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Sent: Friday, July 4, 2014 5:19 PM
Subject: The Comedy Playhouse July 2014 Newsletter
Get Ready to Laugh…
The Stripper, The Wrestler
And
Messages From Space
Opens July 11th
Peré Summers has written another play. If you have seen either A Pain in the Aunt or Let's Kill Grampa, they you know the laughs will be coming fast and furious.
The Comedy Playhouse introduces her newest play, The Stripper, The Wrestler and Messages From Space on July 11th.
The Armistead Apartments has fallen on hard times. Once a motel, the Armistead Apartments has been converted in cheap housing. And, guess what? Among the residents are a stripper, a wrestler, and a professor conducting experiments on outer space transmissions.
Thrown into the mix are Lou Mahoney, the Rent-To-Own King, and his wife Marilyn. Lou has lost his business and needs all the support he can get. Well, support may not be the right word. Let's say space, hmm?
Things heat up when the residents of the Armistead Arms apartments suspect that they are about to be evicted and take matters into their own hands?
Appearing in The Stripper, The Wrestler and Messages From Space are n, Paul Hammack, Nell Summers, Maria Fletcher, Roger Owens, Claire Cox and Bruce Bieszki.
Admission to The Stripper, The Wrestler and Messages From Space is $18, with discounts available.
The Stripper, The Wrestler and Messages From Space continues through August 24th. Performances of The Stripper, The Wrestler and Messages From Space are Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30pm and Sunday afternoon at 3:00pm.
The Comedy Playhouse is located at 3620 N. 1st Avenue at the northeast corner of 1st Avenue and Prince Road. The Comedy Playhouse has lit, adjacent parking. The Stripper, The Wrestler and Messages From Space is appropriate for ages eight and up.
Call 260-6442 for reservations or e-mail bruceb1786@aol.com.
Remember to check the theater listings in the Thursday's Arizona Daily Star's Caliente section, the current edition of the Tucson Weekly and The Curtain Going Up column in The Desert Leaf for information about what's playing at The Comedy Playhouse!
Website: www.thecomedyplayhouse.com
Email: bruceb1786@aol.com
"The Comedy Genius of
O. Henry"
Opens August 29th
"The Comedy Genius of O. Henry" will open at The Comedy Playhouse on Friday August 29th.
William Sydney Porter was born in 1862 in North Carolina. In his early years he tried his had at several careers such as pharmacist, draftsman, bank teller and journalist. In 1887, he married Athol Estes. His daughter, Margaret, was born in 1889. In 1895, while working as a bank teller, he was accused of embezzlement. He fled the country but returned to stand trial in 1898. He was found guilty and sentenced to five years in jail.
It was during his time in jail that he began to write under the pen name O. Henry. Since he was a convict, he couldn't use his real name and expect to have his stories published. He was released from jail after serving two years.
From then on, he supported himself and his family by writing his famous short stories. Although the public adored him, critics at the time were cool to his work. Readers were pleased by his "O. Henry endings," but the critics found them contrived.
Time has changed the critical view of him. His narrations are clever and witty, his stories are humorous and his endings never fail to surprise.
"The Comedy Genius of O. Henry" will run for only 5 performances from August 29th to September 6th. Performances will be Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30 and Sunday afternoon at 3:00 (only one matinee). Admission is only $12.00 with discounts available for seniors and students.
The Comedy Playhouse is located at 3620 N. 1st Avenue at the northeast corner of 1st Avenue and Prince Road. The Comedy Playhouse has lit, adjacent parking. "The Comedy Genius of O. Henry" is appropriate for ages eight and up.
Call 260-6442 for reservations or e-mail bruceb1786@aol.com.
Website: www.thecomedyplayhouse.com
Email: bruceb1786@aol.com
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