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<strong>DIS</strong>COVER! | FEBRUARY 6, 2016<br />
Playbill | 7<br />
KATE HARLOW | STAFF WRITER<br />
THE MAN,<br />
THE LEGEND<br />
Spencer Community Theatre offers new show, “Lombardi”<br />
Are you ready for some football?<br />
As the Super Bowl is right<br />
around the corner, I’m betting<br />
the answer to that for most people is<br />
a big yes.<br />
But if you’re still hankering for<br />
some football then you’ll want to<br />
head to the Spencer Community<br />
Theatre. While the theatre might not<br />
seem like the obvious place to look<br />
for a football fix, it will be for two<br />
weekends in February.<br />
“Lombardi” will be on stage Feb.<br />
12-14 and Feb. 19-21.<br />
While the play does involve talk of<br />
football, it’s about a lot more than just<br />
football.<br />
“I think that sports fans will definitely<br />
have a deeper apprecition for<br />
the show, but it’s really a show for any<br />
adult audience,” said Chris Kopel, the<br />
show’s director. “I think it’s a show<br />
that really everyone will be able to<br />
really get a good feeling for. It’s not<br />
just talking about football, it’s about<br />
telling the story of the man behind<br />
the coach.”<br />
The play works to tell the story of<br />
Vince Lombardi, the legendary football<br />
player and coach who led the<br />
Green Bay Packers to five National<br />
Football League Championships in<br />
seven years. He also led the Green<br />
Bay Packers to win the first two Super<br />
Bowls ever following the 1966 and<br />
1967 seasons. Thus, the Super Bowl<br />
Trophy came to be named the Vince<br />
Lombardi Trophy.<br />
While he’s famous for being a winning<br />
coach he is also infamous for his<br />
attitude.<br />
“Many people see him as a mean<br />
person who did a lot of yelling and<br />
swearing,” Kopel said.<br />
This play works to take people beyond<br />
that.<br />
“What the play is trying to do is get<br />
away from the preconceived notion of<br />
Lombardi as the simply the guy who<br />
always was yelling. It shows who he<br />
was as a person and how the players<br />
really respected and loved him and<br />
his love for all the players, as well.<br />
It’s the story of the man behind the<br />
coach.”<br />
The show follows a reporter, Michael<br />
McCormick, for one week in<br />
1965 when he tries to see just what it<br />
is about Vince Lombardi that makes<br />
him a winning coach.<br />
Initially none of the players will<br />
talk with him so McCormick ends<br />
up turning to Vince’s wife, Marie, for<br />
answers.<br />
Through a series of flashbacks and<br />
interviews and conversations, McCormick<br />
right along with the audience<br />
get to learn about the man, Vince<br />
Lombardi, and how he is much more<br />
than just a football coach.<br />
Kopel made sure to point out one<br />
other aspect about this show.<br />
“Right when the audience comes in<br />
they’ll be getting a different feel than<br />
any other show that the Spencer Community<br />
Theatre has done thus far,”<br />
Kopel said.<br />
“Audiences will really start to feel<br />
the whole football theme of the show<br />
right away.” F<br />
Spencer | Iowa<br />
At a Glance:<br />
WHAT: “Lombardi”<br />
WHERE: Spencer Community Theatre,<br />
518 1st Ave. E., Spencer, IA<br />
WHEN: Feb. 12, 13, 19, 20 at 7:30<br />
p.m., Feb. 14 & 21 at 2 p.m.<br />
COST: $18 Adults, $9 Students 17<br />
and younger<br />
CONTACT: 712-262-7336<br />
ONLINE: sctplayhouse.org<br />
Cast:<br />
Vince Lombardi- Denny Klatt<br />
Marie Lombardi- Bethany Larson<br />
Michael McCormick- TJ Johnson<br />
Paul Hornung- Dan Andresen<br />
Jim Taylor- Sam Harper<br />
Dave Robinson- Demetrius<br />
Heard
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