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Dan Healy as the husband Bernard.
Dave Ring as the friend Robert.
Tonya Leigh Brock as the chef Suzette. Photos by Lindsay Shaw Lehmann.
‘Don’t Dress for
Dinner’ opens
on Jan. 12
PUTNAM — The Theater of Northeastern Connecticut at the Bradley Playhouse will present, as it first show of the 2024 season, “Don’t Dress for Dinner.” The fun begins Jan. 12 and runs for two weekends.
Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 12, 13, 19 and 20 and at 2 p.m. Jan. 14 and 21. Tickets are $23 for adults and $20 for seniors, students, veterans and first responders. Adult content: recommended for mature audiences. Reservations may be made with a major credit card online at www.thebradleyplayhouse.org or by calling 860-928-7887. Tickets may be purchased at the theater box office, either before the performance, or at the door if available. Purchasing your tickets ahead of time is always a good idea.
The TNECT production of Don’t Dress for Dinner is directed by Kathleen Atwood. Mastermind Bernard is played by Dan Healy and the clueless Robert is Dave Ring. Dan’s real-life wife, Christine Healy, appears as Bernard’s wife, Jacqueline. Alison Wiza is his mistress, Suzanne, and Tonya Brock plays the chef, Suzette. Of course, nothing can go wrong with two Suzies in the mix. William Corriveau appears as George, chef Suzette’s confused husband.
Many of you will remember a few years ago when TNECT presented the hilarious Boeing Boeing. Join us as Bernard and Robert continue their adventures, still trying to sort out the women in their lives and causing mayhem along the way. The same actors are on hand to continue the chemistry they started in Boeing Boeing.
Don’t Dress for Dinner was written by French playwright Marc Camoletti and was adapted for the English-speaking stage by Robin Hawdon.
Marc Camoletti’s Don’t Dress for Dinner is the wildly funny sequel to the Broadway hit Boeing Boeing. Bernard’s plans for a romantic rendezvous with his mistress are complete with a Cordon Blue chef and an alibi courtesy of his friend, Robert. But when Bernard’s wife learns that Robert will be visiting for the weekend, she decides to stay in town for a surprise tryst of her own … setting the stage for a collision course of hidden identities and outrageous infidelities. The cook is Suzette, the lover is Suzanne, the friend is bewildered, the wife is suspicious, the husband is losing his mind, and everyone is guaranteed a good time at this hilarious romp in the French countryside.
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