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Don’t Tell My Wife — August 23-25, 30-31, Sept 1

Don't Tell program cover artFasten your seatbelts for a sure-fire laugh-a-thon as Z-Theatre presents its newest show

Don't Tell My Wife

an original farce in two acts by Rochester playwright Joan Sween, directed by Eric Decker.

Set in an exotic themed hotel room, the action includes mistaken identities, disguises, frantic exits, hiding in closets, dives off the balcony, and extreme makeovers. Suitable for ages 13 and up.

Tickets available in Zumbrota at Busby Hardware, Crossings at Carnegie, Main Street Pharmacy and at the door.

Adults: $10 in advance, $12 at the door
Students 18 and under: $8
 
Showtimes:
7 pm August 23, 24, 25, 30, 31
2 pm September 1
*Meet and greet with the playwright after the August 25 performance!
 
DON'T TELL MY WIFE is a hotel-room farce. The action includes mistaken identities, disguises, people in closets, frantic exits, and dives off balconies.  Also two inept ladies of the evening and a 25-foot snake. Set in the theme room of a convention hotel, "Domina" and "Kitten," actually Ann Olsen and Shirley Peterson, pose as professionals in the "personal entertainment industry" in order to meet an unknown investor and open a bakery in Mason City, Iowa. Tool company executives, glamour makeovers and Girl Scout troop leaders get tossed in the mix for an evening of hilarious fun!
 

The Cast

Cindy Bjorn                 KITTEN
Lori Rauen                  DOMINA
Tomine Erredge          EMILY
Jennifer Ruberto         HELEN
Turi Jystad                 MS. FINSTER
Brian Adams              ARTHUR STONE
Joe Carlson                ALEX
Rob Weber                GERALD
 

For more information, call 507-732-5210 and leave a message.

“Don’t Tell My Wife” Auditions — June 29

Don't tell my wife audition poster

AUDITIONS!
Saturday, June 29, 9 – 11 am
State Theatre Zumbrota

This year's annual Z-Theatre production is DON'T TELL MY WIFE, an original farce in two acts by Rochester playwright Joan Sween, directed by Eric Decker.

ABOUT THE SHOW
DON'T TELL MY WIFE is a hotel-room farce suitable for community theatres.  The action includes mistaken identities, disguises, people in closets, frantic exits, and dives off balconies.  Also two inept ladies of the evening and a 25-foot snake. The cast includes roles for 5 women and 3 men.
 

The action occurs in one room in a convention hotel.  "Domina" and "Kitten," actually Ann Olsen and Shirley Peterson, are hoping to meet an unknown investor so they can retire from their temporary stint in the "personal entertainment industry" and open a bakery in Mason City, IA.  Jerry Stockbridge hopes his speech at the tool convention will boost the sliding finances of StoneTuff Tools.  Jerry's wife, Emily, encounters the bakery investor and mistakes him for a pervert when he boasts about his pumpernickel.  Jerry's secretary, dowdy Miss Finster, visits the Ultimate Glamour Salon and Spa in the hotel concourse and ends up looking as though she is also in the personal entertainment business.  Jerry's boss, Mr. Stone, is delighted to meet Domina, Kitten, and the now-transformed Miss Finster.  Mrs. Stone takes time from searching for her philandering husband to visit the Ultimate Glamour Salon, and she, too, ends up looking like she's in the personal entertainment industry.  As in all farces, fast action and mistaken identities drive this plot.  The play ends happily with Domina and Kitten finally meeting their investor, Jerry's speech generating tool clients, Miss Finster back to normal and Mr. Stone wildly happy with Mrs. Stone's new look.  The script stays in the realm of sassy and does not contain any raw situations or offensive language.

Auditions are Saturday, June 29, 9-11 am at the State Theatre in Zumbrota.
 
Performances Dates: August 23,24,25,30,31 and September 1.
Rehearsals begin the week of July 22.
 

Want to help with the show? Just email statetheatre@zaac.org and we'll keep you in the production loop.