Fish directs ADOPT A SAILOR at Murfreesboro's Out Front on Main 2/10-27

Bob Fish directs John Mack Green, Kelly Northcutt Hayes and Nathan Leavitt in Charles Evered's Adopt A Sailor, opening Thursday, February 10, for a three-week run at Out Front on Main in Murfreesboro.

In Evered's play, "a young Navy corpsman (played by Leavitt) from Arkansas hits New York City during Fleet Week, spending the evening with an affluent but dysfunctional Upper East Side couple who has volunteered to host a sailor - only they've forgotten. Richard (Green) is excessively intellectual, obsessing about his weaknesses and how to express his masculinity in the modern world. He has no job but spends his days thinking about making artsy independent films. Patricia (Hayes) runs an art gallery and longs to recapture the excitement and possibilities of her youth. After years of childless marriage, this union is nearing dissolution. Through the evening, the couple voice their failing love, while the sailor shares some of his small town fears and frustrations about becoming an adult. When sparks fly from the clash of Arkansas innocence and Manhattan sophistication, all three begin to find new and healthier perspectives on their lives."

"Someone described this show as Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf meets Forrest Gump," explains company founder and artistic director George W. Manus. "Adopt a Sailor is at once hilarious, brutal and genuinely tender while examining the political and cultural conflicts of our current society.

The show runs February 10-27, Thursdays-Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10, general admission, and $5 for students and seniors.

For reservations, call (615) 713-1757; for more information about the company, visit the website at www.outfrontonmain.com. Out Front on Main is located at 1511 E. Main Street in downtown Murfreesboro, near the Middle Tennessee State University campus.

Pictured (clockwise from top left): Kelly Northcutt Hayes, John Mack Green and Nathan Leavitt