By Lawrence Belanger
Local Journalism Initiative
The Georgeville Theatre Troupe, a local community theatre group based out of Georgeville, is preparing to put on its first production since 2019. Marcia Kash and Douglas E. Hughes’ comedy Jack of Diamonds is set to run at the Murray Memorial Hall in Georgeville from Dec. 2-4. The Canadian comedy is directed by Charles Peacock, the Georgeville Troupe’s main director since taking on the role in 2014.
His eighth production, and first since the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions have been lifted, Jack of Diamonds is a raucous, absurd comedy set in a luxurious retirement home. Peacock explains that the play is about Jack, “a retired diamond dealer who lives in this rather luxurious residence,” who invests all the life savings of residents into a Ponzi scheme, only for it to fail and have the perpetrator of said scheme wind up in the very same nursing home. “We’re having a great deal of fun rehearsing for it,” Peacock adds.
In addition to directing, Peacock is involved in the play’s other behind-the-scenes work, working on building the sets, lighting and sound cues, and identifying props. “[Peacock] is a machine”, marvels SuzAnne Tremblay, who plays Flora in this year’s production. Tremblay, who retired from the Eastern Townships School Board in 2017, began acting with the Troupe the following year, after being intrigued by seeing a few of the troupe’s plays.
Flora is a grandmother who makes jewellery,…
