Coming Soon
A Night of Christopher Durang
Showing at
Wellington
Hills Golf Club
7026 240th Street SE, Woodinville.
All Evening Shows at 7:30 pm
-- July 29th, 30th & 31st
-- August 6th, 7th, 13th &14th
Sunday Matinee's at 2:00pm
--August 1st & 8th
"Actor's Nightmare"
Having casually wandered onstage, George is informed that one of the
actors, Eddie, has been in an auto accident and he must replace him
immediately. Apparently no one is sure of what play is being performed
but George (costumed as Hamlet) seems to find himself in the middle of a
scene from Private Lives, surrounded by such luminaries as Sarah
Siddons, Dame Ellen Terry and Henry Irving. As he fumbles through one
missed cue after another the other actors shift to HAMLET, then a play
by Samuel Beckett, and then a climactic scene from what might well be A
Man for All Seasons-by which time the disconcerted George has lost all
sense of contact with his fellow performers. Yet, in the closing moments
of the play, he rises to the occasion and finally says the right lines,
whereupon make-believe suddenly gives way to reality as the
executioner's axe (meant for Sir Thomas Moore) instead sends poor George
to oblivion-denying him a well-earned curtain call.
"Baby with the Bathwater"
As the play begins Helen and John gaze proudly at their new offspring, a
bit disappointed that it doesn't speak English and too polite to check
its sex. So they decide that the child is a girl and name it Daisy -
which leads to all manner of future emotional and personality problems
when it turns out that Daisy is actually a boy. Thereafter, in a series
of brilliantly theatrical and wildly hilarious scenes, the saga of
Daisy's struggle to establish his identity continues, despite his
parents' growing obliviousness. At the outset there is a zany nanny who
gives him a lethal toy to play with; then the small problem of Daisy's
penchant, as a toddler, for throwing himself in front of buses; then his
bizarre problems in school; and, finally, the sessions with his analyst
which enable him, at last, to accept his maleness and stop wearing
dresses. In the end the play comes full circles as the former Daisy and
his young bride fondly regard their own baby - forgiving of the past but
determined not to repeat its calamity.
For more information call (206)203-4168
Tickets are $12 via PayPal or $15 at the door.
There are also group rates of $10 per person for parties over 15. Please call WRT for more details at (206)203-4168 or email to groupsales@woodinvillerep.org.

