Marion Art Center announces that ticket sales have begun for its spring production of Neil Simon’s Barefoot in the Park, presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. and sponsored by American Research Management Co., Fieldstone Farm Market, and Barden’s Boat Yard. The romantic comedy, which is perhaps best known for its 1967 movie counterpart starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda, tells the story of a newlywed couple in 1963 Manhattan adjusting to married life in a small, walk-up apartment while dealing with the wife’s widowed mother, an eccentric neighbor, and a telephone repairman who gets caught in the middle of the mayhem … and laughter ensues.
Director Pippa Asker leads the production with Steve McManus as Sound & Lighting Director and Dot McCarthy as Stage Manager. The cast of six includes South Coast locals: Kate Fredericks, Annemarie Fredericks, Sue Massey, Tristan McCann, Thom O’Shaughnessy and Harvey Ussach.
MAC will run a total of six shows including: Friday, March 16 at 7:30 pm; Saturday, March 17 at 7:30 pm; Sunday, March 17 at 2:00 pm; Thursday, March 22 at 7:30 pm; Friday, March 23 at 7:30 pm; and Saturday, March 24 at 7:30 pm. Purchasing tickets in advance is highly recommended and may be done in person at the Marion Art Center (located at 80 Pleasant Street in Marion, MA) or by calling 508-748-1266. Tickets are $18 for MAC members and $20 for non-members; payments are accepted by cash, check and credit card. MAC’s recently updated “Anne Braitmayer Webb Theater” offers new theater-style seating as well as cabaret tables (for parties of 4), and guests are welcome to bring their own refreshments.
The Marion Art Center, founded in 1957, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote the visual and performing arts.