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Bay Street Players offer tale of 2 guys and their tax woes
May 18, 2007|By Christine Cole, Special to the Sentinel
EUSTIS -- If you've ever been audited, you might be able to relate to the characters in the Bay Street Players' production of Love, Sex, and the IRS, which opens at 8 p.m. today.
But the lives of the two male roommates are as complicated as their finances.
Jon has been filing the tax returns for himself and for Leslie, who are both out-of-work musicians. To save money, he has listed them as a married couple, without informing Leslie.
When the IRS announces that an auditor will visit, Jon persuades Leslie to wear a dress to fool the official.
That might be bad enough, but Jon is engaged and his mother arrives unexpectedly to meet his fiancee, and sees Leslie dressed as a woman.
The building's superintendent arrives in the middle of the muddle, believing more than two people are living in the apartment and that is just the beginning, said guest director Timothy Turner.
"Audiences are never going to know what will happen next," Turner said. "Every time you turn around, there is another character."
One of the last characters added to the mix is played by the theater's artistic director, David Clevinger.
"Jon's mother finds him on the subway," Turner said. "He says he is a justice of the peace, so she brings him back to marry Jon and Leslie."
Jon is played by Bob Mullins and Leslie is played by Rick Breese. The cast includes Natalie Reed, Tom Pisarski, Hank DeLorme, Gail Baumann and Emily Sowell.
The play will continue at the State Theatre, 109 N. Bay St., through June 3.
Performances begin at 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays.
Tickets are $18 except Thursdays, when they are $15.
For reservations or more information, call 352-357-7777352-357-7777.
Bay Street Players offer tale of 2 guys and their tax woes
May 18, 2007|By Christine Cole, Special to the Sentinel
EUSTIS -- If you've ever been audited, you might be able to relate to the characters in the Bay Street Players' production of Love, Sex, and the IRS, which opens at 8 p.m. today.
But the lives of the two male roommates are as complicated as their finances.
Jon has been filing the tax returns for himself and for Leslie, who are both out-of-work musicians. To save money, he has listed them as a married couple, without informing Leslie.
When the IRS announces that an auditor will visit, Jon persuades Leslie to wear a dress to fool the official.
That might be bad enough, but Jon is engaged and his mother arrives unexpectedly to meet his fiancee, and sees Leslie dressed as a woman.
The building's superintendent arrives in the middle of the muddle, believing more than two people are living in the apartment and that is just the beginning, said guest director Timothy Turner.
"Audiences are never going to know what will happen next," Turner said. "Every time you turn around, there is another character."
One of the last characters added to the mix is played by the theater's artistic director, David Clevinger.
"Jon's mother finds him on the subway," Turner said. "He says he is a justice of the peace, so she brings him back to marry Jon and Leslie."
Jon is played by Bob Mullins and Leslie is played by Rick Breese. The cast includes Natalie Reed, Tom Pisarski, Hank DeLorme, Gail Baumann and Emily Sowell.
The play will continue at the State Theatre, 109 N. Bay St., through June 3.
Performances begin at 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays.
Tickets are $18 except Thursdays, when they are $15.
For reservations or more information, call 352-357-7777352-357-7777.
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