Elgin Theatre stages ‘Sex Please, We’re Sixty!’
Elgin Theatre Company has a night of laughs in store for you during its January production of “Sex Please, We’re Sixty!” This is ETC’s second production of the 2012-13 season. This production has an adult theme.
The farce by Michael and Susan Parker continues at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sundays, Jan. 18-20 and 25-27 at the Kimball Street Theater of the Elgin Academy, Kimball Street and Dundee Avenue in downtown Elgin.
In “Sex Please We’re Sixty,” Mrs. Stancliffe’s successful Rose Cottage Bed & Breakfast has guests that return yearly. Her neighbor, Bud “Bud the Stud” Davis believes they come to spend time with him in romantic liaisons. Her other neighbor, Henry Mitchell, is a retired chemist and has developed a pill to increase the libido of menopausal women. The fun begins when Bud attempts to entertain the guests Victoria Ambrose, Hillary Hudson, and Charmaine Beauregard. The mayhem ensues and then all the women find their lives moving in new and surprising directions.
The cast features: Harry Davis of Aurora, Nancy Braus of Schaumburg, Andrew Ross of Elgin, Janette Spink of Elgin, Sharon Cuneo of North Aurora, and Nicolette Chelios of Schaumburg. The play is directed by Linda Collins and produced by Jeff Benchley.
Ÿ Nancy Braus has appeared in many suburban productions and also performs monthly with the Time Travelers Improv Troupe in Schaumburg.
Ÿ This is Andrew Ross’ third production with Elgin Theater Company. Previously he appeared as Henderson in “You Can’t Take It With You” and as Mr. Needham in “No Sex Please We’re British.” Past performances have include: Prince John in “The Lion in Winter” at the Des Plaines Theater Guild, Montague in “Romeo and Juliet” at the Woodstock Opera House, Bert Jefferson in “The Man Who Came to Dinner,” and Seasonal Favorite in “The Nutcracker.” Andrew has combined years of American Sign Language and love of theater into sign acting, translating many local performances, including “A Chorus Line” at the Pheasant Run in St. Charles.
Ÿ This is Janette Spink’s second performance with Elgin Theater Company and she is playing the part of Charmaine Beauregard. She has been involved in community theater around the area off and on over the past 30 years. Spink is now retired (or paroled as she explains it, from the Department of Corrections after 23 years). Some of her past performances have been: “Urinetown,”” “Incorruptible,” “Sorry, Wrong Number,” “Working,” “Squabbles,” “Night of the Iguana,” “Wit, “Fools,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “The Crucible,” and Thumbs.”
Ÿ Sharon Cuneo has appeared in over 50 theater productions, both in Southern California and in the suburban Chicago area. She has played the lead roles of Kate in “Broadway Bound” and Bess in “Breakfast with Les and Bess.” She was also seen as Dora in “Equus,” as Bernice Roth in “The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940,” Clairee in “Steel Magnolias,” Mina Harker in a 2011 premier of new adaptation of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” in Naperville and many others. An Illinois native and graduate of Northern Illinois University, she also previously worked in television production on “Paul Harvey Comments” and the former “MacNeil-Lehrer” news show in Chicago, and for Hanna Barbera Productions in Los Angeles.
Ÿ Nicolette Chelios is making her third go-round with the Elgin Theater Company in her first principle role in a full-length staged production. She last appeared in ETC’s production of “It’s a Wonderful Life: Radio Stage Play” as Mary Hatch-Bailey. Prior to that, she made her debut on stage in May 2010, in ETC’s “M*A*S*H” as Miss Randazzle, the dimwitted secretary to East Coast college dean, Mercy Lodge. She is dedicating this performance to her husband, Scot Savage.
Tickets are $15 or $12 for seniors. Group rates are available. For reservations or more information, call (847) 741-0532, email tickets@inil.com or visit [URL]www.elgin-theatre.org;http://www.elgin-theatre.org[URL]. This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.[/URL]