The Rivals
a Comedy of Manners
by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

This comedy of silliness in love and of outrageous pretension illustrates the timelessness not only of this genre but of the human follies it so amusingly depicts. Set by Sheridan in fashionable 18th century Bath, England, where the idle rich came to play and to “take the waters,” this play’s broad range of characters will amuse us as we recognize them in people we know. This production has been set in 1929, late in the age of the flappers and in the burgeoning years of swing, big bands, and depression-era attempts at normalcy. Fashion, attitude, and a preoccupation with pursuits of love characterize this enduring comedy’s commentary on the human condition.

(Presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.)

Directed by Ellis Baker

Showtimes:

October 13 - 30
Thursdays - Saturdays — 7:30 p.m
Sundays — 2:30 p.m.