July 9-19                    

                                Hilarious Comedy....written by Joe DiPietro                                                                     

                           Kathy Fladten, Director

Nick, a single Italian-American guy, sees both sets of beloved, but annoying, grandparents every Sunday for dinner.  When he tells them he’s been offered his dream job as a marketing executive, but it will require him to move away, the grandparents do not take the news well and go into action to get him to stay around.  “Hilarious family comedy”   “Loaded with laughs every step of the way”

The hilarious family comedy Over the River and Through the Woods opens Wednesday July 9^th at the Rice Lake Red Barn Theatre. The nightly 7:30 p.m. performances run through Saturday July 19^th with no performance on Sunday July 13^th.

Meet Nick Christano, a 29 year old Italian –American bachelor, living in Hoboken, New Jersey seeking his dream job as a Marketing Director. Despite his parents retiring to Florida, Nick’s maternal and paternal grandparents keep an eye on him, especially on Sundays when they all dine together for family-faith and food.

Directed by Kathy Fladten of Barron Over the River and Through the Woods includes veteran and new actors to the stage. Nick Sirek of Rice Lake plays Nick Christano. Meg Atkins of Cumberland and Ed Hougdahl of Turtle Lake are Emma and Nunzio, Nick’s paternal grandparents. Frank and Aida Gianelli, the maternal grandparents, are played by Kenneth Nelson of Sand Creek, and Deb Sirek of Rice Lake. Amanda Stearns of Rice Lake finishes the cast as Caitlin O’Hare.

When the grandparents learn Nick has been offered his dream job, but will need to move away, they set up a series of schemes to entice him to stay including trying to find him a wife. Written by Joe DiPietro, whose musical I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change was staged last season at the Red Barn, this show is loaded with laughs.