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YOUR THEATRE COMEDY OPENS MARCH 15
NEW BEDFORD, MA --- Your Theatre Inc.’s latest comedy production, Ivan Menchell’s The Cemetery Club, opens March 15 for nine performances.
Directed by Lawrence R. Houbre Jr. of New Bedford with Jennifer Dubois of Swansea as stage manager, the play focuses on three Jewish widows who meet monthly for tea before visiting their husbands’ graves until one’s involvement with a widower casts a shadow over the “club”.
The play runs Wednesdays through Saturdays March 15-18 and March 22-25, 2006 with a matinee Sunday, March 19.
Curtain time is 8 p.m. for all shows except the 2:30 p.m. Sunday matinee.
Linda Monchik of Fall River plays a homebody widow, unsure how to open a new chapter in her life until she meets the widower butcher played by Roger H. Allen of New Bedford.
Another “club” member, played by Trudi A. Miller of New Bedford, relishes cashing her husband's bonds. The third “club” member, played by Cynthia J. Messier of Fairhaven, fussily tends her husband's grave. Mimi Allen of Dartmouth plays a neighborhood lady who fancies the widower.
A Boston Globe drama critic calls the play “funny, sweet tempered, and moving.” A Washington Journal critic says it is “very touching and humorous”.
Mr. Houbre says the play is "funny in a light way" with "a lot of touching moments and revelations about life, such as letting some relationships go and starting others.”
For non-subscribers, ticket prices are $12.00 for Wednesday, Thursday, or Sunday performances, $14.00 for Friday shows, and $15.00 for Saturday performances.
However, a single $2.00 discount for each show is available to any person who presents proof of membership in the American Automobile Association, Massachusetts Teachers Association, New Bedford Area Chamber of Commerce, or Southcoast Health System’s Employee Advantage Program. Other discounts are available for senior citizens, students, and military personnel.
More information is available by calling the 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.