RUMORS
"Rumors", the third production of Bellevue Little Theatre's 2011 - 2012 season will open on Friday Jan. 20, and run for three week-ends, closing on Sunday, Feb 5. The theatre is located at 203 W. Mission in Bellevue. Showtimes are 8 pm on Friday and Saturday evenings and 2 pm on Sunday.
Reservations are strongly recommended and may be made by calling the theatre at 402-291-1554 Monday through Saturday between 10 am and 4:30 pm.
"Rumors' opened in New York in November of 1988 and was Neil Simon's twenty-third play to reach the Broadway stage. Simon, one of the nation's most prolific playwrights, has penned over thirty scripts.
The BLT production of "Rumors" will be directed by Todd Uhrmacher and produced by Robin Klusmire.
The cast is composed of Ruth Rath, Chris; Ron Chvala, Ken; Sarah Query, Claire; Brandon Rohe, Lenny; Karin Hogston, Cookie; Ed Cutler, Ernie; Erin Dinneen, Cassie; Chris Ebke, Glenn; Joey Lorincz, Welch.
Stage manager for 'Rumors' is Jenny Cupak. Ted Weir is sound and lighting designer, and Jack Hogston is in charge of set design and construction, and Karen Bourgeois is responsible for props. Mark Ferrill is lighting technician, and Teressa Ferrill is sound technician.
"Rumors' is a fast paced adult farce which takes place in the upscale suburban home of the deputy mayor of New York City and his wife, where guests have been invited to an anniversary celebration. The first couple arriving finds the hostess and servants missing and the host upstairs with a superficial gunshot wound. They try to hide a potential scandal from the second couple, who proceed to hide it from the third, and so on, until all the guests are caught in a frenzy of rumor and misiunderstanding. Given everyone's upper class status, the guests decide to do everything possible to conceal the events from the police and the media....and the results provide the audience with a night of frantic comedy.
