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Wednesday, September 30, 2015

BAWDY FARCE COMES TO THE BICKFORD THEATRE THIS WEEKEND

Not-Now-Darling[1]NOT NOW, DARLING
by English playwrights Ray Cooney and John Chapman
directed by Eric Hafen

WHEN: Thursday, 10/1 & 10/8 at 7:30PM; Thursday 10/15 at 2PM; Friday, 10/2, 9, & 16 at 8PM'; Saturday, 10/3 at 2PM; Saturday, 10/10, & 17 at 8PM; Sunday, 10/4, 11, & 18 at 2PM. Audio Described Performance available on Thursday, October 15 at 2PM.
WHERE: Bickford Theatre at the Morris Museum, 6 Normandy Hgts. Rd., Morristown
TICKETS: $45 General Public; $40 Seniors, Museum & Theatre Guild Members; $33 Groups (10+); $20 Students (under 18 or w/valid college ID).
Tickets may be purchased by phone at (973) 971-3706, or in person at the Bickford Theatre Box Office. The Bickford Theatre is an integral part of the Morris Museum, located at 6 Normandy Heights Road in Morristown, NJ, and offers free parking and full accessibility. Box Office hours for phone sales are Monday through Friday, 10:00am to 5:00pm. Walk-up hours are Tuesday through Friday, 11:00am to 5:00pm.

The exclusive fur salon of Arnold Crouch and Gilbert Bodley in 1960s London becomes the site of this hilarious sex farce. Gilbert plans to secure the affections of his soon-to-be mistress by selling an expensive mink fur to her mobster husband for a fraction of the price. The plan begins to go awry when the mobster intends to buy the fur for his OWN mistress. Arnold is left with the task of smoothly consummating the sale but instead is caught in complete chaos. Mistaken identities, suspicious wives and rapid-fire jokes make this play pure fun!

Cast
David C. Neal (Gilbert Bodley); Paul Whelihan (Arnold Crouch); Andrea Prendamano (Maude Bodley); Erin Beirnard (Janie McMichael); Bob McKay  (Harry McMichael); Anna Marie Sell (Sue Lawson); Judy Wilson (Miss Tipdale).

Creative Team
Director:  Eric Hafen, Producing Artistic Director Bickford Theatre
Production Stage Manager:  Yumi Matsuura of Morristown, NJ
Scenic Designer:  Jonathan Wentz of Whippany, NJ
Costume Designer:  Roxie Zeek of Dover, NJ
Lighting Designer:  Roman Klima of Howell, NJ
Properties Designer:  Danielle Pietrowski of Long Valley, NJ
Sound Designer:  Matt Boyle of Haskill, NJ

About the Bickford Theatre
The Bickford Theatre is a professional theater that produces and presents year-round entertainment, including a Main Stage Series, two Children’s Theatre series, a Jazz Showcase, and other concert series. The theatre is a Senior Member of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance, a not-for-profit organization of 30 professional theaters throughout the state, and works in conjunction with Actors' Equity Association (AEA) and the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC). From its beginnings in 1994 to the present, tens of thousands of theater-goers from across the tri-state area have enjoyed the Bickford Theatre’s many entertaining and diversified offerings in theatre, music and dance.