BTCPA announces show times for ‘One Toe in the Grave’
The Bay Tree Council for the Performing Arts in Red Bay will present its second production of the 2017-2018 season, “One Toe in the Grave” by Jack Sharkey, Feb. 15-17 at 7 p.m. and Feb. 18 at 2 p.m. at Community Spirit Bank’s Weatherford Centre in Red Bay.
Play Synopsis
Jason Kingsley is treasurer of a billion-dollar patent medicine corporation that requires its officers to be married – but he claims his wife has a rare disease that prevents her from entertaining or attending corporate functions.
A cure is accidentally discovered in one of the company’s patent medicines, and Jason’s ecstatic boss is arriving any minute with the company doctor to administer the cure and then bask in the publicity. Jason, however, doesn’t really have a wife, so he cons his fiancée Nicki into pretending to be invalid.
Other imposters appear: Poopsie Magruder, who initially refused, shows up anyhow, and Vonga the Jungle Girl is pressed into service by the helpful housekeeper.
The cure involves a 2-inch needle in the armpit, and it develops that the disease is contagious – which only complicates the hilarity.
Tickets are on sale at the Weatherford Centre: $8 for the play and $17 for dinner. Dinner tickets must be purchased in advance. Tickets may be purchased at the Weatherford Centre, 256-356-9829 weekdays between the hours of 2-4 p.m. For group sales, contact Hammock at 256-356-9286; for more information concerning the play, call Scotty Kennedy at 256-356-8758.
Cast members include Stacy Stepp, Abbey Jones, Montana Bates, Scotty Kennedy, Ethan Ray, Brittany Russell and Mary-Elizabeth Moore.
