Superior Donuts
by Tracy Letts
WHEN: October 25th – November 9th, Thursdays to Sundays, at 8pm, except 3pm on Sundays.
WHERE: Studio Playhouse is located at 14 Alvin Place, off Valley Road near the Acme, in Upper Montclair
TICKETS: $25 for adults and $20 for students and seniors (discounts available for prepaid groups of 20 or more). Opening night tickets are buy 1, get one 1 free.
Tickets can be purchased online at studioplayhouse.org/tickets or by calling 973-744-9752.
Montclair Studio Players continues its season with a full-run production of Superior Donuts.
Set in modern-day Chicago, Superior Donuts depicts the unlikely friendship between Arthur, a down-and-out donut shop owner, and his enthusiastic employee Franco, who also happens to be an aspiring author with a serious gambling problem. Franco wants to update the old shop with healthy choices, music and friendlier service. However, Arthur wants to remain set in his ways.
The cast features Brett Lowell, Judy Casey Wilson (Fort Lee), Lonzell Wilson (Fort Lee), Ann Grippo (Fair Lawn), Bill Barry (Montclair), Derek Simmons, Bill O’Brien (Verona), Ken Douglass (Garfield), Noah Lewis (Wayne). Superior Donuts is directed by Amy Fox (Verona).