Top Quotes from new hit play about Amon Carter, Mr. Fort Worth.
NEWS!
The new play that TheaterJones.com called a hit as “big as Texas” goes on hiatus now as producers plan the next step for the much-in-demand play.
AMON! The Ultimate Texan crashed the North Texas theater scene like a runaway bull at the stock show.
Birdville ISD Schools Trustee Kelvin Dilks is certainly the most talked-about actor in the region after his stunning turn as Carter, the marketing genius whose media empire (Star-Telegram, WBAP-AM and Channel 5) helped him dominate his beloved Fort Worth for a half century.
After 17 performances in 17 days and tickets hard to come by, producer Rick Blair of Artisan Center Theater says the next stop, he hopes, will be a second run in or near downtown Fort Worth and then possibly venues statewide.
“This is only the beginning,” Blair said.
Follow the latest news at www.AmonPlay.com and ask to join our “Amon Carter Play” Facebook group.
Until the play returns, you can read the stories and more with 100 photos in the popular new companion book. Get your autographed copy only here.
Here are some of our favorite quotes from the play AMON! The Ultimate Texan, written by Dave Lieber and directed by Connie Sanchez:
AMON: “Welcome to Amon Carter’s Full Page Ad Club. Where nobody says no to me because I’m Amon Gosh Darn Carter.”
AMON: Holding his legendary ‘Shady Oak’ hat: “This hat is a time machine. I can tell it a year, snap my fingers (snaps) and we’ll all go there. Backward or forward.”
Kelvin Dilks plays Amon Carter in the one-man play. Photo by Alan D. Smith.
AMON: “A man cannot live off his community. He must live with it.”
RAY PRICE singing at the start of the play: “Fort Worth, Texas is Bar-B-Que, Amon Carter and TCU.”
AMON: “How many of y’all subscribe to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram? (He counts hands.) The rest of you should be ashamed of yourself.”
AMON: “Is anyone here from Dallas?”
AMON: “My friend, Cactus Jack Garner, vice president of these United States, he put it this way: ‘Amon wants the government of the United States to run for the exclusive benefit of Fort Worth and, if possible, to the detriment of Dallas.’”
Kelvin Dilks as Amon G. Carter Sr., in a play directed by Connie Sanchez and produced by Rick Blair.
AMON: (Leading into the story of the death of his best friend, Will Rogers), “I hate to do this, but I must.”
AMON: (In a phone call to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, asking that Fort Worth’s new bomber plant be slightly longer than Tulsa’s so Fort Worth has the biggest: “Now I need an extra 30 feet or so ... Yes, sir. An extra 30 feet will make me happy.”
AMON: Describing his visit to Europe at the end of World War II: “Oh, and I forgot to tell you that while I was over there, I stood on Mussolini’s balcony. And guess what I did?”
AMON: “My name hovers. But most modern folks, I’m sure they don’t remember me.”
AMON: “I don’t take ads from Stanley Marcus because his store, Neiman Marcus, or as I like to call it ‘Needless Markups’ is in Dallas. Open one here Mr. Stanley, and we’ll talk.”
AMON: “And all these years later, the foundation we started has given out more than $620 million.”
AMON: “When we started this, we were strangers, but now we’re friends. Don’t forget, you’re all members of Amon’s Full Page Advertising Club.
AMON: “We each have an opportunity to make a difference in our cities and in the lives of others, and it’s not all about money. It’s about giving. Giving our time. Giving our respect.”
AMON: “Hoooooooooo-raaaayyyy for Fort Worth and West Texaaasssssssss!!!!”
Director Connie Sanchez, speaking to the audience before each show, about playwright Dave Lieber’s companion book: “You need this book!”
Playwright Dave Lieber, joking with audience before the show: “I’m hiding from Mr. Carter. He’s mad at me. Even though I worked at his Star-Telegram for 20 years, this week I’m celebrating my sixth anniversary working at (pause) The Dallas Morning News.”
Follow the latest Amon Carter play news at www.AmonPlay.com and ask to join our “Amon Carter Play” Facebook group.
Until the play returns, you can read the stories and more with 100 photos in the popular new companion book. Get your autographed copy only here.
