[NEohioPAL] "Noises Off" a hilarious romp at Fine Arts

[Wanda Wareham]

The Fine Arts Association
presents
 
Noises Off
By Michael Frayn
 
            Directed by Sandy Kosovich Peck
 
Production Dates:
Oct. 3, 4, 10, 11, 17 & 18 at 7 p.m.
Oct. 5, 12, & 19 at 2 p.m.
 
The Corning Auditorium at The Fine Arts Association
38660 Mentor Avenue, Willoughby, Ohio 44094
 
Tickets:
$20/seniors & students; $22/adults
Log on to www.fineartsassociation.org
<http://www.fineartsassociation.org/>  or call (440) 951-7500
 
Cast:
Brooke-Kacey Durbin
Belinda-Nancy Brooks
Freddy-John Busser
Dotty-Vonnie Pilarczyk
Poppy-Kaitlyn Whitebread
Tim-Aaron Drews
Selsden-Don Knepper
Lloyd-Greg Mandryk
Garry-David Malinowski
 
Production Team:
Director-Sandy Kosovich Peck
Stage Manager-Ann Hedger
Tech Director-Paul Gatzke
Lighting Designer-Lance Switzer
Costume Designer-Caitlin Sandham
Set Designer-Ben Needham
 
About the show
In his plot for Noises Off, Frayn plays on the concept of a play within
a play <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Play_within_a_play> , in this case
a parodistically dreadful sex comedy entitled Nothing On-the type of
play in which young girls run about in their underwear, old men drop
their trousers, and many doors continually open and shut. Act One is set
at the dress rehearsal <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dress_rehearsal> ,
the night before opening at the Grand Theatre in Weston-super-Mare
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weston-super-Mare> , with the cast still
fumbling with entrances and exits, missed cues, misspoken lines, and
bothersome props, most notably several plates of sardines.  Act Two
portrays a Wednesday matinee performance one month later, at the Theatre
Royal in Ashton-under-Lyne
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashton-under-Lyne> . In this act, the play
is seen from backstage, providing a view that reveals the deteriorating
personal relationships among the cast that have led to offstage
shenanigans and onstage bedlam.  In Act Three, we see a performance near
the end of the ten-week run, at the Municipal Theatre in
Stockton-on-Tees <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockton-on-Tees> , when
personal friction has continued to increase and everyone is bored and
anxious to be done with the play. The actors attempt to cover up a
series of mishaps but only compound the problems and draw attention to
the bungling performance.
 
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