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A Smugglin’ Fun Farce
The Connoisseurs
Written by E.C. Strum
Directed by Merritt Olsen
Whittier Theatre
Saturday, July 31
8:00 pm
Sunday, August 1
5:00 pm
Friday-Saturday, August 6-7, 13-14
8:00 pm
Adults $18
Students $9
RUSH $5
Business Partner:
San Juan Vineyards
San Juan Community Theatre’s Summerfest 2010 premieres for the first time not one…but two…locally written, full length plays produced by the Theatre.
The Connoisseurs arrives first on the Whittier stage, Only a Ridgeline Away moves into the Gubelman Theatre in late August.
Written by Cape San Juan’s Ed Strum (longtime Island writer, actor and director and founder of the former Benefit Players Theatre in Friday Harbor), The Connoisseurs started as a one-act play in the 2004 Islands Playwrights Festival. His full-length version won the 2010 Robert J. Pickering Award for Playwriting Excellence and premiered this year at the Tibbits Opera House in Coldwater, Michigan on March 4-6.
The comedy is a farce set in the home of George and Lynn, who live on a Northwest beach. When many cases of fine, rare and expensive wine float ashore on that beach and their next door neighbors get involved, chaos and hilarity unfold as they scramble to salvage the precious wine. Smuggling, law enforcement, a snoopy neighbor and a rare diamond found in a wine bottle, make for a sidesplitting, topsy-turvy rollercoaster of a summer escape ride.
A Special Treat, well , lots of special treats!
Have a special dinner at Coho (click here for details) and after dinner come join us for a series of
Post Performance Events (Immediately following each performance)
Saturday, July 24
“Talk Back” with the cast and crew
A chance for audience members to stay in the Whittier and ask questions of the writer, director, cast and crew.
Sunday, August 1
Diamond Discussion
American Gem Society Jewelers Philip Burton and Charles Yousling of Burton Jewelers in Anacortes (since 1930) will briefly discuss how diamonds are formed, recovered and cut, as well as discuss some of the famous historical diamonds--some of which are mentioned in the play.
Friday, August 13
Wine Tasting and Discussion
San Juan Vineyards’ Yvonne Swanberg and winemaker Chris Primus will detail a brief history of their wine-making and provide samples of their
award-winning wine.
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