Playmakers Civic Theatre Presentsv
Crossed phone lines and cross-dressing buffoonery produce continuous laughs during any performance of “Whose Wives Are They Anyway?” by Michael Parker, Playmakers’ final offering in its 64th Season.
Shortly after John Baker (Martin Smith) and David McGachen (Steve Heineman), vice-presidents of the just-sold Ashley Maureen Cosmetic Company, arrive at the Oakfield Golf and Country Club for a weekend of nonstop golfing, they discover their new boss, D.L. Hutchinson (Sylvia Chappell) (a lady), is also there.
“No one who went golfing for a weekend without his wife would ever work for me,” Hutchinson declares, adding she’ll look forward to meeting Baker’s and McGachen’s wives that evening.
The wives, however, have gone off to New York for a weekend of nonstop shopping. There’s nothing to do but have Baker – in wig and dress – pretend to be McGachen’s wife (Morgan Parker) and bribe Tina (Frankie Bickel), the resort’s receptionist, to portray Baker’s wife (Alison Sauvey).
Adding to the confusion, the resort’s phone lines are crossed, resulting in calls from people trying to place bets on Golden Girl in the fifth which the resort’s manager, Mrs. Carlson (Debbie Gordon), doesn’t find at all amusing. Nor does she sympathize with the various excuses from lumbago to carbuncles her maintenance man, Wilson (Roger Long), proffers – along with an upturned palm – when he’s put to work.
As is par for a Michael Parker play, the real wives show up at just the wrong moment resulting in even more misunderstanding.
Show dates: May 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22
For more info call 419-635-6067 or 419-734-1490.
