By Claudia Loucks
Geneseo Current

Geneseo’s Richmond Hill Players close their 2023 season with “Unnecessary Farce,” a comedy by Paul Slade Smith. The show will be presented Thursdays through Sundays, Nov. 9-19, at the Barn Theatre in Geneseo. Jonathan Grafft, Geneseo, directs the show.

Chris White and Dana Skiles, both of Geneseo, are among the cast of “Unnecessary Farce,” to be presented Nov. 9-19 at the Barn Theatre in Geneseo.

ABOUT THE PLAY:

“Two cops. Three crooks. Eight doors. Go! In a cheap motel room, two incompetent undercover cops wait anxiously to videotape a meeting in the adjoining room between an embezzling mayor and his female accountant, who is working with the cops. But there is so much confusion; who’s in which room now? Who’s being videotaped? Who took the money? Who hired a Scottish hit man (whose accent becomes more incomprehensible the angrier he gets), and why does the accountant keep taking off her clothes?”

The cast features Nathan Johnson, Dana Skiles, Jessica White, Chris White, all of Geneseo; Katie Orwig, Atkinson; Mike Kelly, Rock Island; and Scott Harl, Peru.

The staff includes co-state manager Patrick Kelley, Kewanee; co-stage manager/costumer Jackie Skiles; Lights and sound designer/set painter Dana Skiles’; set builder Mike Skiles, all of Geneseo; booth operator David Shaffer, Moline; 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.

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. 10. Richmond Hill also offers Assistive Listening Devices (ALDs), which can be requested at the time reservations are made.

Jessica White and Nathan Johnson, both of Geneseo, rehearse a scene from the upcoming Richmond Hill Players production of “Unnecessary Farce.”

ABOUT RICHMOND HILL PLAYERS:

A non-profit community theater group presenting plays in the converted top floor of an old dairy barn in Geneseo since 1968. Approximately 100 active members are involved on and off-stage each year, with actors, directors, backstage personnel, support staffs, and audience drawn form a 75-100-mile radius that includes cities in both Illinois and Iowa.