Chenango River Theatre Presents FULLY COMMITTED, Now thru 7/21

Tim Zagat's reservation is lost (yes, it's that Zagat!), and they are waiting - waiting! - in the lounge. Supermodel Naomi Campbell wasn't happy with the lighting the last time she was in - it was a bit harsh. How far away is her table from the sconce? Can her assistant's assistant drop by with a softer bulb? Bunny Vandervere needs a last-minute reservation. But she's very flexible - any time between 7:30 and 7:45 would be fine.

Welcome to the life of the "reservationist" at the unnamed, booked-months-in-advance Upper East Side restaurant in Fully Committed, a play about the harried reservation clerk at New York's hottest five-star restaurant and the hordes of people who make his job impossible. Forty characters appear in this comic masterpiece - ONE actor singlehandedly brings all 40 to life in a comic tour de' force.

It's a comedy like no other you've seen.

No one who has ever dined out (or who has ever held a restaurant job) should miss this show. The NY Times called it "an immensely entertaining, scaldingly funny play about the bad behavior that good food can inspire".

Foreign dignitaries, local political personalities, supermodels, little old ladies, Hollywood producers, Mafia figures - all will stop at nothing to book a table. Making matters even worse for the poor reservation clerk is the restaurant's high-strung maitre d' and its egomaniacal chef.

Chenango River Theatre's production of Fully Committed runs from today, June 28 through July 21 - Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., plus Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. Located at 991 State Highway 12, Greene NY (15-20 minutes from Binghamton), this production is co-produced by Pete & Karen Raymond, Bonnie's Restaurant & Ruth Young, Assoc. Broker, Century 21 Sbarra & Wells.

For more information visit www.chenangorivertheatre.org. The entire 2013 season is sponsored by Empire Toyota of Oneonta. Individual tickets are $20 Thursday, $22 Friday, $23 Saturday and $21 Sunday. The best way to reserve seats is via email at tickets@chenangorivertheatre.org. Or the 24-Hour Reservation Line at 607 656-8499 (TIXX). Tickets may be charged to MasterCard, Visa or Discover.

CRT is the greater Binghamton area's only professional non-profit theatre company under annual contract with Actors' Equity Association, the national association for professional actors and stage managers - the same actors you see on television, in film and at major theatres across the country. Chenango River Theatre's intimate, air-conditioned 99 seat theatre is just 15 minutes north of Binghamton at 991 State Highway 12, Greene, NY.

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