June 12 - 29 THE ROMANTIC AGE The author of Winnie the Pooh was also a wonderful and prolific writer of plays for adults. Here we meet young Melisande Knowle—beautiful and marriageable, but awash in romantic notions; she’ll have no man who won’t embody her dream of Prince Charming. Her mother, though, is determined to find her a “solid” husband. Bobby is a persistant suitor, but he’s just too “everyday”. One magic night a stranger, Gervase, comes to the door—he’s run out of gas. But he was driving to a costume ball and he’s dressed as—you guessed it—Prince Charming. There are many complications and it takes an encounter in a glade with a magical peddler to convince Gervase of the blessings of matrimony. This is a beautifully, happily, drippingly romantic comedy. By A. A. Milne Directed by Rob Grumich Act Inc. (314) 725-9108 June 19 - 27 LADYHOUSE BLUES St. Louis, 1919: Liz Madden, a widow with four daughters, tries to hold her family together in a world she never made, while waiting for her only son to return from France. Liz is the indomitable mother of this working-class Irish family. Daughter Helen is dying of consumption; Dot, once a model, is insecure in her marriage to a New York socialite; Terry is a waitress and fiery union activist; Eylie, the youngest, observes it all—and wants to marry “that Greek boy” and move with him to California. The play is rich in period and local detail. Liz faces forces of life and death that threaten to tear her family apart. At the end, with the strength of Ma Joad, she addresses God: "Lord, if you was a woman, you'd a-done it differnt." By Kevin O’Morrison Directed by Steve Callahan Act Inc. (314) 725-9108