Amicus Productions Presents BAREFOOT IN THE PARK 1/27-2/5

Amicus Productions presents Neil Simon's award-winning play, Barefoot in the Park, at Fairview Library Theatre, running January 27-29, February 2-5 at 8p.m. and January 29 & 30 at 2p.m. Tickets are $20 regular, $18 for students and seniors with a special ticket price of $10 for Opening Night, Jan. 27th and Feb. 2nd(Quote: ABPMR10 for discount). Group rates are also available for all shows. 2-show subscription packages, including Having Hope at Home by David S. Craig for $36. For tickets or information please call 416-860-6176. All seating is reserved.

It's 1965. Corie Bratter is a pre-feminist free spirit newly married to buttoned-down lawyer Paul Bratter. She's trying to make a home for them in their New York walk-up (walk way up!) apartment while expanding horizons that Paul wants to keep shut tight. Along the way, Corie's straight-laced widowed mother and the exotic bachelor neighbour find themselves also drawn into the couple's fray. This intimate examination of Corie's struggle to build a strong foundation for her new marriage in Neil Simon's longest-running play speaks faithfully to audiences of today.

The play features recent University of Toronto/Sheridan College graduates Sophia Fabiili as Corie Bratter and Ryan Fisher as Paul Bratter. They are accompanied by Amicus Alumnae Maureen Lukie as Mrs. Banks, Corie's Mother (Mrs. Bennett, Pride & Prejudice), Greg Nowlan as Victor Velasco (Atticus Finch, To Kill a Mockingbird ), and Michael Sherman as Telephone Repairman (Captain Brice, Arcadia).

This romantic comedy is directed by Jessica Beaulieu who is also a graduate of the University of Toronto where she studied film and theatre. Jessica is also the founder and Artistic Director of the Toronto based theatre company The Pheasant Plucker's Mates, and has directed numerous productions with them including the 2009 Toronto Fringe Festival hit Politically Correct Bedtime Stories, which was selected as the Patron's Pick and Best of the Fringe. In Jessica's own words, "Barefoot in the Park reminds us all that love is painful, exhausting, annoying, irrational, terrifying, predictable, unpredictable, spiteful, self-obsessive, temperamental, idiotic, humiliating, and always worth every minute."

Amicus is currently in its 32nd year of entertaining audiences and providing their members with the opportunity to share in the process of creating theatre. Volunteers are always welcome. For further information on Amicus Productions, please contact Maureen Lukie at mlukie5061@rogers.com or 416-469-5061.

 

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