Attic Productions is staging the Brandon Thomas comedy “Charley’s Aunt” over the next two weeks. The show opens at the D. Geraldine Lawson Performing Arts Center just south of Fincastle Thursday runs Thursdays-Saturdays, May 10-12 and May 17-19.
Sally Miller directs the production about a young man of the 1890s whose rich aunt (whom he has never met) is supposed to chaperone at a luncheon with two young ladies, but the aunt is unable to attend. So, the young man asks friend Lord Babberly to dress as a frumpy old lady to play the part. Then the aunt arrives and confusion, mistaken identities, good old-fashioned slapstick comedy and high jinks follow.
The play is produced by special arrangement with Samuel French Inc., with partial funding by the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Evening performances start at 7:30 each day with Saturday matinees start at 2:30 p.m. All adult tickets are $15, with a reduced rate for those 18 years and under and for groups of 10 or more at $12.
Call the Attic Productions box office (473-1001) for reservations. Volunteers staff the box office on Mondays and Wednesdays from 3-7 pm, and Saturdays 10 a.m.-2 pm. Leave a message at other times.
The theatre is at 7490 Roanoke Road, Fincastle.
