Backdoor Playhouse
Coming Soon
Leading Ladies By Ken Ludwig
Directed by Mark Harry Creter
April 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 21, 22, 2023 at 8:00 pm
Late Show: April 20, 2023 at 10:00 pm
Matinee: April 22, 2023 at 2:00 pm
The Story:
In this hilarious comedy by the author of Lend Me A Tenor and Moon Over Buffalo, two English Shakespearean actors, Jack and Leo, find themselves so down on their luck that they are performing "Scenes from Shakespeare" on the Moose Lodge circuit in the Amish country of Pennsylvania. When they hear that an old lady in York, PA is about to die and leave her fortune to her two long lost English nephews, they resolve to pass themselves off as her beloved relatives and get the cash. The trouble is, when they get to York, they find out that the relatives aren't nephews, but nieces! Romantic entanglements abound, especially when Leo falls head-over-petticoat in love with the old lady's vivacious niece, Meg, who's engaged to the local minister. Meg knows that there's a wide world out there, but it's not until she meets "Maxine and Stephanie" that she finally gets a taste of it.
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The Backdoor Playhouse is located on the 1st floor
of the Jere Whitson Building.
The address is 805 Quadrangle, Cookeville, TN 38505.
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Onstage or Backstage, there is a place for everyone in the Theater!
Sing a little Song,
Dance a little Dance,
Meet new Friends tonight.
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The Backdoor Playhouse is located on the first floor of the Jere Whitson Building
on the campus of the Tennessee Technological University. The address is 805 Quadrangle,
Cookeville, TN 38505.
The theater entrance is on N. Dixie Ave near E. 8th St.
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