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(Tucson, AZ)— Beowulf Alley Theatre Company is pleased to present Black Comedy by Peter Shaffer from March 8-April 1, 2007. Our theatre is located at 11 South 6th Avenue, between Broadway and Congress.
An unscrupulous sculptor has embellished his apartment with furniture and objects d'arte "borrowed" from the absent antique dealer next door. Brindsley hopes to impress his fiancee's pompous father and a wealthy art buyer. The campy neighbor returns just as a blown fuse plunges the apartment into darkness and Brindsley is revealed teetering on the verge of very ripe farce. Seated guests, unexpected visitors, lurking phone cords and other snares impede his frantic attempts to return the purloined items before light is restored.
"Pure hilarity." International Herald Tribune.
"Laughter mounts steadily." N.Y. Times.
Black Comedy is directed by Dr. Nancy Arnfield, a retired college theatre educator and administrator and resident of Michigan, who has directed more than 40 productions including Fashion, To Kill a Mockingbird, Auntie Mame, Inherit the Wind, Teahouse of the August Moon, Lysistrata, King John, A Winter’s Tale. Dr. Arnfield is also a performer. Additionally, she has served as a Guest Artist in various production capacities at LaJolla Playhouse (California), Arena Stage (Washington, D.C.), Lyric Stage (Boston, Mass.), American Repertory Theatre (Harvard Univ.), Stage One (Louisville, Kentucky) and UCLA (California).
The performers in Black Comedy are Barbara Flanary Armstrong, Thomas Bushee, Stephen Cruz, William Epstein, Hilary Pursehouse, Nicole Stein, Abe Taltry, and Brian Taraz.
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