Noises Off at the Historic Sesser Opera House!

Once again a fantastic experience.
Imagine nine of the most inept and emotionally unstable people you have ever met. Got them in your head? Good. Now imagine those nine people putting on a play. Not so good. What happens when divas, dimwits, drunks and the deranged collide during a production of an English romantical farce? You get a raucous romp of a comedy that revels in the ridiculous, the absurd and the hilarity that is life, love and despising your co-workers.
            

            The Opera House Co. proudly present Michael Frayn's comic masterpiece, Noises Off. Produced internationally for over 20 years to great acclaim, Noises Off is a comedic look at the inner workings of the most inept theatre group ever assembled.           

             Noises Off follows the production of the British romance comedy, Nothing On as performed by a group of decidedly clueless actors. The play begins in the final hours before the play opens as the under-rehearsed actors try to keep it together for their grand opening. The actors include the fading diva Dotty Otley (Aisha Mitchell-Sesser), the dimwitted Frederick Fellowes (Aaron Hopkins-West Frankfort), the inarticulate actor Garry Lejeune (Jay Meagher-Jeff), the ever-upbeat Belinda Blair (Lauren Whiting-Mt.Vernon), the not-all-there Brooke Ashton (Amanda Grakewicz-West Frankfort) and the perpetually inebriated Selsdon Mowbray (Brad Benjamin, Christopher). Under the direction of the equally clueless Lloyd Dallas (James Ford-Benton) the play begins to fall apart...literally. Doors refuse to open or close, props disappear and insanity ensues...all in the first act. In the second act, the play is in the middle of its run and everything has began to crumble, much to the despair of the stage manager Poppy and the technical director Tim (Tyler Polley-Christopher). This act takes place backstage as the actors suffer from mental breakdowns and romantic entanglements which result in attempted murder and fast-paced calamity from all angles. In the final act, the audience sees the full production of Nothing On as the actors now despise each other and the show is in disarray. Lines are forgotten, props fly through windows and actors fall down stairs. The play gives new meaning to the phrase, “The show must go on!”