High-Heeled Hilarity Heads for Millbrook Playhouse in LEADING LADIES, Now thru 7/11
Out of work actors, Leo and Jack, learn that heiress Florence Snyder has left part of her fortune to her long lost relatives Max and Steve. So, they decide to impersonate them, collect the money, and run off to California. The trouble is, upon their arrival, they find out that the relatives aren't nephews, but nieces! With nothing but a few costumes for some of Shakespeare's greatest female characters, such as Cleopatra and Titania, Queen of the Fairies, they decide to give it a try.
Things become more complicated when Leo, as Maxine, begins to fall for Florence's niece, Meg. Worse, Meg is engaged to the local minister, Duncan, who is immediately suspicious of the "ladies." Poor Jack can't help but fall for the lovely, but ditzy, Audrey, yet his alter ego, Stephanie, has drawn the eye of both Doc and his son Butch. Their desperate attempts to keep themselves under cover (and in high heels) will have audiences rolling on the floor.
Author Ken Ludwig (Lend Me A Tenor and Moon Over Buffalo) does it again by writing a side-splitting comedy. Directed by Robert Schneider, Assistant Directed/Fight Directed by Andrew Garret Karl, Set Design by Joshua E. Gallagher, Costume Design by Kim Jones, Lighting Design by Ethan Vail, Props Design by Denise Lalevee, and Sound Design by Joshua J. Duguid.
The cast includes James Cella as Leo, Brett Epstein as Jack, Alexandra Frost as Meg, Grace Experience as Audrey, Paul Moore as Doc, Brady Adair as Duncan, Shannon Agnew as Florence, and Matt Spencer as Butch.
Tickets are $25 for adults, $15 for students and $10 for children. Leading Ladies runs tonight, June 26, June 28, July 1 - 3, and July 8 - 11 at 7:30pm and July 1 and 8 at 2:00pm. Group rates are available. You can purchase tickets by calling 570-748-8083, online at www.millbrookplayhouse.org, or by coming to the box any day of the week.
Pictured: James Cella as Leo, Brett Epstein as Jack. Photo by Caleb Essenthier.
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