No Strings Theatre Company's BECKY'S NEW CAR Opens 3/9 at the Black Box Theatre

No Strings Theatre Company presents "Becky's New Car" by Steven Dietz and directed by NSTC's Artistic Director, Ceil Herman. "Becky's New Car" opens Friday, March 9 and runs through Sunday, March 25 at the Black Box Theatre, 430 N Downtown Mall in Las Cruces.

Have you ever been tempted to flee your own life? Becky Foster is caught in middle age, middle management and in a middling marriage to Joe, a roofer who has no time to fix their own roof.  Also in her family is her live-at-home perpetual graduate student son, Chris, and it seems to her as if there are no prospects for change on the horizon. Then one night Walter, a socially inept and grief-struck millionaire, stumbles into the car dealership where Becky works. Becky is offered nothing short of a new life…and the audience is offered a chance to ride shotgun in a way that most plays wouldn't dare. "Becky's New Car" is a thoroughly original comedy with serious overtones, a devious and delightful romp down the road not taken.

The NSTC production features veteran actors as well as those new to the Black Box Theatre. Kathleen Murphy plays Becky. This is her first production at the Black Box Theatre, but she is well known to Las Cruces audiences for her role as Sister Mary Amnesia in many Nunsense musicals produced at LCCT. Jeff Peckham (Joe) was previously seen in NSTC's "More Fun Than Bowling", also written by playwright Steven Dietz. He has also appeared at the Black Box Theatre in "Lone Star" and "A Delicate Balance" as well as many productions at LCCT. Becky and Joe's son Chris is played by Donny Prosise, who was last seen in NSTC's "Cockeyed." Gerald Kumpf plays Walter in his first production at the Black Box Theatre. Jade Diaz plays his daughter Kenni, She was last seen in NSTC's "The Spitfire Grill". Bob Singer in the role of Steve, a friend of Becky and Joe,  has been seen at the Black Box Theatre most recently "The Sisters Rosensweig" and "The Spitfire Grill." as well as in many productions at LCCT. Yvette Crofford playing Ginger, a friend of Walter, was recently seen as Dr. Gorgeous in "The Sisters Rosensweig," but she has been very active at the El Paso Playhouse, most recently in "The Boys Next Door" and "A Few Good Men." Peter Herman designed the set and lights, Desiree Trujillo is the Stage Manager, and Sean Murphy is the Assistant Stage Manager. CMI students Zac Bellah and Matthew Valdovinos will be the Board Operators for the production and Nathan Lefever will be the Videographer.

"Perhaps the highest praise that can be given to Steven Dietz's praiseworthy new comedy is that it's funny. Not ironic. Not hysterical in a slapsticky kind of way. Just gently and consistently funny­right up to the point that it's touching, and then even a little bit after that. "Becky's New Car" takes the audience on a smart, comic cruise through the perils of middle-aged longing and regret." ­Variety.

Performances of "Becky's New Car" are Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m., Sundays, March 18 and March 25 at 2:30 p.m. and a Thursday performance on March 22 at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $10.00 regular admission, $9.00 Students and Seniors over 65, and all seats on Thursday are $7.00. Reservations: (575) 523-1223 or online at http://www.no-strings.org.

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