A CELEBRATION OF LOVE AT SEVEN ANGELS THEATRE

 

When four true friends impulsively pledge at  their senior prom to be at each other’s weddings as bridesmaids, none of them realize the commitment they are making. The number of ugly dresses they are promising to wear, the need to convince each reluctant bride to proceed with the ceremony, the bride who will exercise her right to throw the bouquet every year or so, the ones who change their minds mid-ceremony and the ones who regret their choices three decades later are all destined to be present.

 

If you’ve ever questioned the institution of marriage or spent years dreaming of happily ever after, there is much to find humor in in this Jones Hope Wooten comedy

“Always a Bridesmaid” at Seven Angels Theatre in Waterbury.  Due to the current health crisis, the show will be postponed and hopefully reopen in the near future.  Watch for the announcement.

 

Meanwhile the Laurelton Oaks Country Club is hopping with matrimonial business, under the management of Sedalia Ellicot (Joyce Jeffrey) who desperately wants to quarantee perfection in the bridal department. She doesn’t have any idea that this latest bunch of beauties will try her patience to the bone.

 

These hopelessly romantic gals are all ready and able to fulfill their obligations to each other and don those less than beautiful garments and assist in every way possible their best friend down the aisle, even if they have known the prospective groom all of two weeks.

 

Monette (Stacey Harris)  is taking advantage of promises when she dons a white dress three years in a row.  Her daydreams about a special love fest play like the reruns of “Ground Hogs Day” the movie.  Her pals Charlie (Amanda Burton) appear even if they are sick, Deedra (Anette Michelle Sanders) arrives even if she has just been robbed and Libby Ruth (Valerie Stack Dodge) serves as the conciliatory peacemaker.

 

With each wedding, the predicaments roll on in comic confusion thanks to the white glove direction of Julia Kiley.  Moira O’Sullivan as Kari narrates the action with champagne glass firmly in hand. 

 

No need to bring a wedding gift as these ladies provide a humorous look at all that can go right and wrong on the marital merry-go-round.  Hop on board for a joy filled ride.