In Private Lives, passion, laughter, romance, anger, and love set the stage for a battle of the sexes as divorced couple, Amanda and Elyot, find themselves unwittingly thrown together in Coward’s classic comedy of manners. Unknowingly booking adjoining rooms while on honeymoon with their respective spouses, Victor and Sybil, Amanda and Elyot are forced to face their true feelings for each other. Realizing they have made a pair of mistaken marriages, the divorcees attempt to escape their mismatched partners. With haste, and under the cover of darkness, they flee their honeymoon hotel and unsuspecting spouses in search of privacy at Amanda’s secluded Paris flat. Despite their passion for each other, Amanda and Elyot begin to bicker violently, just as they had done during their marriage. It is clear that the couple cannot live with each other, but cannot live without each other either. When they are discovered several days later by their jilted spouses, all four lovers must finally acknowledge just who is really suited to whom. Fast-paced, witty, and passionate, Noel Coward’s comedy is a delightful romp.

PERFORMANCE DATES: February 10 – 25, 2012

CAST:  Sybil Chase – Jennifer Vierthaler, Elyot Chase – Lewis D. Mize, Victor Prynne – Mark Vierthaler, Amanda Prynne – Alison Bridget Chambers, Louise – Eve Wayman

CREW: Director – Connie Penick, Stage Manager/Costume Design – Cindy Thomson, Set Design – Bob Lancaster, Sarah Schaeffer, Sherry Polkinghorn, Kritin Herndon, Earl Unruh, Karl Stinemetz, DCHS Technical Theater Class instructed by Steven Ray, Light Design – Vierthaler Family, Sound Design – Kim Smith, Light Board Operator/Sound Board Operator – Cary Droste, Running Crew – Cary Droste and Bradley Lies

MENU:  Broccoli cheese soup, peasant bread, savory pot roast, twice-baked potatoes, Key Largo vegetable medly, strawberry cheesecake ice cream with cookie.  Catering provided by Kim Smith, Chris Morlen, Sheri Merica, Dona Lancaseter, Randy Stateler.

Watch the short promo video!