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Clairvoyant comedy: Small cast, large laughs
‘Blithe Spirit’ opens in Ilwaco July 19
By PATRICK WEBB
FOR COAST WEEKEND
M
any yards of fishing
line will play a big but
unseen part of the Pen-
insula Players’ latest production.
Director Andy Tauber is hop-
ing no one in the audience will see
any of it.
“Blithe Spirit,” opens July 19
and runs two weekends at
the River City Playhouse in
Ilwaco, Wash.
Special effects
The comedy offers actors
opportunities to savor Noel Cow-
ard’s witty dialogue. But for back-
stage helpers, it’s a challenge.
“I will probably end up using
every light we have because there
is a lot going on,” Tauber said,
during early rehearsals. “There are
a lot of special effects,” he said,
IF YOU GO
“BLITHE SPIRIT”
What: Peninsula Players’ production of Noel Coward’s
comedy.
Where: River City Playhouse, 127 Lake St., Ilwaco, Wash.
When: 7 p.m. July 19, 20, 26 and 27; 2 p.m. July 21 and 28.
Tickets $10, in advance from Okie’s in Ocean Park, Stormin’
Norman’s in Long Beach and the Old Towne Cafe in Ilwaco,
or at the door.
www.peninsula-players.com
A writer-socialite,
played by Barry
Sears, reacts with
annoyance as the
mischievous ghost of
his first wife, Elvira,
played by Kiki Warner,
arrives back in his life.
Meanwhile, his second
wife, Ruth, played by
Kathy Warnert, right,
cannot understand
her husband’s odd
behavior — because
she cannot see or hear
the apparition.
Patrick Webb