Fox Valley Repertory Continues Season with UNNECESSARY FARCE, Now thru 5/24

Fox Valley Repertory continues their 2015 theater series with Paul Slade Smith's frantically funny eight-door farce, Unnecessary Farce. The award-winning stage comedy is directed by Ronan Marra with performances taking place at the Pheasant Run Resort Mainstage from tonight, March 26 - May 24, 2015 (4051 E. Main St., St. Charles, IL; box office 630-584-6342).

Unnecessary Farce will preview tonight, March 26 through Friday, April 3, 2015. The show will open Saturday evening, April 4, 2015 and continue through Sunday, May 24, 2015.

Tickets are priced at $32 on Fridays (and limited Thursday performances), and at $42 on Saturdays and Sundays. Dinner packages, group discounts and overnight rates are also available.

Unnecessary Farce combines all the elements of classic farce with a contemporary American plot. In a motel room, an embezzling mayor is supposed to meet with his female accountant, while in the room next-door, two undercover cops wait to catch the meeting on videotape. But there's some confusion as to who's in which room, who's being videotaped, who's taken the money, who's hired a hit man, and why the accountant keeps taking off her clothes. Pants will be falling down, doors will be slamming, identities will be mistaken, and laughs will be flowing.

Paul Slade Smith was named one of "50 To Watch" writers of exceptional merit and promise by The Dramatist magazine in 2007. Paul turned to writing after fifteen years as an actor in Chicago, where his credits include the Goodman, Steppenwolf, Chicago Shakespeare, Marriott, Drury Lane, and Royal George Theatres. Unnecessary Farce is his second play, and it was penned during his spare time while on the national tour of Wicked. Since its premiere in 2006, there have been more than 155 productions across the country.

The cast of Unnecessary Farce features: Joseph Galizia (previously in Fox Valley Rep's Brighton Beach Memoirs), Vered Hankin, Jim Heatherly of Bloomingdale, Ann Keen of St. Charles, Joe McCauley, Lorelei Sturm, and John Wehrman.

Unnecessary Farce runs Thursday, March 26, 2015 through Sunday, May 24, 2015. Show times are: Fridays & Saturdays @ 8pm, and Sundays @ 2pm. Special Thursday performances are March 26 & April 2 @ 8pm, and April 16 & 23, and May 7 & 21 @ 2pm. The show is rated R.

This program is partially supported by by Daily Herald and MCC Technology.

The rest of Fox Valley Repertory's 2015 Theater Series includes the 1960's musical revue, The Bikinis (June 11 - August 16, 2015), the romantic comedy, Maybe Baby It's You (August 27 - October 25, 2015), and the holiday musical revue, A Christmas Survival Guide (November 5 - December 27, 2015). Season subscriptions start at $60 for four show-only tickets (discounted dinner-show subscriptions also available) and are currently available by calling the Box Office at 630-584-6342.