To kick off their 2012 season, the Many Hats Theatre Company has chosen to go big and go funny.
Neil Simon’s bittersweet comedy, Lost in Yonkers, opens on Feb. 2 at the Cannery Stage, the first show of their fifth season.
Vernon’s Monty Hughes will be guest director for Lost in Yonkers, which was described in the New York Post as “the best play Simon ever wrote.” It’s also Simon’s only play to win both a Tony Award and a Pulitzer prize.
Lost in Yonkers is the story of Jay and Arty who are forced by family financial circumstances to live with their tyrannical grandmother in her emotionally dysfunctional household at the beginning of the Second World War. Aidan Valentini and Liam Martin, newcomers to the Many Hats company, will be playing the two key roles.
They aren’t the only thing new for this production. The fifth season brings with it reserved seating for audience members — simply visit the Many Hats website to choose your favourite seat, then purchase tickets at the visitor’s centre or by phone and the seat will be waiting for you at the chosen performance.
What is also new is higher ticket prices. To meet rising costs, Many Hats has raised their ticket prices to $22 for adults and $19 for students and seniors. Lost in Yonkers runs from Feb. 2 to 25, with shows on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and a Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. Tickets are available at the Wine Country Visitor’s Centre or by phone 250-493-4055.
For more information, visit the Many Hat’s website at www.manyhatstheatre.com.
