British farce to be staged at Theatre 355

Elgin Theatre Company will present "Run For Your Wife," a classic British farce, at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Theatre 355, 355 E. Chicago St., Elgin.

The highly improbable plot focuses on London taxi driver John Smith, who has two wives: Mary and Barbara. John's life is disrupted when he intervenes in a mugging and gets bonked on the head. After being treated in a hospital, he is dropped off at the "wrong" house. John must then desperately struggle to hold his scheme together while avoiding arrest by the police and suspicion from his two valentines (a.k.a. wives).

The play will be directed by Larry Boller. The cast includes: Dennis Brown as John, Larry Andres as Stanley, Leah Rae as Mary, Tracy Adams as Barbara, Steve Blount as Inspector Troughton, Doug Orlyk as Bobby, Henry Honshul as Inspector Porterhouse, and Ellen Tscherwenka as the newspaper reporter.

Tickets are $15 for adults and $12 for youth and seniors. Special group rates are available. For information and reservations, call (847) 741-0532 or e-mail tickets@inil.com. Visit the Web site at www.elgin-theatre.org.

Free lighted parking is available at Theatre 355. The parking lot occupies half a square block in front of the door with additional parking available on East Chicago Street.