WTC brings dramatic comedy to the stage

The Whitefish Theatre Co. presents its first Black Curtain theatre manufacturing of the 2022-2023 season with “Making God Chuckle” by Sean Grennan. Known as “a touchingly heartwarming household comedy,” “Making God Chuckle” has performances Sept. 10 and 11 at 7:30 p.m. on the O’Shaughnessy Heart in Whitefish.

As Woody Allen famously quipped, “If you wish to make God chortle, inform him your plans.” Such is the inspiration for this gem of a comedy that follows a household over 30 years’ price of holidays. Beginning in 1980, Ruthie and Invoice’s grown youngsters — a priest, an aspiring actress, and a former star soccer participant — all return dwelling, the place the viewers learns of their plans and goals as they embark on their grownup lives. The “empty nest” mother and father deal with their very own modifications too, as previous household rituals and doubtful recipes are trotted out, inflicting historic tensions to flare. Over three many years of celebrations — Thanksgiving, Christmas, New 12 months’s Eve and Easter — we see how, regardless of what we could keep in mind, we frequently arrive at sudden locations.

“I suppose this play is what they name on this planet of tv a “dramedy” that mixes the weather of comedy and drama to inform a narrative true to the dynamics that ebb and stream in each household,” Director David Ackroyd stated. “There are not any villains and no heroes — simply good folks with good intentions whose lives are entangled by familial love and their particular person wants; the youngsters for independence and the mother and father for assurance that their offspring live worthwhile, rewarding and productive lives — particularly relating to producing offspring. The playwright has created 5 very distinct personalities who, regardless of their complicated relationships, wrestle to by some means stay true to themselves and to their household.”

Solid members embody Scott Plotkin, Nicki Corne, Stuart Inexperienced, Corey Burke and Sami Milne. As a Black Curtain manufacturing, there will probably be minimal staging, set and props and actors will probably be studying from a script.

Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for college kids for all exhibits. Tickets may be bought on the field workplace at 1 Central Ave. in Whitefish or by calling 406-862-5371. Field workplace hours are 11 a.m. to three p.m. Monday via Friday and one hour earlier than a efficiency. Particular person tickets can be bought on-line at www.whitefishtheatreco.org.