June 3, 2007 – The Reichhold Center for the Arts' Caribbean Repertory Theater presents "Run For Your Wife," based on the British comedy by Ray Cooney. The play runs June 15-18, 22-25, and June 29- July 2, at the University of the Virgin Islands Little Theater.
Playwright Felix Fleming ("Queen Coziah," "The Island") has adapted and directs the British comedy to reflect the St. Thomas region and culture.
The play deals with a house of cards that comes crashing down around a St. Thomas taxi driver, John Smith, who is married to two women, Mary and Barbara, at the same time. One wife lives in Red Hook, the other in Bordeaux. Neither wife knows about the other's existence.
John is able to keep his wives unaware of his duplicity through a tightly crafted schedule. For three years he has successfully kept his two marriages separate and secret from each other, spending mornings with Barbara and evenings with Mary. But John's scheme begins to unravel when he is injured intervening in a mugging of an old lady.
"Run for Your Wife" was written by Ray Cooney, recognized as the "master of farce." The play enjoyed a nine-year run at various theatres in London's West End and was included in the British National Theatre's NT2000 list of significant plays of the 20th century.
The "Run For Your Wife" cast includes: Dwight Browne as John Smith, Bridget R. Hodge as Mary, Almaria Powell as Barbara, as well as Seymour Davis, Tavis Dewindt, Dawuud Nyamekey and Lael Lettsome.
Tickets are $20 and $15 for students. They are available at Modern Music (Nisky and Havensight), Parrot Fish Records, V.I. Bridal and Tuxedo, the UVI bookstore, and the Reichhold Center box office at 693-1559.
