Reunion Theatre has Southern-fried fun in ‘Farce’

EVERETT — The Reunion Theatre Group is looking for a new home.

The group’s current production of the comedy “Farce of Nature” will be its last in the Music Hall Playhouse behind Macy’s at the Everett Mall, due to a lost lease.

Primarily former Everett High School students of Bob Henry, the community theater group does about three shows a year and needs a new performance space by fall.

“Farce of Nature” runs April 17 through 19, April 24 through 26 and May 1 through 3 at the mall.

This Southern-fried farce highlights one day in the life of the Wilburn family of Mayhew, Arkansas.

D. Gene Wilburn, the owner of the Reel ’Em Inn, a fishing lodge in the Ozarks, doesn’t have as much business as he used to. The lone guest of the moment is a jittery Chicagoan Carmine DeLuca, who’s there through the Witness Protection Program.

D. Gene’s wife, Wanelle, is fed up with their lackluster romantic life. She’s taken drastic steps to improve it through hypnotic suggestions and, for the life of him, D. Gene cannot understand why his pants keep falling down.

D. Gene’s sister, Maxie, is battling ageism to resume her career in law enforcement. She’s determined to prove her worth by keeping Carmine DeLuca alive through the weekend. The gangster Carmine’s been dodging for the past five years, Sonny Barbosa, is about to walk through the door, in pursuit of his sexy wife, Lola, who has driven hundreds of miles to the lodge to follow her boy toy Ty, who is D. Gene’s and Wanelle’s son.

Lola meets her match in Ty’s seemingly innocent girlfriend, Jenna, whose patience has reached the breaking point after months of waiting for Ty to come home.

In the romp that ensues, the characters hide, lie, disguise themselves and slam doors chasing one another, all while trying to figure out the source of an increasingly awful stench. By then it’s too late and the lodge is surrounded by vicious critters and hungry varmints that have followed the odor down from the hills.

How will this day end?

The cast includes Marsha Schroeder as Wanelle Wilburn, Richard Morris as D. Gene Wilburn, Sara Hitch as Jenna Sealy, Janine Snavely as Maxie Wilburn Suggs, Dave Francke as Carmine DeLuca, Justin Dabney as Ty Wilburn, Vicki Maxey as Lola Barbosa, Rick Hunter as Sonny Barbosa, and Tanya Gephart as Roxanne Thorne.

Friday and Saturday evening performances begin at 8 p.m., with Sunday matinees at 2 p.m.

To reserve tickets, call 425-268-2187. Prices are $15 general admission, $11 for students, seniors and military.

More information is at www.reuniontheatregroup.org.

To suggest a new performance center for the group, email reuniontheartregroup@gmail.com.

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