Event Details
The Underpants - Ventura College Production
Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 8:00pm
Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 8:00pm
Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 8:00pm
Thu, May 01, 2008 at 8:00pm
Fri, May 02, 2008 at 3:00pm
Ventura College, 4667 Telegraph Road, Ventura
Event Description
The Ventura College Theatre Department presents “The Underpants,” a 1910 play by Carl Sternheim, adapted for the modern audience by Steve Martin.
Tickets, which may be purchased only at the door, are $9.00 general admission and $7.00 for students, staff, and seniors.
Louise, a pretty young wife with an inattentive husband is thrilled to have the opportunity to see the King on parade. As she stretches to get a better view, her dainty underpants slide down around her ankles. Embarrassed, she quickly retrieves them and hopes no one has noticed. Her husband Theo, a stuffy bureaucrat, not only fails to comfort his wife, but expresses concern that her indiscretion may affect his reputation and career aspirations.
Louise’s charms have not escaped the attention of two men who witnessed the underpants “incident” and come to rent a room in the couple’s flat in the hopes of romancing Louise. Theo, oblivious to the threat to his marriage, conspires to split the room and rent to them both in an effort to double his money. Gertrude, a nosy neighbor, urges the naïve Louise towards an amorous affair with one of the men, while the men themselves try to outdo and undermine each other.
All this admiration brings Louise to a new understanding of her circumstances, her own worth and empowerment. When the King shows up looking to rent a room (it seems he, too, witnessed the underpants event), Louise has developed an understanding of how to get what she wants in the world.
The cast features Kevin Bass, Dayna Miles Dan Saad, and Elyse Sinklier of Ventura, TJ Mora of Oxnard, and James Culbertson and Drew Davenport of Camarillo.
- Sponsored By
The Ventura College Theatre Department
- More Information
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Contact: Professor Jay Varela
Phone: 805-654-6400 ext. 3194
Email: jvarela@vcccd.edu
Web site: http://www.venturacollege.edu
