Looking for a fun, local date night ahead of Valentine’s Day?
Starting this Friday, Jan. 30, and running every Friday, Saturday and Sunday through Feb. 15, actors at Centralia’s Evergreen Playhouse will be performing Luigi Jannuzzi’s romantic comedy “A Crazy Little Café Called Love.”
The play is directed by Janelle Lunzman and features multiple characters’ stories woven into a crazy and chaotic day at the Love Café.
“Comedy! Romance! A fast-paced day. All served up in a crazy little café,” Evergreen Playhouse’s website states. “Linda has a blind date, Bob is casting a movie, the waitress likes the monk, old Mr. Philips wants a séance and the bride’s dad is livid! Throw in a frantic bride, her theatrical mother, a dancing nun and an apologetic groom, and you have a comic hit! And all happening one crazy day in the one-set Love Café.”
The play’s cast list includes:
“So often when we think about love, we think of romantic love, and a show that runs during the Valentine’s weekend is certainly reinforcing that belief. But there are so many other types of love that are just as important: familial love, friend love, community love, agape love. While these are often relegated to the back of our consciousness they make up the fabric of our lives in a quiet way,” Lunzman said in the program’s director’s note. “The show’s author, Januzzi, did great service to the theme of love by including all these types of love and showing not just their existence,but their critical value to our lives. One of my favorite relationships in this show is between the waitress and Mr. Philips that has clearly developed over time and is born out of respect and familiarity.”
In an email to The Chronicle, Lunzman added, “I am so proud of the hard work that the entire cast and crew has put into making this show a success. Please come and enjoy this delightful comedy and support local theater in the process.”
Shows begin at 7:30 p.m. on Fridays, Jan. 30, Feb. 6 and Feb. 13, and Saturdays, Jan. 31, Feb. 7 and Feb. 14. Sunday performances on Feb. 1, Feb. 8 and Feb. 15 begin at 2 p.m.
Tickets are $17 for adults and $14 for students and seniors.
A special “pay what you can” performance will also be held on Thursday, Feb. 5, beginning at 7:30 p.m.
The Evergreen Playhouse is located at 226 W. Center St. in Centralia.
To purchase tickets or reserve a seat at the “pay what you can” performance, visit Evergreen Playhouse’s website at https://tinyurl.com/fdrbnyj4.
