Don't Dress for Dinner at Patchwork Playhouse

Under the direction of Steve Caporiccio, Robin Hawdon’s adaptation of Marc Camoletti’s DON’T DRESS FOR DINNER is the story of Bernard planning a romantic weekend with his chic Parisian mistress, Suzy, in his converted French farmhouse and has planned for his wife, Jacqueline, to be away visiting her mother. He has arranged for a cordon bleu cook to prepare gourmet delights, and has invited his best friend, Robert, along too to provide the alibi. It’s foolproof; what could possibly go wrong? Well...suppose Robert turns up not realizing quite why he has been invited. Suppose Robert and Jacqueline are secret lovers, and consequently determined that Jacqueline will NOT leave for the weekend. Suppose the cook has to pretend to be the mistress and the mistress is unable to cook. Suppose everyone’s alibi gets confused with everyone else’s. An evening of hilarious confusion ensues as Bernard and Robert improvise at breakneck speed. DON’T DRESS FOR DINNER is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.

Authors

• Marc Camoletti