The Treasure of Lefty the Pirate

Legend of the Tybee Bomb

     In The Treasure of Lefty the Pirate - Legend of the Tybee Bomb we follow Kelly and Roger on their Pirate cruise to Lefty's Island, a private island somewhere on the Atlantic coast.  These two really needed a break.  Their little motel couldn't compete against the big new casino that they were competing against, and they ended up out of business.  It was Kelly's mother that bought them the Lefty's Island Treasure Cruise, a trip she had taken many years before.  She would always talk about Lefty's Island wistfully, but she never gave details. 

     Lefty's Island is not without its perils.  In 1958 a midair collision sent a Cold War bomber over the island with heavy damage and a nuclear bomb in its belly.  Fearing catastrophe if the plane crashed with the bomb onboard, the pilot ejected the nuke into the water off Lefty's Island and landed his plane in nearby Savannah, Georgia.  Fifty years later the bomb is still lost, but folks keep hearing mysterious explosions once or twice a week in the jungle on the island, so people are strongly discouraged from digging on the south end of the island where debris from the bomb has been found.  Of course, that's exactly where Kelly and Roger find themselves by the end of the play, being chased down by the Captain, following first mate Wilcox on the most dangerous treasure hunt of their lives.

   What can be learned from such misadventure?  Plenty, but we can't spoil the ending for you now.  Come see the play at the Tybee Gym October 2-4, 2009!