News release
RUSSELL — "Roommates" will be the first production of the Russell Community Theater’s 2022 season trying out a new show format — two consecutive weekends rather than a five-night run (for this production only).
RCT Chairman, Robert Roe, is off the stage and back in the role of director for this production featuring two RCT veterans, Deb Kreutzer and Rob Williams, and three newcomers to the RCT stage family – Brandon Fitzgerald, Carol Ridgley and Edwin Muller.
Frank Avino (Brandon Fitzgerald) is a divorced 40-something accountant with dreams of becoming a best-selling author. A pretty smooth operator when it comes to the dating game, Frank's only problem seems to be how to keep his overbearing mother, Sophie (Deb Kreutzer), back in Brooklyn and out of his small suburban New Jersey apartment. The serenity is broken when a police officer brings Frank's best friend Tom Flynn (Edwin Muller) over to the tiny apartment. Tom, it seems, has been thrown out of the house of his live-in girlfriend due to a domestic squabble. The "put up-on" Frank agrees to let Tom stay a few nights until he can find his own place. However, as the days turn into weeks Frank is a little concerned that Tom is getting too comfortable. Add in a tough downstairs landlord, Vito Angellini (Rob Williams), Franks' latest flame, Kathy Carver (Carol Ridgley), and a surprise visit by Frank's mother and things start to get hilarious.
Performances will run Friday and Saturday, April 22-23, and the following Friday and Saturday April 29-30, 2022, at the RCT Playhouse (Fifth and Kansas, Russell). Show time is 8 p.m. Admission is $12 or by season ticket. "Roommates" is presented by special arrangement with Joe Simonelli.
Russell Community Theater is a nonprofit theater company in Russell, Kansas. The sole purpose of RCT is to produce theater for the community and the surrounding area. Completely volunteer-driven, RCT is supported financially solely through ticket admissions and gifts from those supportive of community theater. Since its inception in 1986, RCT has presented 100 full-scale theatrical productions. For more information, call 785-483-4057. Find us on Facebook.