Bay Theatre Company Presents: Bad Dates

Bay Theatre Company Presents: Bad Dates

Fridays, January 10, 17 & 24, 2014

Saturdays, January 11. 18, and 25, 2014

Sundays, January 12, 19, and 26, 2014

In Studio 194

Fridays & Saturdays:7:00pm Doors | 7:30pm Show

Sundays: 1:30pm Doors | 2:00pm Show

Tickets: $24.00 + $4.00 Surcharge

Bad Dates begins with an introduction to one woman’s array of shoes and clothes: classy, earthy, cute, and even dangerous

Dating
stinks, dating after a certain age is even worse, but dating while
trying to raise a teen, run a business and evade past mistakes before
they catch up, that’s even harder. Playwright Theresa Rebeck’s
character, Haley Walker has confidence, competence, humor and
introspection, all while battling insecurity, incompetence, black moods,
impulsivity and a noir-ish plot twist.

Haley’s conversation with the audience begins like we’re old, trusted friends who’ve seen her at her best and worst. 

An
evening with Rebeck’s Bad Dates makes for a great evening out. It’s an
intriguing combination of performance and confession,. You  will  lean
in close to hear more about Haley’s night with that guy who talked about
his colon, and wince when later, she gets stood up. You will meet her
eyes and smile sympathetically, and very quickly, we forget about her
bags and boxes full of shoes, or the quality of her clothes, and focus
all our attention on the character wearing them. That, it seems, is a
very successful date.