Fuddy Meers

Whitney Center for the Arts presents Fuddy Meers by David Lindsay-Abaire, a fully staged dark comedy, directed by Annie Rosenberg and Patrick Toole, July 7-15th.

Fuddy Meers is an American dark comedy by David Lindsay-Abaire. It tells the story of an amnesiac, Claire, who awakens each morning as a blank slate. Each day, her husband and teenage son must remind her of the facts of her life. One morning Claire is abducted by a limping lisping man with secrets, following which oddball, bizarre mayhem ensues.

There will be six performances:

Saturday, July 7th 8pm

Sunday, July 8th 7:30pm

Thursday, July 12th 7:30pm

Friday, July 13th 8pm

Saturday, July 14th 8pm

and Sunday, July 15th 7:30pm

Tickets are

$18 General Admission

$15 for students, seniors and groups

Tickets may be purchased online at www.thewhit.org

or reserved by calling 413-443-0279.

Cast:

CASEY MCSHAIN as Claire

PATRICK TOOLE as Richard

JAMES FISHER as Kenny

CHRIS BROPHY as Limping Man

SALLY MCCARTHY as Gertie

HUNTER WASHBURNE as Millet

BRITTANY NICHOLSON as Heidi

New York Times called Fuddy Meers a "dark, sweet and thoroughly engaging comedy" and TheaterMania said "...what contemporary playwriting has long been missing-and what Lindsay-Abaire serves up in dopamine-deprived abundance--is an unhinged sense of playfulness and whimsy. Theater, my friends, is fun again."

Fuddy Meers was nominated for the 2000 Outer Critics Circle John Gassner Playwrighting Award. David Lindsay-Abaire received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2007 for his play Rabbit Hole, which also earned several Tony Award nominations. He wrote the book and lyrics for the musical Shrek the Musical, receiving a 2009 Tony Award nomination for Book of a Musical.

Located at 42 Wendell Avenue in Downtown Pittsfield, the Whitney Center for the Arts, a presenting and producing arts center, has two world-class art galleries and presents Comedies, Drama, Musicals, Concerts, Opera Nights, Cabarets plus events for teens and children in an intimate, air-conditioned performance venue.