Hay Fever
by Boerne Community Theatre
Jul. 23 - Jul. 24 (2017)
Hoping for a quiet weekend in the English country with some guests, David Bliss, a novelist and his wife Judith, a retired actress, find that an impossible dream when their high-spirited children Simon and Sorel appear with guests of their own. As the guests arrive, it becomes clear that it is not them who will be the problem, but the family themselves. A house full of drama waits to be ignited as misunderstandings and tempers flare. With Judith's new flame and David's newest literary 'inspiration' keeping company as the children follow suit, the Bliss family lives up to its name as the 'quiet weekend' comes to an exhausting and hilarious finale worthy of Feydeau. Set in 1920’s England, Hay Fever provides a shrewd, farcical look at a dysfunctional family oblivious to their ill-mannered behavior.
Directed by Keisha McFerrin.
Hay Fever is a comic play written by Noël Coward in 1924 and first produced in 1925 with Marie Tempest as the first Judith Bliss. Best described as a cross between high farce and a comedy of manners, the play is set in an English country house in the 1920s, and deals with the four eccentric members of the Bliss family and their outlandish behaviour when they each invite a guest to spend the weekend. The self-centred behaviour of the hosts finally drives their guests to flee while the Blisses are so engaged in a family row that they do not notice their guests' furtive departure.
-- Wikipedia
Sunday, July 23 & Monday, July 24, both at 7 pm |
Production/Performance Dates: September 8 - 23, 2017 |
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Location: 907 E. Blanco Rd., Boerne, Texas, 78006 |
Our Website: www.boernetheatre.org |
Contact/More Information: Auditions consist of cold readings from the script. No assigned audition times, just come a few minutes before 7pm to fill out forms. For more information, contact Patty Loftis, BCT Artistic Director, at 210-378-4562 or plilllnd@gvtc.com |
[poster for the London production at the Noël Coward Theatre via ATGTickets.com]