Hold on to your funny bone – the Clarkston Village Players have returned with yet another side splitting show to tickle the grumpiest among us.
‘The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild? is a farce on America’s beloved world of cinema. Mildred Wild, a woman struggling to deal with reality, lives in a dream world conjured up by the 3,000 movies she has eagerly devoured.
And whenever the outside world dares to intrude, she escapes into her fantasies and meets each crisis with a hilarious dream inspired by her precious load of old movies. This wonderful comedy offers a little bit of everything from King Kong to Clark Gable to The Invisible Man to The Good Ship Lollipop.
Director Rick Shaw decided to take the fast-paced, quick-witted comedy into the not so distance past of the mid-1970s.
‘My favorite part of this is the incredible cast of characters that I have,? said Shaw. ‘They’ve embraced these parts. Gone absolutely above and beyond my expectations.?
Leading the cast are Susan Craves as Mildred Wild and Al Bartlett as her husband Roy. Rounding out the players are: Genna-Marie Hernandez as Bertha Gale, Melissa Breckenridge as Helen Wild, Chuck Storey and Jackie-Sue Salter both as Carroll Chatham, Sarah Lasky as Sister Cecilia, JoAnn Selters as Miss Manley and Darwin Spaysky playing multiple roles.
‘The audience is definitely going to be surprised all the time with the comedy and how wild it is,? assured Shaw.
‘The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild? opens this weekend. Show dates are Nov. 19-21 and 26-27, and Dec. 2-4. Thursday performances begin at 7:30 p.m., Sunday performances at 2 p.m., and Friday and Saturday performances at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $10 for Thursday and Sunday performances, and $12 for Friday and Saturday performances. All shows are at the Depot Theater, located at 4861 White Lake Rd.
For directions or to reserve your tickets, call 248-625-8811. For further information, please go to www.clarkstonvillageplayers.org.