Neil Simon's RUMORS

--Neil Simon's Hilarious Farce, Performed With the Audience Seated on Stage, Caps A Smash Season for LBHS Drama --

-- The Final Artists Theatre Curtain for Several Award-Winning Seniors, the Production Will Also Honor the Memory and Legacy of Andy Hedden --

Laguna Beach High School’s Park Avenue Players finish a remarkable year of drama with the staging of Neil Simon’s hit comedy RUMORS. 

Set in the late 1980s, RUMORS tells the uproarious tale of four affluent New York couples that attend a sophisticated dinner party celebrating the tenth wedding anniversary of the host, who happens to be the deputy mayor of New York City. 

As the couples arrive at the upscale home they discover that the deputy mayor has shot himself through the ear lobe, his wife is mysteriously absent, and no servants are there to help with the party.  The hilarious farce gains momentum as all of the guests, because of their upper class status and desire to preserve their political standing, decide to try to conceal the evening’s inexplicable events
from local police and the media. 

RUMORS is directed by Amanda Saunders, a professional actor, accomplished director, and LBHS alumna.  The sparkling cast of RUMORS includes LBHS Seniors Ryan
Cavanaugh, Alex Hunt, EJ Kramer, Lily Rogers, and Jackson Tupy, in their last performances as Park Avenue Players, along with continuing members of the company Haley Castuera, Zane Fair, Tatum Moore, Karina Parker, and Makenna Zur Schmiede. 

The actors in RUMORS have decided to dedicate their
performances to the memory of adjunct LBHS teacher Andy Hedden, who passed away suddenly in early May.  For several years, Hedden helped LBHS writers and actors present the annual Playwrights Festival, an inspiration for many aspiring Laguna dramatists. 

Ticket prices:  Students $10, Adults $15. Seating for each performance is limited.

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