Coal Creek Theater of Louisville Presents Becky’s New Car at Louisville Center for the Arts

Coal Creek Theater of Louisville

Presents

Becky’s New Car

by Steven Dietz

directed by Rob Mess

February 28-March 15, 2025

“When a woman says she needs new shoes, what she really wants is a new job.

When she says she needs a new house, she wants a new husband.

And when she says she wants a new car, she wants a new life!” – from Becky’s New Car

Coal Creek Theater of Louisville presents Becky’s New Car February 28-March 15 at the Louisville Center for the Arts, 801 Grant Avenue, Louisville, CO  80027.  Performances are Fridays, Saturdays and Monday, March 10th at 7:30 p.m.; Sundays, March 2 and 9 at 2:00 p.m.  Tickets are $25-$28 (February 28 is “Pay what you will night” with a $5 minimum) and available at www.cctlouisville.org.  For more information call 303-665-0955.

Have you ever been tempted to flee your own life? Becky Foster is caught in middle age, middle management and in a middling marriage—with no prospects for change on the horizon. Then one night Becky is offered nothing short of a new life…and the audience is offered a chance to ride shotgun in a way that most plays wouldn’t dare. Becky’s New Car is a thoroughly original comedy with serious overtones, a devious and delightful romp down the road not taken.

Director Rob Mess comments, “Ever have an existential crisis of near biblical proportions? Have you ever felt as if your life... which is just fine, really... but, damn it.... just isn’t good enough and you’re sure that there must be something more? Well then you just may relate to Becky Foster.  Written by Steven Dietz, “Becky’s New Car” has a unique take on the midlife crisis. Climb inside the mind of the average American housewife, Becky Foster.  Ride shotgun as she struggles to make sense of her life while keeping up with the housework, a full- time job, a roofer husband and an adult son living in the basement at the same time!  And when this woman is offered the opportunity to answer the question, “Is that it? Is that all there is?”, she just can’t resist….”

The cast includes Courtney Velarde (Becky Foster), Chris Martinez (Joe Foster), Michael King (Walter Flood), Libby Shull (Kenni Flood), JC Reyes (Chris Foster), Max Cabot (Steve), and Mandy Lahey (Ginger).

“Perhaps the highest praise that can be given to Steven Dietz’s praiseworthy new comedy is that it’s funny. Not ironic. Not hysterical in a slapsticky kind of way. Just gently and consistently funny—right up to the point that it’s touching, and then even a little bit after that. Becky’s New Car takes the audience on a smart, comic cruise through the perils of middle-aged longing and regret.” —Variety.

“Becky’s New Car is that perfect blend of hilarious comedy and substantial weight, a story about choices and consequences that could believably happen to anyone.” —Broadway Hour.

Coal Creek Theater of Louisville

Becky’s New Car

Have you ever been tempted to flee your own life?

February 28-March 15

Fri/Sat & Monday, March 10 at 7:30 p.m.  Sundays, March 2 and 9 at 2:00 p.m.

$25-$28 (February 28 is “Pay what you will night” with a $5 minimum)

Tickets at www.cctlouisville.org

For more information call 303-665-0955

Coal Creek Theater of Louisville @ Louisville Center for the Arts, 801 Grant Avenue, Louisville, CO   80027