Drama Club Presents "ALL IN THE TIMING: Six One-Act Comedies" on Dec. 5 and 6

On Dec. 5 and 6, the Otsego High School drama club, under the direction of Mike Empson, will present five of David Ives' six one-act plays surrounding the idea that communication is a comedy of errors. Performances take place in the high school auditorium and begin at 8 p.m. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. General admission tickets are $5 at the door.  

SURE THING is a classic of contemporary comedy: Two people meet in a café and find their way through a conversational minefield as an offstage bell interrupts their false starts, gaffes and faux pas on the way to falling in love.

WORDS, WORDS, WORDS recalls the philosophical adage that three monkeys typing into infinity will sooner or later produce Hamlet, and asks:  What would monkeys talk about at their typewriters?

PHILIP GLASS BUYS A LOAF OF BREAD is a musical vignette in trademark Glassian style, with the celebrated composer having a moment of existential crisis in a bakery. 

THE PHILADELPHIA presents a young man in a restaurant who has fallen into “a Philadelphia,” a Twilight Zone-like state in which he cannot get anything he asks for.  His only way out of the dilemma?  To ask for the opposite of what he wants. 

VARIATIONS ON THE DEATH OF TROTSKY shows us the Russian revolutionary on the day of his demise, desperately trying to cope with the mountain climber’s ax he’s discovered in his head. 

Cast members are:
ENSEMBLE:
Jack Wright
Katy White
Marisa Kaugars
Sarah Hanson
Grace Hirzel
Paris Lee
Ellie Seelye
Whitney Olson 

BILL:  Tony Cook
BETTY:  Samantha Dean
MILTON:  Skyler Scott
SWIFT:  Katy Baranoski
KAFKA:  Alice Huang
PHILIP:  Dustin Cramer
BAKER:  Caitlyn Larry
WOMAN 1:  Whitney Ewing
WOMAN 2:  Dara Sirrine
AL:  Tanner Thompson
MARCUS:  Mark Pula
WAITRESS:  Sarah McCarten
TROTSKY:  Matt Darnell
MRS. TROTSKY:  Ylva Elhammer
RAMON:  R.J. Shoemaker