“Opening Night” A comedy by Norm Foster Directed by Pamela Niesiobedzki-Curtis Dates: Nov. 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17  2007 Ruth Tisdale has lucked into a pair of tickets to the opening night performance of a new Canadian play, and she drags her husband Jack to the theatre. It is their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary and she wants to do it in style. Jack, a hardware salesman would rather be at home watching the seventh game of the World Series on television. Ruth thinks it’s time to make changes, get a little culture into their lives  and put a little zip into their marriage. They find themselves mingling with the elite of the theatre world in the V.I.P. lounge before the play and during the intermission. Like fish out of water, their absurd situation makes them uproariously funny as they try to fit into this unknown world. Opening Night’s sympathetic treatment of dysfunctional relationships, imperfect people and absurd situations, makes this play explode with laughter as Foster pokes fun at both the theatre crowd and the working class patrons who try to step into this unknown cultural world. By kind permission of the Playwrights Guild of Canada. “Straight and Narrow” A comedy by Jimmie Chinn Directed by Kim Blacklock Dates: February 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23  2008 This is a comedy about a couple who have grown apart in their needs and wishes.  What makes this story particularly interesting is that the couple in question are two men: Jeff and Bob.  Jeff must decide whether or not he should leave Bob for a woman so that he can fulfill his longing to become a father.  Complicating their lives are Bob’s over-protective sisters and his domineering mother, who is in complete denial of her son's lifestyle and constantly pressures him to find a nice girl and get married.  The characters are funny and touching and the play is very entertaining. By kind permission of Samuel French. “Enchanted April” A comedy by Matthew Barber, based on the novel by Elizabeth von Armin Directed by Kathryn DeLory Dates: May 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17  2008 “If you love wisteria and sunshine...”  So begins the ad, which inspires the hopes of four very different women in this delightful story of love and awakening.  Two London housewives, desperate to escape the drab boredom of their lives, respond to an ad to rent an Italian villa for a month.  They invite two other women to share the cost and the adventure.  The women spend an enchanted month in idyllic surroundings and discover the truth about themselves and each other, especially when certain gentlemen arrive unexpectedly. By special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
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