All in the Timing/Mere Mortals

by David Ives
Directed by Michael Fusco
Produced by Doug Browell
Stage Manager Jenn Shively

Mar. 22, 23, 29, 30, Apr. 5, & 6, 2024 at 8:00PM
Mar. 24 & Apr. 7, 2024 at 2:00PM
Featuring:

Randy Benge, Andrew Clemons, Angela Dean, Allison Fagan, Adam Frazee, Rowan Frazee, Brian Henry, Jeff Kemeter, Tony Ludovico, Christa Metzger, Nancy Meyer, Rock Mitchell, Daniel Sawtelle, Jaimie Schwartz & Frisk Stage.

Also featuring musical entertainment provided by Line Notes, a duet featuring Cory Baker and Chelsea Martins.

Prepare yourself for an evening of laughter as we present the following 8 one-act comedies selected from these two scripts by a master of the comic art form which explore the quirkier side of modern life.

FOREPLAY (OR THE ART OF THE FUGUE). Chuck, a self-styled Don Juan, and his girlfriend on a date at the miniature golf course. When they move to the second hole, a slightly older Chuck II appears with another date. Finally, an even older Chuck III, arrives with a young date who doesn't get his jokes, and worse, she's beating him at golf.

In TIME FLIES, two lonely but sweet young mayflies meet at a pond and really hit it off. Unfortunately, Horace and May watch a nature program on this first night out and discover they have a lifespan of only one day—and their lives are half over.

SURE THING is a classic of contemporary comedy: Two people meet in a cafe and navigate through a conversational minefield aided by offstage bell that allows them a re-do of their false starts, gaffes, and faux pas on the way to falling in love.

WORDS, WORDS, WORDS recalls the philosophical adage that three monkeys typing into infinity will sooner or later produce HAMLET and asks: What would monkeys talk about at their typewriters?

THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE brings together Dawn, a young woman with a stutter, and Don, the creator and teacher of Unamunda, a wild comic language. Don’s attempt to teach Dawn the language sends them off into a dazzling display of hysterical verbal pyrotechnics—and, of course, true love.

THE PHILADELPHIA presents a young man in a restaurant who has fallen into "a Philadelphia," a Twilight Zone-like state in which he cannot get anything he asks for. His only way out of the dilemma is to ask for the opposite of what he wants.

DR. FRITZ (OR THE FORCES OF LIGHT) A typical tourist fearing he has food poisoning is directed for treatment to Dr. Fritz- an anything but typical physician.

VARIATIONS ON THE DEATH OF TROTSKY - the title says it all.

For Mature Audiences only, due to adult language and situations

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Tickets are now on sale for All in the Timing/Mere Mortals opening March 22.

All in the Timing/Mere Mortals is an evening of laughter in the form of eight one-act comedies by an expert in the comic art form, David Ives, which explore the quirkier side of modern life.

There will also be musical entertainment provided by Line Notes, a duet featuring Cory Baker and Chelsea Martins.

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