BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE
written by LEONARD GERSHE
directed by JOAN SCOTT
auditions held at Riverfront Playhouse
Sunday, January 24, 6:00pm
Monday, January 25, 6:00 pm
All Don Baker wants is a place of his own away from his over protective mother. Don has been blind since birth, but that doesn't stop him from setting up in a New York apartment and making the acquaintance of his off-the-wall, liberated, actress neighbor, Jill. Don learns the kind of things from Jill that his mother would have never taught him!
Don't miss this frothy concoction by Bill Springer where no one is who he or she seems. As the play begins, Randolph Gaston has been murdered, and everybody is after the insurance money (including the deceased). The characters we meet are: Geraldine Gaston, who, we are told is recently widowed; Alice, who has been working as the Gastons' maid; Father Bently,
who claims to be the new Irish priest at St. Matthew's; Ambrose Brinks, who arrives to see the widow; Mary Ellen, the overly helpful neighbor of the Gastons; and Fenwick Feydeau, who claims he's (a) French and (b) an inspector from the late Mr. Gaston's insurance company. BUT everyone isn't necessarily who they seem to be. A series of double (and double-double) crosses, mistaken identities, fake accents, a mysterious murder (the dead person is neither dead not the person we think), hidden bodies and phony mustaches--it all adds up to a completely intriguing comedy directed award-winning Director Maria Spencer-Drake.
Showtimes:
Friday – Saturday: 7:30 pm (doors open 6:45 pm)
Sunday Matinees: 2:00 pm (doors open 1:15 pm)
Tickets available at the door or in advance at:
Graphic Emporium
1525 Pine Street
Redding, CA 96001
For reservations by phone - (530) 241-4278
For more information call The Riverfront Playhouse at (530) 221-1028.
Seat Campaign
Riverfront Playhouse proudly announces an opportunity to
help Redding’s longest-running community theatre move to its
new location by sponsoring a seat in the new theatre.
For more than 28 years, Riverfront Playhouse has consistently
provided quality live entertainment for the north state
audiences. Your generous seat sponsorship contribution will
be recognized on an engraved brass plaque to be placed on
the back of each seat.
Riverfront began in 1981. 2009 begins its 29th season. That means there are at least 28 seasons of memories out there, and we need your help remembering them all!
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