Neil Simon’s classic Barefoot in the Park runs another weekend at the Village Square Theatre in Lexington, this Friday, February 1st through Sunday, February 3rd.
From press material: Paul and Corie Bratter appear as different as they can be. He’s a straight-as-an-arrow lawyer, and she’s a free spirit always looking for the latest kick. Their new apartment is her most recent find: too expensive with bad plumbing and in need of a paint job. After a six-day honeymoon, they get a surprise visit from Corie’s loopy mother, and decide to play matchmaker during a dinner with their neighbor-in-the-attic Velasco, where everything that can go wrong, does. Paul just doesn’t understand Corie, as she sees it. He’s too staid, too boring, and she just wants him to be a little more spontaneous, running “barefoot in the park” would be a start.
The show features the talents of Rachel Goerss as Corie Bratter, Michael Hazin as Paul Bratter, Gina Calvert as mother-in-law Ethel Banks, Dennis Kacsur as their eccentric neighbor Victor Valasco. Harrison Ayer and Steven Nessel complete the cast. For more information or tickets, contact the box office at (803) 359-1436.
Opening downtown on Main Street in the Tapp’s Art Center on Friday, Feb. 1st is Night of the Living Dead, based on the 1968 film by George Romero. From press material: High Voltage Theatre, the Southeast’s premiere performance company dedicated to presenting classic and modern horror on stage, brings to Columbia the granddaddy of all zombie stories! The play is adapted and directed by Chris Cook and features Hollywood-level special FX make-up, stage combat, firearms, and hordes of man-eating zombies! A true classic of American cinema is now the hottest theatrical event in Columbia of 2013! Reviving the edgy, off-beat, Chicago-style theatre that put High Voltage on the Midlands map in 2002.
Night of the Living Dead promises to shock, thrill, chill, and excite audiences currently on a steady diet of The Walking Dead. Yes, “We’re coming to get you, Columbia!”
For reservations please call: 803-754-5244
Tickets: $15 per person
8 PM curtain for all the performances at the Fountain Room in the bottom of Tapp’s Art Center.
Runs: Friday and Saturday February 1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th, 15th and 16th!
Starring: (In order of appearance)
Mary Miles as “Barbara”
Harrison Ayer/ Michael Layer as “Johnny”
Marques Moore as “Ben”
Chris Cook as “Harry Cooper”
Jenna Sach as “Judy”
Evelyn Clary as “Helen Cooper”
Mazie Cook as “Karen”
Meanwhile, over on campus, Opera at USC presents: Das Barbecu by Jim Luigs and Scott Warrender on Friday, February 1st and Saturday, February 2nd at 7:30 PM, and Sunday February 3rd at 5:30 PM, at Drayton Hall. “A re-telling of Wagner’s Ring Cycle. This time set in Texas.”
Featuring Jared Ice (recently seen as Don Giovanni) Jasper Theatre Artist of the Year Finalist Shelby Sessler, Jordan Harper, Stephanie Beinlich (recently seen as Cendrillion) Stann Gwynn (recently seen as George in “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf”) and Christa Hiatt.
$5 – Students
$15 – Seniors/ USC Faculty & Staff/ Military
$20 – Adults
FOR TICKETS CALL (803) 777-5369
Rebecca Phillips, Conductor
Ellen Schlaefer, Director
Lynn Kompass, Musical Preparation
Anna Dragoni, choreographer
Teddy Moore, scenic designer
Chet Longley, lighting designer
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