Generation gap... ‘Weekend Comedy’ has loads of laughs

Green Valley Recreation Dessert Theatre will present “Weekend Comedy,” Friday and Saturday, Aug. 22 and 23 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 24 at 2 p.m. at Desert Hills Center, 2980 S. Camino del Sol.

Pre-sale tickets only. No tickets will be sold at the door. Tickets are available at all major GVR centers and are $16 for GVR members and $18 for GVR guests.

For more information, call Karen Rans at 625-3440, ext. 216.

The two-act comedy is directed by Roberta Konen, assisted by Joyce Finkelstein and Barbara DiGiovanni.

“Weekend Comedy” by Sam and Jeanne Bobrick features a comic twist:

Peggy and Frank Jackson, played by Julia and Al Saterbak, plan a long weekend in a remote cabin where they are interrupted at a most inopportune moment, by Jill and Tony, played by Regina Ford and Jon Piere Jacques, a 30-something couple who have also rented the cabin over Memorial Day weekend.

Although the couples have nothing in common, they agree to share the one-bedroom, one-bathroom rental.

Frank and Peggy have been married for 36 years and are very set in their ways.

Frank is reluctant to leave home and worries about everything, especially his job in office supplies. Peggy is hoping the weekend getaway will inject some romance back into their marriage.

Jill and Tony are living together and are yet to be married.

Well traveled with above-average incomes for their age, they live life in the fast lane as they jet all over the world and see the sites from Tony’s Porsche.

Frank owns an old reliable station wagon. Need more be said!

Romance seems to go by the wayside as the two couples get to know each other and the two men in particular spar verbally back and forth about life and work and relationships.

Talk about a generation gap!

You couldn’t find two more different couples.

You’ll have to see the show to discover what the two couples learn from each other.

But remember, it’s called a “weekend comedy,” so the laughs come thick and fast as the zingers zip back and forth.