The Story: The play is a kind of poetic and comic fable set in the twilight zone of the not-quite true. At the Cafe Chez Francis, a group of promoters plot to tear up Paris in order to unearth the oil which a prospector believes he has located in the neighborhood. The grandiose plans come to the attention of The Madwoman of Chaillot who is ostensibly not normal in her mind but who is soon shown to be the very essence of practical wordly goodness and common sense. She sees through the crookedness of the prospector and insists that the world is being turning into an unhappy place by the thieves and those who are greedy for worldly goods and power. At a tea party attended by other "mad" women of Paris, she has brought together representatives of the despoilers of the earth and wreckers of its happiness, and has them tried and condemned to extermination. In a scene which mounts into the realms of high poetic comedy, she sends the culprits one by one, lured by the scent of oil and undreamed of riches, into a bottomless pit which opens out of her cellar. The exodus of the wicked is accompanied by another more beautiful miracle; joy, justice and love return to the world again.
When:
March 7th, 8th, 14th and 15th at 7:30 pm, and a matinee at 2:00 pm on the 9th.
Where:
Fox Island United Church of Christ
726 6th Avenue, Fox Island
Call 253-549-2420 or 253-267-9000 for reservations.
Tickets Adults: 15.00, Seniors, Students & Children: 12.00
Complimentary tickets available to media reviewers upon request.
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