PLCT comedy slated

PEQUOT LAKES - Pequot Lakes Community Theatre will stage "How the Other Half Loves" at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 15-16 and 22-23 and 2 p.m. Feb. 17 and 24 in the Pequot Lakes High School Theatre.

Tickets - priced at $10 for adults, $9 for seniors and $8 for youths - are available through Pequot Lakes Community Education at (218) 568-9200.

Take three couples, two households and one indiscreet love affair, and they add up to Alan Ayckbourne's farce, "How the Other Half Loves." The men work for the same firm - the youngest juggling an affair with his boss' wife - and when each sneaks in suspiciously one night, they concoct a story about having to spend quality time smoothing domestic matters in the house of the third couple.

Both living rooms are shown onstage, and they share a common dining room that whirls into its own character, serving two dinners simultaneously to four very intelligent - albeit, confused - people.

Erik Steen of Brainerd directs. Frank and Fiona Foster are played by Michael Sander, Pine River, and Wendy DeGeest, Brainerd; Bob and Teresa Phillips are played by Bob Spear, Brainerd, and Meagan Kedrowski, Brainerd; and the Detweilers are played by Dan Bye, Jenkins and Kim Thomas, Motley.

The set is by Tim Leagjeld, Pine River; costumes are by Pat Dullum, Pequot Lakes; the stage manager is Meredith Bjorkquist, Crosslake; and the technical director is C.J. Anderson, Pequot Lakes.