By MaryBelle Tuten
If you enjoy entertainment that is just fun and makes you laugh until you think you cannot laugh any more…..but you do, then don’t miss The Play That Goes Wrong, that opens Thursday, March 23, 2023 at the Dixie Center for the Arts and is produced by Ruston Community Theatre (RCT). This may be the most unusual production RCT has ever presented to the north Louisiana community.
A play within a play, the fictitious Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society has received a substantial bequest and is putting on
a performance of The Murder at Haversham Manor. With a murder (and a moving corpse) established from the beginning, the murder mystery gets into full flow as the props start to disappear and the set begins to crumble. The Play That Goes Wrong was
a Broadway hit with reviews that called it the funniest smash hit and an international phenomenon.
The play has also been touring the country for the last two years with rave reviews and we are excited to present this challenging show. The play is written by Henry Lewis, Johnathan Sayer and Henry Shields and is directed by Mary Watkins and sponsored by Century Next Bank. The intricately designed set falls apart each performance and is back together again for the next show day. A first for RCT, the set was purchased from a theater in Georgia and transported back to the stage at the Dixie and reassembled for our use.
A plethora of disasters befall the cast comprised of the following: Robyn Jennings, Kaden Brunson, Carrick Inabnett, Hunter McFadden, Benjamin Gross, Anky Kiremire, Britton Kilpatrick, and Amy Houck. The Cornley Polytechnic stage crew consists of Katie Peters, Amanda Willis, Alex Copes, Emily Tooke, Robbie Cunningham, Wyatt Terry, Sawyer Cunningham, Maddie Cunningham and Beth Holland. Westley Terry is stage manager, Sandee Sledge is costumer, publicity person is Danielle Huddleston, sound is coordinated by Brent Gay, and Monika Locke and Lainey Roberts are designing and running the lights for the production.
The stage set transportation and assembly is under the direction of Mark Graham, and aided by the cast and crew.
The Play That Goes Wrong show dates are March 23-25 at 7:00 pm and March 26 at 2:00 pm. Ticket prices are $20 for adults and seniors and $10 for students. Tickets can be purchased at the door or on-line at rctruston.org or by calling or texting (318) 595-
0872.
This Olivier Award winning comedy is a hilarious, “gut busting” hybrid of Monty Python and Sherlock Holmes. This play is SO WRONG IT’S RIGHT!!!!! See you at the theater.
