Noises Off opening at Rogers City Theater stage this weekend

If you enjoy a good comedy, the play ?Noises Off? is for you. The Rogers City Drama Club production of Michael Frayn?s play will take to the stage at the Rogers City Theater Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. with three more productions set for May 20 and 21 at 7:30 p.m., and May 22 at 2 p.m. ?Noises Off? recounts the misadventures of a third-rate British theater troupe as they tour a show titled ?Nothing On? through the hinterlands. Under the direction of Bryan Mills, the production features an elaborate set which spins around, revealing the backstage antics of the cast.

IN THEATER parlance, ?noises off? refers to offstage sound effects. In this case, the noises off are the backstage yelps and battle cries of the actors who are entangled in a farce of their own. Playwright Frayn gives us three separate glimpses of the company and their cheesy comedy. In Act One, the cast and crew members stumble through a catastrophic final rehearsal with their director Lloyd (Robert McMaster), their stage manager Tim (Mike Idalski), and their assistant stage manager, Poppy (Kaitlen Robertson) of the first act of ?Nothing On? as the clock passes midnight the day before the planned opening.

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Hampered by wayward plates of sardines, broken doors, a lost contact lens and their general lack of talent, they lamely carry on for their caustic director. The silly plot seems to involve a daffy maid (Lauren Muszynski) in an English country house, where one couple, Roger and Vicki (Kevin Ciarkowski and Jessica Szatkowski) plan an escape getaway. Another couple, Philip and Flavia (Travis Langlois and Michele Ciupka) hide from the tax collector, while a drunken burglar (Morgan Suszek) and an Arab sheik complicate the action.

Tickets are $5 for students and $8 for adults and can be purchased at the RCHS office, Rogers City Theater, from cast members, and from Habitat for Humanity members. A large percentage of the proceeds of the production will go to Habitat for Humanity for its needs and projects.

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