Girls’ Weekend farce at Th’YARC
Porch light triggers comical chaos
The 2018 Spring Farce – Girls’ Weekend – opens at Th’YARC this week.
Show dates are April 19, 20, 21, 26, 27 and 28. Show time is 7:30 p.m.
Directed by Judy Snow, the farce features Dan Sherman, Nicole LeBlanc, Jamie LeBlanc, Bailey Cooke, Denise Alison, Paul Surette, Jessica DeMille and Jordan Muise.
In this lightning-quick farce, four women travel to Dot’s cabin to consume copious amounts of wine, laugh at their lives, trade stories and chat about their book club’s latest selection. However, after the third case of wine comes through the door, it becomes clear there will be more stewing than reviewing.
Carol, who is monitoring her temperature for the best “window of opportunity” to get pregnant, gets a ride to the cabin from her husband Rick. She sends him home in a snowstorm, only to discover that her temperature shows she IS ready and calls him to drive back and hide out in a shed until she can sneak him in with a special porch light signal.
Meg, recently divorced, is having a secret affair with Dot’s son, only to find he has shown up at the cabin unexpectedly. She sends him to hide in a boathouse until he sees her special porch light signal to rejoin her in the cabin.
Ellie, the youngest and Meg’s daughter, meets a young townie, inviting him to hide out in a barn. When he sees her special porch light signal, he climbs into her bedroom window and sneaks her out to a local bar after the other ladies retire.
The only obstacle to each of the ladies’ secret endeavours is Dot, who wants to stay up all night and party with the girls. They make sure they ply her with plenty of party favours and she passed out. The madcap, door-slamming chaos comes to a head when Dot wakes up and discovers her girls’ weekend is full of men.