Mayhem at the theater: ‘Opening Night’ comedy opens this weekend at Valley Center Stage
Published 3:59 pm Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Valley Center Stage presents “Opening Night,” a Norm Foster comedy about opening night mayhem at a second-rate Canadian theater, for three weekends.
The show, billed as “the story of an unusual evening at the theatre,” follows Jack and Ruth Tisdale as they celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary with an evening at the theatre.
It’s a dream come true for Ruth; Jack would rather be home watching the seventh game of the World Series. Throw in a cynical director, his needy girlfriend, some actors with “issues”, fast-paced dialogue and a local cast for a comedy in which nobody escapes unchanged.
Opening Night has a cast of Valley Center Stage veterans from some of its most successful productions, including Becky Rappin, Jim Snyder, Greg Lucas, Robin Walbeck-Forrest, Mary Hould, Craig Ewing, Dylan Cook and Brenden Elwood. Peter Cook makes his debut as director.
Show times are 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, Oct. 16 to 18, Oct. 23 to 25 and Oct. 30 to Nov. 1. One matinee performance will be given at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25.
Tickets are on sale now. Visit www.valleycenterstage.org for more information.
Above, Brendon Elwood and Greg Lucas, and Mary Hould, belowt, appear in Valley Center Stage’s comedy “Opening Night,” opening this week, running through Oct. 25.
