“If you’re going to tell a lie, tell a whopper,” yells Dr. Mortimore as events begin to spin deliriously out of control. Inadvertently, he’s identifying, in the midst of his panic, the motor that propels all the best farces. Deception, mistaken identities, double-entendres, puns and flapping doors fuel this high octane comedy. Set in the doctor’s lounge of a London hospital three days before Christmas, the staff is preparing the annual holiday show. But that is only the sideshow. The real business is a conference of neurosurgeons. As Dr. David Mortimore is preparing his lecture (that should guarantee him a knighthood and the hospital some badly needed funds), a former nurse bursts in with the news that their fling some 18 years and 9 months ago made Mortimore a father. The boy (emotionally high strung and under arrest for driving under the influence) is downstairs, desperate to meet his long lost Dad. Now the good doctor really practices what he preaches. Lies pile on lies, as he enlists his colleagues to deceive his wife, his boss, a police sergeant and even his newfound son. Sharp syringes, crashing wheelchairs, squirting seltzer bottles, doctors in nurse drag, and window ledge wrestling matches gear the farce into overdrive.

PERFORMANCE DATES: January 23 – February 15, 1992

CAST:  Dr. David Mortimer – Greg Smith, Dr. Mike Connolly – Chris Pyle, Rosemary Mortimer – Darleen Clifton Smith, Dr. Hubert Bonney – Kent Ross, Matron – Joanne Welchel, Dr. Willoughby Drake – Roger Maas, Sister – Claudia Pyle, Jane Tate – Jill Austen, Leslie – Brent McKinley, Police Sergeant – Jim Johnson, Bill Lesley – Kelly Carroll, Mother – Jeanette Magouirk

CREW: Director – Don Steele, Stage Manager – Roger Maas, Assistant Stage Manager/Set Design – Claudia Pyle, Light Board Operator/Set Design – Lyn Yost, Sound Board Operator/Set Design – Keith Reimer, Costume Design – Joanne Welchel and Connie Hudnett, Set Design – Darleen Smith and Claudia Pyle

MENU: Lime jello with grapes and mandarin oranges, baked ham, scalloped potatoes, corn, hot roll, pumpkin supreme.  Catering provided by Stacy Cross, Brona Love, Milly White, Pat King, Barbara Woodall, Barry Metcalf, Karen Koontz, Ken Pervenanze, members of the Company.

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