The Paper Bag Players are getting ready to perform Buying the Moose at home, on April 21 at the Painted Hand Casino, but it鈥檚 not the first time they鈥檙e performing the play. The group performed at TheatreFest in Weyburn.
Director Teresa Weber is proud of what the group accomplished during the Weyburn trip. Whether it was the cast or crew, she was happy with how well everything worked.
鈥淚t all came together. It was the best performance we鈥檝e done, best dress rehearsal, best everything... If that鈥檚 the show that we have at the [Painted Hand] Casino, look out!鈥�
This year, the group didn鈥檛 bring home any trophies, but one actor brought back a scholarship. Dexter Deugau won the Mary Ellen Burgess Memorial Scholarship, a $500 bursary that goes to an actor continuing their education in the arts and theatre. Deugau will be attending the Rosebud School of the Arts in Rosebud, AB. He noted that the rest of the group put together the application without him knowing.
鈥淚t was just really surprising to get anything at all,鈥� said Degau.
But now the attention turns to home, performing the play for a hometown crowd. The play, Buying the Moose by Michael G. Wilmot, focuses on two couples in a 鈥榗lassic battle of the sexes,鈥� beginning with a blow-up in one of the relationships.
鈥淓verything women think about men, everything men think about women, it鈥檚 in this play in a hilarious form.鈥�
The group typically picks a play that would be fun for a ladies鈥� night for their spring performance, but Weber says that it鈥檚 something where the laughs aren鈥檛 limited to one gender.
Actor Bailey Lemke says for her, it鈥檚 how the group works together that makes the play work.
鈥淢y favorite part of the whole play is our chemistry together, and how well we work on stage together. Including lights and sound, and director, all of it.鈥�
Tickets for the matinee are $20, while the dinner theatre is $50. Tickets can be found at paperbagplayers.com.聽
