THE TALE OF THE ALLERGIST'S WIFE Plays Theater Works 10/1-17

A raucous comedy from one of America's most outrageous playwrights Charles Busch! This hilarious tale is that of New York dilettante Marjorie Taub, a middle-aged doctor's wife, hooked on culture - mornings at the Whitney, afternoons at MOMA and evenings at BAM. Plunged into a mid-life crisis of Medea-like proportions; her children are grown, her beloved therapist recently died and her mother, obsessed with bowel-movements, grates on her nerves. She's shaken out of her lethargy by the reappearance of a fascinating childhood friend, but is this friend real or fantasy? Featuring two professional Actors Equity Association performers in leading roles, Robyn Allen and Gene Ganssle this production is sure to have audiences returning for more! Winner of 3 Tony Awards including Best Play and 2 Drama Desk Awards including Outstanding New Play THE TALE OF THE ALLERGIST'S WIFE performs on the Mary Jane Gyder main stage from October 1st - 17th.

THE TALE OF THE ALLERGIST'S WIFE is directed by multiple award winner David Vining. David began his professional directing career in 1973 and has directed over a hundred productions for university, community and professional companies. In the Phoenix area, he directed All My Sons for Theater Works; The Real Thing, Criminal Hearts, Italian American Reconciliation and Billy Bishop Goes to War for Actors Theatre; The Nerd, Born Yesterday, You Can't Take It with You, Arsenic and Old Lace, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Threepenny Opera, Last Meeting of the Knights of the White Magnolia, and Death of a Salesman for Phoenix Theatre; The Swan, Reckless, Baby with the Bathwater (with Anthony Runfalor, co-director), The Baltimore Waltz, and Line for The Ensemble Theatre. He is a Professor Emeritus in Theatre (ASU) and has also taught acting and directing at the University of Iowa and the University of London.

"Uproarious, "The Allergist's Wife" earns its wall-to-wall laughs." "Mr. Busch has swum straight into the mainstream and stays comfortably afloat there." Ben Brantley, New York Times

"An intelligently funny and satirically relevant uptown comedy." John Simon, New York Magazine

"Charles Busch comes of age as a comic playwright of the first rank." New York Daily News

Tickets are now on sale both online at theaterworks.org and at the Peoria Center for the Performing Arts. The Box Office is open from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. daily and may be reached at 623-815-7930. THE TALE OF THE ALLERGIST'S WIFE runs October 1st - October 17th, with evening performances Thursday - Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and matinee performances on Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are only $33.00 for adults and $23.00 for students (prices include service and processing fees). Theater Works is located in the Peoria Center for the Performing Arts (the theater with the copper roof) at 8355 W Peoria Avenue, Peoria.