Chenango River Theatre presents “Fully Committed”
GREENE – The second performance of the 2013 season at the Chenango River Theatre, “Fully Committed,” is slated to begin at 7:30 p.m. Friday at its 991 State Highway 12 location in Greene. The show will then run Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. – and Sundays at 2 p.m. – through July 21.
Imagine a reservation clerk at the hottest five-star restaurant in New York, then imagine all the people he comes in contact with who make his job seemingly impossible. The Hollywood producers, foreign dignitaries, local personalities, mafia figures, little old ladies, supermodels ... they will stop at nothing to book a table. The reservation clerk already has to deal with his high strung maitre d’ and self-centered chef.
The unnamed, yet highly acclaimed restaurant on the Upper East Side in “Fully Committed” books months-in-advance, but that does not mean everything is guaranteed to run smoothly. Supermodel Naomi Campbell wasn’t happy with the lighting the last time she was at the restaurant; Bunny Vandervere needs a last minute reservation - but she is flexible - any time between 7:30 p.m. and 7:45 p.m would be ideal; and Tim Zagat’s reservation is lost so he must wait in the lounge.
There are 40 characters appearing in this comedy written by Becky Mode and directed by Brendan Burke. One actor, Wayne Pyle, brings all 40 characters to life on stage singlehandedly.
It was stated no one who has ever dined out, or who has held a job in a restaurant would want to miss this show.
The NY Times called the show, “an immensely entertaining, scaldingly funny play about the bad behavior that good food can inspire.”
Other critics have been unanimous in their prase of the show. According to the NY Daily News, the play is “A tornado ... the audience is in stitches from beginning to end,” while the NY Post hailed it as “a sparkling one-man tour de force ... very funny and very believable.”
This is Pyle’s first production with the Chenango River Theatre, yet he has performed this production at the Shadowland Theatre in the Catskills previously - where he too switched from character to character within seconds.
Pyle first became involved with acting at the age of four, and has since appeared in television, film and theatre.
According to Chenango River Theatre’s Artistic and Managing Director Bill Lelbach, “Fully Committed” is co-produced by Pete and Karen Raymond, Bonnie’s Restaurant, and Ruth Young, Associate Broker, Century 21 Sbarra & Wells.
Chenango River Theatre is the greater Binghamton area’s only professional nonprofit theatre company under contract with the Actors’ Equity Association, the national association for professional actors and stage managers - the same actors seen on television, in film, and at major theatres nationwide. Chenango River Theatre is an air conditioned, 99 seat theatre just a 24-mile drive from Norwich.
The Entire 2013 season is sponsored by Empire Toyota in Oneonta and is also made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
Tickets for the show running through July 21 remain available and are priced as follows: $20 Thursdays, $22 Fridays, $23 Saturdays, and $21 Sundays. To reserve seats email tickets@chenangorivertheatre.org or call the 24-hour reservation line at 656-8499. Tickets may be charged to MasterCard, Visa or Discover.
Further information on “Fully Committed” can be found at chenangorivertheatre.org.
Imagine a reservation clerk at the hottest five-star restaurant in New York, then imagine all the people he comes in contact with who make his job seemingly impossible. The Hollywood producers, foreign dignitaries, local personalities, mafia figures, little old ladies, supermodels ... they will stop at nothing to book a table. The reservation clerk already has to deal with his high strung maitre d’ and self-centered chef.
The unnamed, yet highly acclaimed restaurant on the Upper East Side in “Fully Committed” books months-in-advance, but that does not mean everything is guaranteed to run smoothly. Supermodel Naomi Campbell wasn’t happy with the lighting the last time she was at the restaurant; Bunny Vandervere needs a last minute reservation - but she is flexible - any time between 7:30 p.m. and 7:45 p.m would be ideal; and Tim Zagat’s reservation is lost so he must wait in the lounge.
There are 40 characters appearing in this comedy written by Becky Mode and directed by Brendan Burke. One actor, Wayne Pyle, brings all 40 characters to life on stage singlehandedly.
It was stated no one who has ever dined out, or who has held a job in a restaurant would want to miss this show.
The NY Times called the show, “an immensely entertaining, scaldingly funny play about the bad behavior that good food can inspire.”
Other critics have been unanimous in their prase of the show. According to the NY Daily News, the play is “A tornado ... the audience is in stitches from beginning to end,” while the NY Post hailed it as “a sparkling one-man tour de force ... very funny and very believable.”
This is Pyle’s first production with the Chenango River Theatre, yet he has performed this production at the Shadowland Theatre in the Catskills previously - where he too switched from character to character within seconds.
Pyle first became involved with acting at the age of four, and has since appeared in television, film and theatre.
According to Chenango River Theatre’s Artistic and Managing Director Bill Lelbach, “Fully Committed” is co-produced by Pete and Karen Raymond, Bonnie’s Restaurant, and Ruth Young, Associate Broker, Century 21 Sbarra & Wells.
Chenango River Theatre is the greater Binghamton area’s only professional nonprofit theatre company under contract with the Actors’ Equity Association, the national association for professional actors and stage managers - the same actors seen on television, in film, and at major theatres nationwide. Chenango River Theatre is an air conditioned, 99 seat theatre just a 24-mile drive from Norwich.
The Entire 2013 season is sponsored by Empire Toyota in Oneonta and is also made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
Tickets for the show running through July 21 remain available and are priced as follows: $20 Thursdays, $22 Fridays, $23 Saturdays, and $21 Sundays. To reserve seats email tickets@chenangorivertheatre.org or call the 24-hour reservation line at 656-8499. Tickets may be charged to MasterCard, Visa or Discover.
Further information on “Fully Committed” can be found at chenangorivertheatre.org.
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