The Play’s the Thing

by Ferenc Molnár adapted by P. G. Wodehouse

Young lovers, a puffed-up theatre star, a zany group of servants, partners, and hotel guests, and a far-fetched scheme to set everything to rights made this witty and fast-moving farce an over-the top hit with New York audiences in 1926.  When a young man listens to a romantic encounter between his fiancée and her leading man, his uncle – a business-savvy playwright – has to convince him that what he overheard was just a rehearsal for a play. The uncle then frantically writes and rehearses the new play to seal the deal. The title is a nod to Hamlet, and like Shakespeare’s masterpiece, this comedy delights in stepping over the line between reality and performance.

Performances in Founders Auditorium:

Friday March 5 | 7:30 p.m.

Saturday March 6 | 7:30 p.m.

Sunday March 7 | 2:30 p.m.

Monday March 8 | 7:30 p.m.