Laurel Little Theatre Presents NOISES OFF

Laurel Little Theatre continues their 57th season with the Michael Frayn comedy "NOISES OFF" running the first weekend of March under the direction of Sam Buchanan.

Evening performances are March 8-9-10 at 7:30PM and on March 11th, there's a Sunday matinee at 2PM.

The LLT reservation line answers 24 hours a day all of show week at 601-428-0140.

This is a deliciously hilarious show about a dizzy group of actors staging a new comedy - but they just can't seem to get their "act" together. Mix in lots of slamming doors with offstage romance and intrigue, and you have what's been called the "funniest farce ever written."

First you see them acting the show ON the stage, but then the set turns completely around, and you see what's been going on BEHIND the scenes - and that's even crazier!

The play won Best Comedy awards on its original run in London, and then New York's Broadway production was nominated for the Best Play of the year there. A funny 1992 movie version starred Carol Burnett, Michael Caine, Marilu Henner, John Ritter and Christopher Reeve

Requiring exact timing and a ton of expertise to pull this all off, the entire cast is made up of LLT alumni.

Playing the directors and stage crew of the "show within the show" are JT Robinson, Kade Lee and Logan Prince.

After a stint in the Army Reserves, Robinson graduated from William Carey, where he appeared in many productions.

Lee is a senior at Stringer High School but has been in over a dozen LLT productions over the last decade. And Prince has been involved acting and stage managing shows with both LLT and Bottom of the Barrel Players.

Playing the actors in the "show within the show" are Catherine Nowicki, Scottie Corley, Jeremy Cumpton, Natalie Davis, Ethan Glenn and Jody Ridgeway.

Nowicki is well known to local audiences as LLT's Miss Hannigan in "ANNIE" and Louise in "Always...Patsy Cline."

Corley, Cumpton and Ridgeway are USM graduates, and were all seen last year in LLT's "THE CRUCIBLE" and in productions with the Bottom of the Barrel Players.

Davis is a freshman at JCJC and was seen in LLT's "BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS" this past fall.

Glenn is a tutor at Mason Elementary and is an LLT actor, crew volunteer and board member. He was seen in the season opener of "JOSEPH."

Directing "NOISES OFF" is long-time LLT alumni Sam Buchanan. He's been working at LLT since he was a teenager - as an actor, light board operator, set designer and director. He's also the founder of the local performance group, the Bottom of the Barrel Players. He's a USM graduate and now works for the Hattiesburg Convention Commission.

His stage manager, Olivia Chauvin, is also a graduate of USM and now works for the Hattiesburg Zoo. She's assisted on productions at both LLT and with Bottom of the Barrel.

Single tickets are $17-adults and $15-seniors/students, but the best deal is a 4-punch LLT season ticket that saves over 40% off the single ticket prices.

The 4-punch ticket allows one or two punches to be used on each production and are still on sale for the 57th Season.

After "NOISES OFF" there's still two events left in the season. April brings the 1920s silent movie night with Charlie Chaplin's "THE GOLD RUSH" and then LLT presents the family show "SHREK THE MUSICAL" in June.

Because of the adult situations in the play, "NOISES OFF" is not a show for kids, but it's an appropriate choice for all ages high school and up.

For more information, check LaurelLittleTheatre.com.

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