Two Great Comedies open Friday at Allens Lane!

Allens Lane Theater presents I Hate Hamlet by Paul Rudnick and Matinee by Jim Fryer
Comedy! Romance! Drama! A Sword Fight! The Ghost of John Barrymore! And Tights!
It’s impossible to “hate” a show that’s this much fun!

I Hate Hamlet by Paul Rudnick
Young actor Andrew Rally seems to have it all: a lead role in a hit television series; a beautiful girlfriend; a devoted agent; the perfect Manhattan apartment once occupied by legendary star John Barrymore; and the chance to play Hamlet in Central Park. But alas, there is always trouble in paradise: Andrew’s show has been cancelled, his girlfriend is obsessively chaste, and he really, really HATES Hamlet. Can the spirit of John Barrymore convince Andrew to accept the part and fulfill his actor's destiny? The laughs are nonstop as Andrew wrestles with his conscience, his sword, his girlfriend’s expectations and Barrymore's ghost!

This strong ensemble cast will have you laughing all night long! Patrick Cathcart plays Andrew, the TV star from LA adrift in New York. Anna Pysher is Deirdre, his melodramatic and romantic girlfriend. Sarah Heddins plays Felicia, a no-nonsense real estate agent who thinks she can talk to spirits. Anthony Marsala is Gary, a Hollywood wunderkind who sees Andrew as his main bro and major meal ticket. Jessica McDonald plays Lillian, Andrew’s New York talent agent who, in her younger days, had a brief fling with Barrymore. Rounding out the cast is Larry Arrigale as the reincarnation of swaggering, booze-swilling John Barrymore at the height of his career when he played Hamlet on Broadway!

This performance will also feature a special pre-show, the one-act play Matinee by Jim Fryer.
Rodney and James are two buds in Elizabethan England, hard at work and hardly working. Can Rodney convince James to blow off his job and catch a matinee of the latest Shakespeare play, “Something Something About Nothing”? Starring Dan Shefer and Browning Sterner.

Tickets are discounted online in advance and are ON SALE NOW at www.allenslane.org

Don't miss out on this night of laughs in Mt. Airy at Allens Lane Theater! (601 W Allens Lane, 19119)