Presents
When We Are Married
a farce
by
J. B. Priestley
directed by
Robert Hallisey
Produced by
Marilyn Wilson
Performances April 29, 30, May 6 and 7, 2005
at 8:00 p.m.
and
Sunday, May 1 at 4:00 p.m.
at Metcalf Hall,
Winchester Unitarian Church
478 Main St. (at Mystic Valley Pkwy) Winchester,
MA
Three happily-married couples, who are the pillars of their society, and prominent at their church, gather to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their triple wedding ceremony, but the men have to take care of some unpleasant business before they get their deserts. Their church organist has been discovered out in the evening with a pretty young girl and they want it to stop. When the men have him cornered, the organist reveals that the three couples weren’t properly married 25 years before and he’s got the proof. The men try to keep the news from their wives and neighbors as they scheme to solve the problem, but word leaks out thanks to disloyal domestics and surprise guests who come to help celebrate the anniversary. The couples reel from the news and try to decide how they feel about the 25 year commitment they’ve made to one another. Will things ever be the same for them?
The Cast:
Ruby Birtle- Allison McCann
Fred Dyson- Eric Swann
Henry Ormonroyd- John Pease
Maria Helliwell- Karen Barton
Councilman Albert Parker-Lee Barton
Mr. Herbert Soppitt- Henry Kettell
Clara Soppitt- Barbara Douglass
Annie Parker- Christine Hauray
Lottie Grady- Janet Ferguson
Reverend Clement Mercer- Chet Orlando
