What a riot! This farce will clearly delight the theatre-savvy crowd with its hilarious take on the first reading of a new play and the unfolding romances/longings/rejections/misperceptions that permeate the rehearsal period. Of course, it will also delight a much broader audience because it is just so funny! Scott Sickles is clearly a master of the mockumentary genre.

Sickles writes an outrageously gut bustlingly hilarious play! I’m typically not a fan of the play within a play genre, but Sickles truly creates an absurdist atmosphere that makes the laughs land and the characters so interesting to follow. This play is calling to be staged and with the help of a talented director and cast with great comedic timing, this will be an absolute crowd pleaser!

That production linchpin, the stage manager, narrates this farce, designated by the playwright a ‘mockumentary’ in this ‘Our Town’ of the theatrical world. Skewering the hierarchical and sexual politics (and chaotic twists and turns), the playwright skilfully paces an intrically structured piece of unrequited passion and vaulting ambition in a cat’s cradle of cast, crew, director and writer, swirling egos and insecurities. Curtain up on an ensemble piece of technical precision escalating the excruciating misunderstandings and the laughs!