WaterTower Theatre replaces summer production with Unnecessary Farce

by PegNews wire

WaterTower Theatre closes its 2008-2009 season with Paul Slade Smith’s comic romp Unnecessary Farce, which will run from July 16 – August 2, 2009. Unnecessary Farce replaces the previously announced How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying.

In a cheap motel room, an embezzling mayor meets with his female accountant while two undercover cops wait in the room next door to videotape the tryst. But there’s some confusion as to who’s in which room, who’s being videotaped, who’s taken the money, who’s hired a hit man, and why the accountant keeps running around in her underwear. In the grand tradition of Noises Off, Unnecessary Farce is a side-splitting comedy sure to have you rolling in the aisles with laughter.

“We were heartbroken that we’ve had to indefinitely postpone our production of How to Succeed…," states WTT Producing Artistic Director Terry Martin. “But the recent economic situation has forced us to adjust budgets and evaluate what’s in the best long-term interest of WTT’s immediate future. Unnecessary Farce takes some of the best traits of How to Succeed…, witty dialogue, snappy timing and hysterical characters, and mixes them together to create an outlandishly funny show we know our audiences will love."

Performance times are Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays at 8:00 p.m., Saturdays at 2:00 p.m. (on July 25 & August 1 only) & 8:00 p.m., and Sundays at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are available online or by calling the WTT Box Office at 972-450-6232.

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