Following the close of Secrets of the La Croix, The Main Street Playhouse, located at 6766 Main Street in Miami Lakes, will be hosting The Alliance Theatre Lab's productions Laundry & Bourbon and Lone Star. The show is directed Adalberto Acevedo and Juan Carlos Besares.
These two one-act plays by playwright James McLure, together form one love story which will be presented back to back beginning on Friday, June 6, running through June 22. Shows will be presented on Fridays and Saturdays and 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 and 7 p.m. Tickets are available online at www.thealliancetheatrelab.com or by calling 305-259-0418. Adult tickets are $30, seniors are $25 and students with valid student I.D. are $15.
Laundry & Bourbon, conceived as a companion piece to precede Lone Star, centers on the comedic discontent and gossip of three small-town wives whose marriages have fallen short of expectations. Elizabeth, Hattie and Amy Lee happily gossip over laundry about the many open secrets which are so much a part of small-town life, that is until self-righteous Amy Lee says she has spotted Elizabeth's husband, Roy, around town with another woman.
The ensuing conversation is edged with bitter humor and from it emerges a sense of Elizabeth's inner strength and quiet understanding of the turmoil that has beset her husband since his return from Vietnam.
Lone Star is a hilarious study of a pair of Texas “good ole boys” on a Saturday night at a local bar. Roy, a brawny former high school hero, is back in town after a tour in Vietnam and seeks to reestablish his position in the town. Joined by his younger brother, Ray, Roy tells his military tales and amorous exploits. Among all though, Roy cherishers his country, his wife, and his 1959 Thunderbird. The underpinnings of Roy's world however begin to collapse as secrets are unveiled.
Despite the heavy topics, the good humor of the play never lapses and ends as breezily as it began.
For more information visit www.thealliancetheatrelab.com.