Mad Horse Theatre's THE DRESSER Previews 10/8, 10/9

MAD HORSE THEATRE Opens its 24th Season with Ronald Harwood's THE DRESSER.

Previews Thursday Oct 8th and Friday Oct 9th.
Runs October 8-25 Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.

Showtimes are 7:30 pm Thursdays, 8pm Fridays and Saturdays, 7 pm Sundays the 11th & 18th, 2pm no the final Sunday the 25th.

The Studio Theater at Portland Stage Company 25A Forest Avenue in Portland.

Admission $18 in advance, $20 at the door - $2 discount for students and seniors. Reservations strongly recommended

For more information: 730-2389 or www.madhorse.com

Starring David Butler, James Herrera, Frederick Blake, Burke Brimmer, Jordan Handren-Seavey , John Hickson, Kathleen Kimball, Andrea Lopez, Nate Speckman, Tootie Van Reenen.

Directed by Christine Marshall

As bombs fall on a city in Northern England, 1942, a traveling Shakespearean company attempts to present Shakespeare's KING LEAR. But the company's Actor/Manager, Sir, can't remember the play tonight, let alone his character's lines. His devoted dresser, Norman, takes on the task of dodging falling plaster and panicked actors to get his master to the stage, and into the safety of the footlights.

A portrayal of the devastation of dementia to both its sufferers and the caregivers who stand and serve, THE DRESSER is also a hilarious, poignant love letter to the proud tradition of the Theatre, and the old adage "The show must go on."