NOVEMBER 10, 2016 // 3
Seasonal farce hits River City Playhouse
Peninsula Players
to present ‘The
Ramplings’ play
Irish race car driver
Hector Rampling, played by
Barry Sears, seeks an elusive
bottle of Irish whisky. His
snobbish wife, Clarice,
played by Rita Smith, wants
to lay a wreath on her moth-
er’s grave on this fi rst an-
niversary of her death in an
automobile accident, which
Clarice blames on Hector.
Their marriage moves from
rocky to blissful during their
strange stay at this magical
Maine inn.
The only other guest
at the inn also has plans
for that bottle of whisky:
She thinks it will coax her
husband — who also died
exactly a year ago— from
his grave. Philosophical
innkeeper Arden Pelfrey,
ILWACO, Wash. — The Pen-
insula Players will present
Stephen Levi’s play “The
Ramplings,” a metaphys-
ical farce in two acts, this
November.
The curtain will rise at 7
p.m. Friday and Saturday,
Nov. 11, 12, 18 and 19 and
at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13
and 20 at the River City
Playhouse, located at 127
S.E. Lake St.
Set on a snowy Christmas
Eve in the lobby of the Singa-
pore Inn in Singapore, Maine,
nothing is as it appears, yet
everything is as it should be.
coast
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
weekend
played by Clint Carter, and
strange spiritual medium
Tweety Brickle, played by
Penny Bierly, help to create
a fast-paced spirit fi lled with
surprises.
Invisible cats, fl ying
ghosts and an ageless inn-
keeper who may or may not
be an angel spell madcap
merriment that concludes
with lives restored and rela-
tionships healed.
Laurie Carter directs
this holiday delight, which
was written by playwight
Stephen Levi, who also
wrote the Broadway-pro-
duced plays “Daphne in
Cottage D,” “Angel on My
Shoulder,” “Getting Mama
Married,” “Cherry Soda
Water” and “Good Morning
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Miss Vickers.”
Levi was also a writer
on seven television series,
including serving as a staff
writer at Walt Disney Tele-
vision Animation. He passed
away in 2007.
“The inn is truly a state
of mind,” said Levi in 2004.
“The innkeeper could be
called an angel or Obi-Wan
Kenobi. He could be God or
the universal spirit. This inn
is where people come to be
healed. Audience members
might be surprised by the
play’s humor.”
The Ramplings contains
some adult themes and is for
mature audiences.
All tickets are $10 and
are available at the box
offi ce 30 minutes before the
SUBMITTED PHOTO
From left, Clint Carter as Mr. Pelfrey, Barry Sears as Hector
Rampling, Rita Smith as Clarice Rampling, and Penny Bierly as
Tweetie Brickle, in “The Ramplings.”
show begins. Tickets are
also available at Okie’s Mar-
ket in Ocean Park, Stormin’
Norman’s in Long Beach,
and The Olde Cafe in Ilwa-
co. For more information,
call 360-244 5700 or visit
peninsula-players.com