Dinner and a long weekend Contributed FOUR OLD friends are set 10 spend the weekend at a lakeside country home, The house bas a tennis court, Riding stables are “ust down the road,’’ It sounds petace- ful; it sounds wonderful — unless the friends are Max, Wynn, Roger and Abby of Norm Foster’s play The Long Weekend. Then even the word “friends” becomes questionable. Playing May 1-16 at 7 p.m. at the Terrace Curling Club, The Long Weekend is Terrace Little Theater's 1998 dinner theater presentation. If you have attended dinner theater before — The Night of January 16th, The Baby sitter, or Windfall — then you know how much fun it can be. For those of you who haven't had the pleasure, you are cordially invited to experience the delightful dining and drama mix, And this drama is delightful. Both Phil Bialobzyski (the perpetually inadequate Roger) and Joe Zucchiatti (uptight lawyer Max) appreciate the timing and rhythm of the dialogue, As Zucchiatti points out, playwright Norm Foster does tot go on and on with long, tambling, disjointed speeches. Foster’s speeches are crisp, funny and sometimes un- comfortably familiar. Julie Jacobs who plays Abby, the critical, aggressive business woman, enjoys the repetition of lines and themes, This repetition occurs throughout the play — Jacobs refers lo them as ‘unexpected throwbacks’’ — and it is fun for both the actors to perform and the audience to watch for the many ironic twists and contrasts. Terry Gordon (Wynn, the rationalizing psychologist) points out that the same line may mean something very different when delivered by the different characters — or, 4s the characters themselves put it, a “‘nebish’’, a “‘slob”’, an ‘intellectual wannabe”’ and a ‘‘social director.” The Long Weekend is basically about the relalionsbip be- tween four unsatisfied companions. On other levels, the play deals with marriage, friendship, hypocrisy, secrets, misunderstandings, insecurity, frustration, hopes, forgive- ness and revenge, Tf that sounds ponderous, it is also about redecorating, Mantras, pina coladas and pinball, You will have to see the play if you want to know how Norm Foster ties all those together. All of the performers have acted in Little Theater Pro- ductions before. Gordon, Jacobs and Zucchiatti have all appeared in past dinner theaters; Jacobs, Bialobzyski and Zucchiatti were members of the Oxymorons, Terrace Little Theater's improv group. The Long Weekend is directed by Diana Braathen. Braathen also directed Midnight Madness and is experi- TERRY GORDON, piaying Wynn, tries to persuade Joe Zucchialti, an uptight lawyer, to remove his clothes, For these and other crazy antics don't miss The Long Weekend, a dinner theatre offering in May. enced in all areas of stage management. The play is produced by Gordon Oates; Adam Kirkwood and Barb Parks are the stage managers, Tickets for this evening can be purchased at Uniglobe Courtesy Travel for $30. Escape to the country for a weekend or two with Max, Wynn, Roger and Abby. While they fuss with hors _d’oeuvres, you can enjoy a fine dinner. While they worry about their lives, you can laugh at Norm Foster’s view of those lives, A great Mother’s Day present, a night oul or just an entertaining break fom the kitchen — join the cooks, cast and crew for an extra long weekend in May! The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, April 22, 1998 - B3 Bid you know that B.C. 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