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PLT Presents 'Four Plays for Coarse Actors'

ÃÛÑ¿ÊÓƵ Philip Lynch Theatre Presents Michael Green’s 'Four Plays for Coarse Actors'

Published: October 20, 2023.



“Four Plays for Coarse Actors,” written by Michael Green, will be performed on November 17-19 and November 30- December 3 at ÃÛÑ¿ÊÓƵ's Philip Lynch Theatre in Romeoville.

On the first weekend, performances are at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, with a 2:30 p.m. matinee on Sunday. On the second weekend, performances are at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, with a 2:30 matinee p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

The running time of the show is approximately 90 minutes. Intermissions will be determined by show date. This play is recommended for audiences aged 13 and older.

Ticket purchases are $13 for adults and $12 for students and seniors. ÃÛÑ¿ÊÓƵ students pay $3 with an ID. Ticket purchases can be made online with a credit card on the PLT Website at . Click the “buy tickets” link. The hour prior to the performance the box office will be open. For more information, patrons can email boxoffice@lewisu.eduor call the box office at (815) 836- 5500, Monday through Friday 1-4:30 p.m.

This Michael Green play is hilarious. Everything that can go wrong in a production does so. Coarse actors – an “actor” who knows all their lines but not necessarily the order in which they come, giving the company ample license to indulge in the kind of mistakes they spend most of their time trying to avoid. Broken into four plays within one, IL  Fornicazione is a “grim” tale of operatic adultery, poison, and mayhem. Streuth is the crime story Agatha Christie would never have dared to write. A Collier’s Tuesday Tea combines the kitchen with the coal mine with an irreverent glance at D.H. Lawrence. All’s Well that Ends As You Like It pushes the genius of the bard to its limit while filching lines from most of his plays. In all, cues are missed, effects fail, and props are lost and confusion reigns, but the coarse actors struggle on.

"Four Plays for Coarse Actors" cast features the following ÃÛÑ¿ÊÓƵ students: Vanessa Hall, Armaund Jones, Janae Larry, Shiraz Khan, Robert Fudala, Bari Ereba, Elizabeth Sanders, Brianna Hall, Elyssa Milsap, Lux Scherer, Mackenzie Maher, Nico Duenas, Michael Goelz and Keegan Srebro.     

Annie Calhoun serves as the director for this organized chaos. Set Designer Andrew Nelsen gets in on the fun with intricate sets that may not make it to the end of the play. Costumer Celeste Mackey throws caution to the wind as some costumes are ripped and torn. Working behind the chaotic scenes are Nicholas Brand (stage manager), and Dave Pomatto (assistant technical director). 

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