbow Bar & Grille" is an apocalyptic drama with a tinge of comedy set in a small town in "Pennsyltucky" that focuses on a group of six people who interact at a local watering hole.

"No one really knows what's going on inside or outside of the bar," director Ron Green explained to .

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The cause of the impending doom is never clear, but the bar-goers all discuss what they plan to do during their last day on Earth.

Bartender Shep hangs at work and debates taking his life. Roy plans to go to Disneyland, but needs to have a few beers first. Willie goes on a rampage and kills her husband. Shirley starts checking items off her bucket list, and Virginia's about to travel out west. 

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It's 2012. In the wake of all the hype that the world is ending later this year, Green decided he wanted to update the play to have it take place present day. 

"I thought it would be a fun time to do a show [about] the end of the world," he said.

Head to the Village Players Theater on one of the and find out how the play ends: March 9, 10, 16, 17, 23 and 24 at 8 p.m., or March 11 and 18 at 2 p.m.

Cast: Coz Baldwin as Shep, Alex Howey as Roy, Jacquelyn Green as Willie, Jim Palmer as Bullard, Colleen Mackle as Shirley, Beverly Sharp as Virginia and John Weber as Joe.

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