St Luke’s Players Present: Play It Again Sam

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Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
May 19 – 22 and 26 – 29 at 8.00 pm. Matinee on May 22 at 2.00 pm.

This Broadway-hit play concerns a shy film critic, Allan Felix, who has trouble with women. He is consumed by movies, particularly his favourite film of all time, Casablanca, and has just been through a messy divorce. Unable to deal with this emotional turmoil, Allan seeks solace in the movie he loves, imagining Humphrey Bogart has dropped by his apartment to offer him advice on dealing with the ladies (“Dames are simple. I never met one that didn’t understand a slap in the mouth or a slug from a forty-five”). Helping Allan meet new women are his good friends Dick and Linda Christie.. They fix him up with a succession of dates, all of which end disastrously because of Allan’s nervousness and insecurity. Finally, Allan realizes that he has been spending more time with Linda than anyone else and he is becoming attracted to her. - she’s the only woman he truly feels comfortable around. Linda proves unexpectedly receptive to Allan’s advances, since Dick’s workaholic ways leave Linda neglected and ignored. However, as she is married to Dick, their relationship is ultimately doomed, just as it was for Rick (Bogart) and Ilsa in Casablanca.

Tickets can be purchased at the door or in advance (from mid April) at the places below:

Ivy’s Book Shop
2188 Oak Bay Avenue, Victoria
250 598 2713

Petals Plus Florist
3749 Shelbourne Street, Victoria
250 721 1992