The Wilton Playshop is excited to present Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help.
This new comedy by Katie Forgette has been described by the playwright as “Brighton Beach Memoirs for the Catholic crowd.” The virtual reading, directed by Mike Boland and produced by Sarah Lee Michaels, will be livestreamed on December 6, 2020 at 3pm. The stellar cast comprised of many professional actors includes Dandy Barrett, Mike Boland, Sarah Lee Michaels, Lisa Naso, Heidi Weeks, and Annie Winneg.
Told through the memory of 19-year-old Linda O'Shea, this hilarious play brings to life the story of the O'Sheas, a cash-challenged, Irish-Catholic family just trying to get through 1973. Linda is attempting to re-enact for the audience the most turbulent day of her life, her own, very personal Saturday Night Massacre, but her family insists on interrupting to tell their side of the story.
It was a time of old school living. No Facebook, no tweets, no texting, no Skype. A time when public ridicule in a close-knit, hermetically sealed Catholic parish was the ultimate nightmare. And of course, there's Grandma, ruling the household from her upstairs bedroom, banging her baseball bat on the floor to get attention, and service, from the rest of the family. When Linda's parents leave it to her to tell her younger sister about the birds and the bees, the bawdy conversation is somehow overheard by the parish priest...and Father Lovett is not amused. He sets out to confront the family about "the corruption of their eldest daughter's soul."
Recommended for ages 16 and up due to adult themes.
Please visit www.wiltonplayshop.org for more information.