Pleasures Of Peace at the Medicine Show Theater

Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble present Pleasures Of Peace, a theatrical revue, opening at the Medicine Show Theater on 20 Jun 2008, following previews from 12 Jun and running through to28 Jun 2008.

Pleasures Of Peace: A theatrical revue of plays, music, jokes, and improv comedy all centered around the general theme of Peace. Among the works in this eclectic evening: Howard Pflanzer's stage adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's 'Perilous Play,' about a group of young socialites who enjoy bonbons laced with hashish; Oscar Wilde's 'The Model Millionaire,' about an impoverished man who sees his fortunes change through a selfless act of kindness; and John Gruen's new one-act 'Guards In Love,'about a Buckingham Palace guard and a Vatican guard who compare notes on their respective lives after a night of passionate love-making.

Directed by Barbara Vann, Pleasures Of Peace features Molly C. Blau, Paul Cloeter, Mark J. Dempsey, Felix Gardon, Jason Alan Griffin, Beth Griffith, Ashley Anne Harrell, Nina Karacosta, Ward Nixon, Andrei Robakov, Peter Tedeschi, Alex Martinez Wallace and Ann Marie Yoo.

The show features set and costume design by Uta Bekaia.