By Claudia Loucks
Geneseo Current
The Richmond Hill Players will conclude their 2024 season with “My Son is Crazy, But Promising,” a comedy by Tim Kelly.
The show will be presented Thursdays through Sundays, Nov. 14-24, at the Barn Theatre in Richmond Hill Park, Geneseo.
Dana Skiles directs the play.
ABOUT THE SHOW
“Eccentric Bud Granger, Hollywood screenwriter, decides to give up life in the fast lane and buys a lodge in Tumbleweed, The inn is past its time, but, since it’s situated near the fabled “Lost Dutchman Mine,” Bud thinks he might soon be a reclusive millionaire.
What he didn’t count on is that the lodge is full of crazy guests – a ‘spacey’ little old lady, a terrible spy with his FBI handler, an emotional mobster and his aspiring starlet fiancée, and a honeymoon couple off to a rocky start.
While the tactless former owner and slow local sheriff try to keep things together, the chaos takes off when Bud’s zany mother unexpectedly arrives! A missing flight bag, buried treasure, alien landings and a dead body create a tornado of chaos and laughter.”
The cast features Derek Bolme, Jonathan Grafft, Carol Neuleib, Beth Nyland, Katie Orwig, John Simosky, Tiffany Simosky, all of Geneseo; Stacy Herrick, Cambridge; Jim Skiles, Colona; Terri Nelson, Lynn Center; Elliana Moore, Coal Valley; David Shaffer, Elizabeth Shaffer, Moline; Jane Simonsen, Davenport, and Samuel Carrington, Galesburg.
Tiffany Simosky, left, and John Simosky, both of Geneseo; David Shaffer, Moline; Derek Bolme and Carol Neuleib, both of Geneseo, rehearse a scene from “My Son is Crazy, But Promising,” which opens Thursday, Nov. 14, at the Barn Theatre in Richmond Hill Park, Geneseo. Contributed Photo
The staff includes stage manager Jackie Skiles, set builder Mike Skiles, light and sound designer/operator Dana Skiles, crew member Bella McConville, Geneseo; and set builder Jim Skiles, Colona.
On Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, the doors open at 6:30 p.m. with the show beginning at 7:30 p.m. Sunday shows are 3 p.m. matinees with the doors opening at 2 p.m.
Stacy Herrick, left, Cambridge; Jonathan Grafft, Geneseo; Jane Simonsen, Davenport, and Beth Nyland, Geneseo, are among the cast members of “My Son is Crazy, But Promising,” to be staged by the Richmond Hill Players in Geneseo. Contributed Photo
Reservations are recommended and can be made by calling the Richmond Hill box office at 309-944-2244 or by visiting the website at rhplayers.com.
Late seating is not permitted; no one will be admitted to the theater after the show has started.
Admission to all performances is $12.
An audio description performance will be held Friday, Nov. 15. Richmond Hill also offers Assistive Listening Devices (ALDs), which can be requested at the time reservations are made.