The Barnstable Comedy Club Presents THE KING AND I and More in 93rd Season

The Barnstable Comedy Club, 3171 Route 6A in Barnstable Village, opens it's 93rd season with the classic musical, The King & I by Rodgers and Hammerstein.

East versus West makes for a dramatic, richly textured and ultimately uplifting tale of amorous fascination. It is 1862 in Siam when an English widow, Anna Leonowens, and her young son arrive at the Royal Palace in Bangkok, having been summoned by the King to serve as tutor to his many children and wives. The King is largely considered to be a barbarian by those in the West, and he seeks Anna's assistance in changing his image, if not his ways. With both keeping a firm grip on their respective traditions and values, Anna and the King grow to understand and, eventually, respect one another, in a truly unique love story. Along with the dazzling score, the incomparable Jerome Robbins ballet, 'The Small House of Uncle Thomas,' is one of the all-time marvels of the musical stage.

The King & I will open on Thursday, November 6 at 7:30 p.m. Additional performances will be Friday & Saturday evenings on November 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, and 22 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday matinee performances on November 9, 16, and 23 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 general admission and $18 students and seniors, and may be reserved by calling the box office at 508-362-6333.

Patrons attending our opening night performance on November 6 can enjoy our "Meet the Cast Reception"after the performance.

The next scheduled show which opens January 8th-January 25th, is a comedy by Caroline Smith, The Kitchen Witches. Isobel Lomax and Dolly Biddle are two "mature" cable-access cooking show hostesses who have hated each other for 30 years, ever since Larry Biddle dated one and married the other. When circumstances put them together on a TV show called The Kitchen Witches, the insults are flung harder than the food! Dolly's long-suffering TV-producer son Stephen tries to keep them on track, but as long as Dolly's dressing room is one inch closer to the set than Isobel's, it's a losing battle, and the show becomes a rating smash as Dolly and Isobel top both Martha Stewart and Jerry Springer!

The Housekeeper by James Prideaux opens March 12th. This off beat, delightfully zany comedy deals with the unlikely involvement of a middle-aged, rather stuffy bachelor and the eccentric bag lady he hires for al housekeeper. Manley Carstairs had lived with his domineering mother virtually all of his life. After she finally died, he determined to hire a fetching young thing to "fetch" for him in his Victorian home. He ends up with Annie Dankworth, a sticky-fingered bag lady who is woefully short of domestic skills but full of insults.

Opening on May 7, 2015, our final production is a dark comedy, Ravenscroft written by Don Nigro, that is both funny and frightening. On a snowy night, Inspector Ruffing is called to a remote house to investigate the headlong plunge of Patrick Roarke down the main staircase. He becomes involved in the lives of five alluring, dangerous women: Marcy, the beautiful Viennese governess with a past; Mrs. Ravenscroft, the flirtatious lady of the manor; Gillian, her charming but possibly demented daughter; Mrs. French, the formidable cook, and Dolly, a terrified maid. They lead him through a labyrinth of contradictory versions of Patrick's demise. You will be teased, seduced, amused, frightened and led to a dark encounter with truth or something even stranger.

The Barnstable Comedy Club, established in 1922 is one of the oldest community theaters in America. We are a MA 501(3)(c) non profit that is run by volunteers. The theater is fully handicapped accessible and is air conditioned for your comfort. Seating is available on a first come, first served basis. Season subscriptions start at $60. Please call the box office for details: 508-362-6333.

For more information, please visit http://www.BarnstableComedyClub.com and/or sign up for our newsletter, The Callboard, by emailing barnstablecomedyclub@comcast.net.

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