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| Three couples, two houses and one dazzlingly funny Alan Ayckbourn comedy classic: Opening March 25 at City Theatre |
| Alex Garza, in cooperation with City Theatre: I MARRIED A HOBBIT: A SOLO PERFORMANCE I MARRIED A HOBBIT”, written and performed by Alex Garza, will be presented at the City Theatre for two performances only, Tuesday & Wednesday, March 16th and 17th @ 8:00. General Seating $10.00 per person. What's it about? It's a bunch of characters and monologues centered around dating and love and all the joy, sorrow, and the chaos that goes along with all of it. Alex Garza has put together a collection of stories and characters that look at romance, heartbreak, desire, and life-long commitment from the eyes of different people. In this 75 minute performance, he discusses his childhood crushes, including the girl who broke his heart in the 2nd grade and turned him away from women forever. He also confesses his teenage obsession with TV heart throbs such as Sean Astin and Kirk Cameron. Yes, the show's a little gay! Yes, the show uses a few bad words! But it's profanity with a purpose!! |
| Also, playing in March. |
| Nobody writes contemporary farces better than the British, and no British comic playwright concocts livelier free-for-alls than Sir Alan Ayckbourn. Inventive and hilarious, the show cemented Ayckbourn’s reputation as a master of the situation comedy genre. The title pun of How the Other Half Loves, which runs this spring at The City Theatre, pokes fun at marital relationships in general and the class system in particular with riotous results and plenty of laughs. The comedy is vintage Ayckbourn – an action-packed, brilliantly written whirlwind which may poke fun at the misgivings and misunderstandings of marriage. However, in the capable hands of director Stacey Glazer and an excellent cast, the play leaves you plenty to enjoy. Come find out how the other half lives…and loves. March 25 through April 18. A direct descendant of the drawing room farces of Oscar Wilde and Noël Coward, the play celebrated its 40th anniversary and is still bringing laughs to audiences all over the world. The setup is simple: A single affair links three unhappy middle-aged couples otherwise divided by class. But there is a storytelling twist: its staging skillfully subdivides the arena with happenings in the living rooms seen and heard simultaneously. Thus, the playwright can interweave action and conversations that actually take place miles apart -- and sometimes even on different nights. Ayckbourn ingeniously juggles time and space as he presents the intricate lives and liaisons, passions and growing panic of these couples. There’s the well-meaning but hapless boss; his wife who is involved in a dalliance with one of his employees; the philanderer himself, his hopelessly inept wife and two unsuspecting human alibis... Place the characters on a single set portraying two dinner parties on two consecutive evenings happening simultaneously and prepare for one most brilliantly-crafted comedy where laughter is the main course. Alan Ayckbourn is one of the most prolific and widely performed of living English language playwrights. He has written over seventy-five full length plays and is an Olivier, Tony and Moliere Award winning playwright. His major successes include Absurd Person Singular, Bedroom Farce, A Chorus of Disapproval, Woman in Mind, and A Small Family Business and his work has been translated into over thirty-five languages and performed on stage and television throughout the world. Ten of his plays have been staged on Broadway with the revival of his play The Norman Conquests winning the Tony Award in 2009 for Best Revival. The production is under the direction Stacey Glazer, director of City Theatre’s The Laramie Project and Rabbit Hole which premiered in 2009 and is assisted by Emily Toothman. A fine all- star cast of CTC comedic actors will take the stage including Scot Friedman (Laughter on the 23 Floor), Louise Martin (Christmas Belles), Lori Cordova (Almost, Maine), Derek Jones (Crimes of the Heart), Tyler Jones (The Boys Next Door) and Jenny Keto (Alice in Wonderland). March 25 – April 18 Thursday – Saturday 8:00 p.m. Sunday 5:30 p.m. |
