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5 AREA ACTORS CAST IN COMEDY/DRAMA
NEW BEDFORD, MA --- A quintet of area actors will perform David Prideaux’s comedy/drama Mixed Couples in a Your Theatre, Inc. production directed by Robin Richard of New Bedford.
The actors are Patty Carreau-Souza and Evan Rousseau, both of New Bedford; Susan Fournier of Dartmouth, Lee J. Fortier of Fairhaven, and Robert Duquette of Somerset.
Set in 1927, the play centers on two couples who wait at an airfield for the fog to lift so they can fly to Washington.
One couple lives in suburban bliss. He is a staid English professor played by Mr. Duquette. She, performed by Mrs. Fournier, is a housewife and at-home mother.
The other couple are Park Avenue types. He, played by Mr. Fortier, is a rich, hard-driving businessman dealing in real estate and stock trading. She, played by Mrs. Carreau-Souza, is (after many years) still an aspiring actress.
Mr. Rousseau will play the pilot of their plane.
The couples’ by-chance meeting involves an irony that makes their veneers crumble, as their conversation turns funnier and it becomes clear neither couple gained what they expected from their marriages.
None of the four principals is as happy or settled as he or she appears to be. All have a plethora of insecurities.
Drama critics have called the play a “witty and ingenious comedy” and “a sophisticated comedy of words and situations”.
The play runs Wednesdays through Saturdays Nov. 9-12 and 16-19 with a matinee Sunday, Nov. 13. More information is available by calling Your Theatre at 508/993-0772.
Now in its 59th season, Your Theatre, Inc. was rated the favorite 2005 community theatre organization in Southeastern Massachusetts in a poll conducted by The New Bedford Standard-Times.
The poll, which asked the newspaper’s readers to choose their preferred businesses and service providers in a variety of categories, drew more than 4,000 responses.
Founded in 1946, YTI is incorporated as a non-profit community theatre which seeks to enhance the cultural life of New Bedford, Southeastern Massachusetts, and nearby communities through the study and regular presentation of dramatic productions and other programs of high quality and professional standards.
The company also develops and encourages artistic talent through the establishment and operation of workshops, theatre productions and other dramatic training opportunities.