Run For Your Wife

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC33" FACE="Broadway BT" ><B>Branch River Theatre</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFCC33" FACE="Broadway BT" ><B> </B></FONT><B>   </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Branch River Theatre"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id149.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Players 200910"><U>The Players 2009-10</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id151.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Production Staff 200910 "><U>Production Staff 2009-10 </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id152.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Thanks 200910"><U>Special Thanks 2009-10</U></A>   |   <B>Run For Your Wife</B>   |   <A HREF="id154.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Odd Couple"><U>The Odd Couple</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id155.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Robber Bridegroom"><U>The Robber Bridegroom</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id158.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Songs For A New World"><U>Songs For A New World</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=175 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <A HREF="id5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Past Productions"><U><B>Past Productions</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Season 200203"><U><B>Season 2002-03</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Season 200304"><U><B>Season 2003-04</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Season 200405"><U><B>Season 2004-05</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id54.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Season 200506"><U><B>Season 2005-06</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id68.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Season 200607"><U><B>Season 2006-07</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id107.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Season 200708"><U><B>Season 2007-08</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id81.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Season 200809"><U><B>Season 2008-09</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id148.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Season 200910"><U><B>Season 2009-10</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id159.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Season 201011"><U><B>Season 2010-11</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Season 201112"><U><B>Season 2011-12</B></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <I><B>RUN FOR YOUR WIFE</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="5037faaa0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="170" ALT="RUN FOR YOUR WIFE ... original artwork by Allison Barrows" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="5"></B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC33" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.blogsnh.com/drupal/blog_entry/dave_eisenstadter/community_theater_run_for_your_wife" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.blogsnh.com/drupal/blog_entry"><U><B>Click here for the Monadnock-Ledger Transcript blog by David Eisenstadter about this very funny show!</B></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>by Ray Cooney</B></div> <div> <B>directed by Lori Goldring</B></div> <div> <B>original artwork by Allison Barrows</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id156.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Run For Your Wife"><U><B>click here for photo album ...</B></U></A></div> <div> Branch River Theatre invites audiences to come witness the confusion and hilarity when one seemingly ordinary man tries to balance two lives and two wives in Ray Cooney's <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC33" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>Run for Your Wife </B></I></FONT>to be directed by Lori Goldring.</div> <div> John Smith seems like any other normal cabbie, except for the fact that he is secretly juggling two wives with the help of his determination and a carefully kept schedule. <I> </I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC33" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>Run for Your Wife</B></I></FONT> follows John as he is brought home the morning after having been hit on the head while breaking up a mugging. In his dazed confusion, he has told the police and the hospital two different "home" addresses and has been brought home to the wrong wife at the wrong time. Now he must employ the help of his unemployed and hapless neighbor, Stanley Gardner, in a madcap race against two detectives and his own lies to keep each of his wives unaware of the other.</div> <div>  </div> <div> Cooney's <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC33" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>Run for Your Wife</B></I></FONT> is a classic farce in the vein of Michael Frayn's <I><B>Noises Off</B></I><B> </B>or Shakespeare's <I><B>Comedy of Errors</B></I>. Outlandish characters, a quick plot and unlikely event whip the cast and the audience into a hilarious frenzy by the end of the show. Indeed, the colorful characters, mistaken identities, and manic efforts to conceal or expose the truth in <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC33" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>Run for Your Wife</B></I></FONT> will keep people both guessing and laughing until the final curtain."</div> <bR> <div>    </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><U>Cast of Characters</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="381" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#000000" BORDERCOLORDARK="#000000" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 143 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="50485a7f0.jpg" border=0 width="90" height="127" ALT="Barbara Smith: Allison Barrows" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="5"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Barbara Smith</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >: </FONT></div> <div> Allison Barrows</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="5052627e0.jpg" border=0 width="98" height="126" ALT="Allison Barrows" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 144 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="50545f7e0.jpg" border=0 width="95" height="126" ALT="Brooks Campbell" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Det. Sgt. Porterhouse</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >:</FONT></div> <div> Brooks Campbell</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="50495a800.jpg" border=0 width="90" height="128" ALT="Det. Sgt. Porterhouse: Brooks Campbell" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="5"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 132 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="504b6e720.jpg" border=0 width="110" height="114" ALT="John Smith: Peter Eisenstadter" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="5"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>John Smith</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >: </FONT></div> <div> Peter Eisenstadter</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="50565c7e0.jpg" border=0 width="92" height="126" ALT="Peter Eisenstadter" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 144 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="50585f7e0.jpg" border=0 width="95" height="126" ALT="Jonathan Flower" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="142"><bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Bobby Franklyn</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >: Jonathan Flower</FONT></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="504c5a800.jpg" border=0 width="90" height="128" ALT=" Bobby Franklyn: Jonathan Flower" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="5"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 139 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="504d5a7b0.jpg" border=0 width="90" height="123" ALT="Det. Sgt. Troughton: Matt Johnson" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="5"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Det. Sgt. Troughton</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >: </FONT></div> <div> Matt Johnson</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="505a5f7e0.jpg" border=0 width="95" height="126" ALT="Matt Johnson" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 137 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="505c5f7e0.jpg" border=0 width="95" height="126" ALT="Chris Leake" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="142"><bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Reporter</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >: </FONT></div> <div> Chris Leake</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="504e66790.jpg" border=0 width="102" height="121" ALT="Reporter: Chris Leake" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="5"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 132 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="504f5a720.jpg" border=0 width="90" height="114" ALT="Mary Smith: Susan Massey" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="5"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="142"><bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Mary Smith</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >:</FONT> </div> <div> Susan Massey</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="505e5f7e0.jpg" border=0 width="95" height="126" ALT="Susan Massey" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 132 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="50605f7e0.jpg" border=0 width="95" height="126" ALT="Bert Torsey" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Stanley Gardner</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >: </FONT></div> <div> Bert Torsey</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="505071730.jpg" border=0 width="113" height="115" ALT="Stanley Gardner: Bert Torsey" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="5"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> __________</div> <bR> <div> <B>Performances are scheduled for </B></div> <div> <B>Oct.  30 & 31, Nov. 6 & 7, 2009</B></div> <div> <B>Doors Open at 7:30 p.m.</B></div> <div> <B>Curtain rises at 8 p.m.</B></div> <div> <B>$12</B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B> General Admission</B></FONT></div> <div> <B>$10</B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B> Seniors/Students</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Nov. 8, 2009</B></div> <div> <B>Doors Open at 1:30 p.m.</B></div> <div> <B>Curtain rises at 2 p.m.</B></div> <div> <B>$12</B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B> General Admission</B></FONT></div> <div> <B>$10</B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B> Seniors/Students</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>All performances are </B></div> <div> <B>At the Community House of Marlborough </B></div> <div> <B>Rte. 101, Marlborough, NH</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Show Rated PG-13</B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>To reserve tickets, call the</B></FONT><B> </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>BRT Ticket Line at 603-283-7538</B></FONT><B> </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>or </B></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="mailto: tickets@branchrivertheatre.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto: tickets@branchrivertheatre.com"><U><B>tickets@branchrivertheatre.com</B></U></A><B> </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>and be sure to put "TICKETS" </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>in the subject field to prevent the spam filter </B></div> <div> <B>from removing your message!</B></div> <div> <B>TICKETS will also be available at the door on performance nights.</B></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>