ECHO Youth presents two comedic one act plays:

Bad Auditions by Bad Actors by Ian McWethy (directed by Ashera Richards)

Princess Paperbag written and directed by Lina Janeski (Based on The Paperbag Princess by Robert Munsch)

This hare/brained tale is set in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1959. A newly arrived English widow has a very delicate disclosure to make to her brand new beau – and she arranges for an Etiquette Expert to help her down this tricky path. At first it starts out well but soon things get out of hand – four solid doors are slammed, drinks are tossed, identities are mistaken – and the action moves at a very tidy clip. These are eccentric people in eccentric situations and the dialogue peels off like a 1940’s cocktail party – frightfully polite but with Oscar-wildly twists.

In a Western territory just after the turn of the 20^th century, a high-spirited rivalry between local farmers and cowboys provides a colorful background for Curly, a charming cowboy and Laurey, a feisty farm girl, to play out their love story. Their romantic journey, as bumpy as a surrey ride down a country road, contrasts with the comic exploits of brazen Ado Annie and hapless Will Parker in a musical adventure embracing hope, determination and the promise of a new land.

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