Director offers sneak peek at PGD's "Til Beth Do Us Part"

      

            By SUE SUCHYTA

           

            The Players Guild of Dearborn started rehearsals for the comedy “Til Beth Do Us Part” last week – and director Robb Stempek of Livonia offers a sneak peak at what he said is a very funny comedy.

            “Suzannah, who is climbing up the corporate ladder, is feeling frustrated by her husband’s lack of help around the house, so they get an assistant who turns their world upside down and eventually tries to get rid of the husband altogether because she wants (Suzannah’s) job,” Robb Stempek said. “Hilarity ensues, and there’s people dressing up in women’s clothing… it’s going to be great.”

            He said it is a family show, with farcical humor and nothing risqué.  

DIRECTOR FELL IN LOVE WITH IT

            “I was asked to read it and I fell in love with it,” Robb Stempek said. “It’s such a funny show. I’ve never seen a show do what this show does. A lot of shows will do old schtick that you’ve seen in other shows… this is all new stuff, fun little bits and pieces here that just make it really special.”

WILL YOU RECOGNIZE YOURSELF IN THE SHOW?

            He hopes audience members will recognize themselves in the show.

            “That’s kind of the plan,” Robb Stempek said. “Part of what makes it so funny. It’s almost like a situational comedy… You can put yourself in their shoes.”

            Frann Stempek of Taylor, the assistant director, said the show is about a couple who are “losing the magic in their marriage.”

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR SHARES INSIDE INFORMATION

            “She’s very, very busy and he’s trying to find his way in their marriage, and her friend decides to bring someone into their life that’s going to – in the guise of helping (Suzannah) is going to shake up their relationship a little bit, and let them see how important they are to each other,” Frann Stempek said.        

            She said the friend does this intentionally, because she see Suzanna falling into the same rut that she and her husband fell into before they split up.

FOR ALL AGES

            She added that it is something that people of all ages would enjoy, and that the cast is very funny and imaginative in the way they portray the characters.

            The comedy will be performed for three weekends, Jan. 13 to 29, 2012, with 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday shows and 2:30 p.m. Sunday matinees.

            For more information call (313) 561-TKTS or go to www.playersguildofdearborn.org.