Emerald Pig Theatrical Society proudly presents:
“Too Many Cooks” by Douglas Hughes and Marcia Kash
Directed by Simon Challenger
It’s 1932 in Niagara Falls, Ontario, where the rum-running business is at it’s peak. In the aftermath of the Crash, Irving Bubbalowe and his daughter Honey, have risked everything they have to open a new gourmet restaurant. When their star – the renowned singing chef, Francois LaPlouffe, fails to appear, tonight’s grand opening is suddenly placed in jeopardy. However, when unemployed chef Frank Plunkett wanders in looking for work, Honey persuades him to masquerade as the missing LaPlouffe. The beleaguered Bubbalowe, meanwhile has to contend with Chicago gangster Alphonse Feghetti and his sidekick who have come looking for an illegal shipment of booze that, unbeknownst to Bubbalowe, has found its way into his basement. In addition, Bubbalowe has to keep at bay the hot-blooded Immigration officer, Veronica Snook, on the trail of the vanished chef, as well as suspicious teetotalling Mountie who is ready to arrest Bubbalowe for both murder and bootlegging. Madness ensues and Bubbalowe and the others create a hornet’s nest of fabricated stories and identities as they try valiantly to save the restaurant – and themselves – from both the gangsters and the law.
Production dates: November 6, 7, 8 and 9 in Maple Ridge and November 13, 14, 15 and 16 in Pitt Meadows.
Characters:
Irving Bubbalowe – Affable fellow. Proprietor of “Chateau Bubbalowe.”
Mickey McCall – Ne’er-do-well. Delivery man for the Dominion Warehouse.
Honey Bubbalowe – Irving’s daughter. Pragmatic and practical.
Frank Plunkett – Unemployed chef. Down on his luck, looking for work – THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST
Alphonse “Noodles” Feghetti – Chicago mob boss – THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST
Shirley – Mob enforcer. Imposing presence. Al’s right-hand man – THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST
Veronica Snook – Dogged investigator for Canadian Immigration.
Hamilton X. Effing – RCMP constable. “Dudley Do-right.”
AUDITION DATES:
Wednesday, September 3, 6pm to 8:30pm at the Pitt Meadows Heritage Hall
Cold reads.
First Read through – September 7, 1pm, Albion Community Centre.
Rehearsals: Sunday afternoons, Monday and Wednesday evenings commencing Monday, September 8.
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