Stumptown Players stage 'The Kitchen Witches'
<p class="p1">Stumptown Players kicks off its 2013-14 season this summer with the hilarious comedy “The Kitchen Witches” by Caroline Smith. Performances are at the O’Shaughnessy Center in Whitefish July 18 through 21 and July 24 through 28.</p>
Stumptown Players kicks off its 2013-14 season this summer with the hilarious comedy “The Kitchen Witches” by Caroline Smith.
Performances are at the O’Shaughnessy Center in Whitefish July 18 through 21 and July 24 through 28. Tickets are $22 and $25, and can be purchased at www.stumptownplayers.org or by calling 871-6447.
All performances begin at 8 p.m.
Isobel Lomax and Dolly Biddle are two “mature” cable-access cooking show hostesses who have hated each other for 30 years — ever since Larry Biddle dated one and married the other. When circumstances put them together on a TV show called “The Kitchen Witches,” the insults are flung harder than the food.
Dolly’s long-suffering TV-producer son Stephen tries to keep them on track, but as long as Dolly’s dressing room is one inch closer to the set than Isobel’s, it’s a losing battle, and the show becomes a ratings smash as Dolly and Isobel top both Martha Stewart and Jerry Springer.
Directed by Kim Krueger, the cast includes Mona Charles, Erin Grayce, Aaron Tumer and Kellie Hoffman.
"‘The Kitchen Witches’ is a farcical, wild romp about friendship, family and, of course, food." Krueger said. "The characters, while all wacky in their own way, are also believable, which makes this show ultimately heartwarming. And maybe, it will make everyone appreciate their own family a little more for exactly who they are.
“Be your family traditional, nontraditional, urban or combination of them all, a family is the people who love ya — sometimes too much, sometimes too loudly, sometimes in very odd ways, but they are, ultimately, the people who love you."
Entering its fourth season, Stumptown Players has entertained sold-out audiences at the O’Shaughnessy Center during the last three summers, most recently with the comedy “Looking” and last fall and winter at the KM Theatre in Kalispell with “Kimberly Akimbo” and “Private Eyes.”
"Stumptown Players is excited to be returning to the O’Shaughnessy, which is where we started," said Alicia Blake, a Stumptown Players founding member, board president and actor. "Whitefish and all of the Flathead Valley have supported our productions so enthusiastically, and we look forward to entertaining audiences again this summer."