Lake Country Playhouse to Present INCORRUPTIBLE, Begin. 3/13

Hartland's Lake Country Playhouse brings to the stage Incorruptible (A Dark Comedy about the Dark Ages) starting March 13, 2015 with the promise of delighting audiences with its satiric wit that constantly risks absurdity, starring an all-star cast of Lake Country Playhouse veterans. Featuring Bob Hurd, Mike Crowley, Carl Liden, James Baker, Jr., Emily Sandoval, John Riley, Kim Flowers and Mare Stenz, directed by Rebecca Schilling.

All performances take place at the Lake Country Playhouse, located at 221 E. Capitol Drive, Hartland, WI 53029. Performance dates and times are March 13-29, 2015; Fridays at 7:30pm, Saturdays at 7:30pm and Sundays at 2:00pm. No Sunday performance March 15, 2015. Added Thursday performance March 26 at 7:30pm. Tickets are on sale at www.lakecountryplayhouse.net

The local cast and crew, most of whom are seasoned Lake Country Playhouse actors, directed by Rebecca Schilling, present this farcical glimpse into unholy corruption and human nature in general. Based on a play written by Michael Hollinger, the character interaction in this piece makes the play. The lengths that to which these characters are willing to go in the name of self-preservation seems ridiculous, but are reportedly based on historic facts.

Incorruptibility - a Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox belief that divine intervention allows some human bodies (specifically saints and deity) to avoid the normal process of decomposition after death as a sign of their holiness. Bodies that undergo little or no decomposition, or delayed decomposition, are sometimes referred to as incorrupt or incorruptible.

Step back to Priseaux, France, c. 1250 A.D., a time when miracles are getting harder and harder to come by, even for the God-fearing folk of the town. The black comedy makes use of both verbal and physical humor as well as clever dialogue to relate the story of two monasteries competing for visitors (and, more importantly, their donations). Saint Foy (a 13-year old girl martyred in the fourth century and is an actual saint well-known in Europe and Latin America), the patron of the local one, hasn't worked a miracle in thirteen years, and times are getting tough. The monks' hopes of a visit from the Pope (which will surely bring them out of their unholy funk) are dashed when a rival church claims to possess the relics of the same Saint Foy, whose bones are supposedly working miracles. Enter a larcenous minstrel, his purported wife, and a clergy who increasingly doesn't see a problem with taking liberties with what they consider the "donations" from their flock. Together, they hatch a plot to persuade the Pope to visit in an effort to bring pilgrims to their town.

Complete with removed body parts, stolen and trafficked Saints' organs, blackmail, and a larcenous one-eyed minstrel; the satiric, witty tale relates how we are sometimes able to twist our convictions to rationalize bad behavior.

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