The final show of the summer season moved onto the Arrowhead Center for the Arts stage Monday. The Kitchen Witches by Caroline Smith opens August 23. The play is a hilarious comedy that won the Samuel French Canadian Play contest in 2005.
Isobel Lomax (played by Grace Bushard) and Dolly Biddle (played by Marcia Hyatt) are two “mature” cable-access cooking show hostesses who have hated each other for 30 years, ever since Larry Biddle dated one and married the other.
When circumstances put them together on a TV show called The Kitchen Witches, the insults are flung harder than the food!
Dolly’s long-suffering TV producer son Stephen (played by Kevin Kager) tries to keep them on track, but as long as Dolly’s dressing room is one inch closer to the set than Isobel’s, it’s a losing battle, and the show becomes a rating smash as Dolly and Isobel top both Martha Stewart and Jerry Springer!
The Kitchen Witches—Isobel Lomax and Dolly Biddle—are all smiles when the cameras are rolling for their TV cooking show. However as soon as their highlyrated program is off the air, their longstanding feud resumes. Don’t miss the Grand Marais Playhouse’s production of The Kitchen Witches with Grace Bushard (left) as Isobel and Marcia Hyatt as Dolly. The Kitchen Witches premieres Thursday, August 23.
Michael Peterson also has a role in this production and he even has a line in this one!
Performance dates are August 23 – 26 and Aug. 30 – Sept. 3. Thursday – Saturdays 7 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $17 adults and $7 Students (no additional fees). Friday, August 24 is Food Shelf First Friday. Bring five or more items or a $10 plus donation to the Cook County Food Shelf and receive a buy one-get one free offer for that evening’s performance. Sunday, Aug. 26 is donation at the door day. Pay any amount for your ticket to that performance.
On another note: The Grand Marais Playhouse does hereby challenge all Grand Marais Arts groups (and individual artists) to compete for the coveted “Best Artsy Group” trophy for the Fisherman’s Picnic parade in 2013 and beyond. You have a year to plan!
The Playhouse does also hereby challenge all local nonprofits to compete for the coveted “Best Patriotic” trophy for the Grand Marais July 4th parade in 2013. You have 10 months to plan!
Judges will be determined later. Trophies will be traveling so you will need to win each year to retain ownership (and bragging rights). Good Luck! Grand Marais Playhouse Artistic Director Sue Hennessy provides this behind-thescenes look at Grand Marais Playhouse activities.
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