The Main Street Players present the production Becky’s New Car by Steven Dietz. The show, which opens Friday, July 25 and runs through August 17, features Becky Foster, a middle-aged woman who seems to be content with her stable, albeit boring, life.
She has been married to Joe, a roofer, for 28 years and they appear to have a rock solid marriage. They have a son 26-year-old son still living at home while he works toward a graduate degree in Psychology.
Due to a downturn in the economy a few years back, Becky took a job at a local car dealership as the title clerk and office manager. She has been there for eight years and has carved a nice niche for herself and is well respected for being a hard worker who never hesitates in staying late.
Her life starts to veer off course when a somewhat lost, but intriguing stranger walks into the closed dealership late at night. This chance meeting with Walter Flood, a wealthy billboard-company owner and widower, lead Becky to make some daring and unexpected choices that takes everyone for the ride of their lives.
This funny, quirky and tender play promises to take its audience on a journey with twists and turns leaving them holding on until Becky reaches her final destination.
The talented cast includes Francine Silver Birns as Becky, Ron Torres as Joe and Jason Lyzniak as Chris. Brian McCormack plays Steve, Becky’s co-worker and a good family friend.
Harry Marsh, recently seen in the playhouse's production Next Fall, plays Walter Flood, the wealthy and daft widower. Walter’s daughter Kenni is played by Ileana Hernandez and Lucy Nuñez rounds out the cast as Ginger, Walter’s good friend and a woman going through her own mid-life crisis.
The show is directed by Main Street Players’ Artistic director, Robert Coppel with Clara Lyzniak as assistant director.
The production is being supported by the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs Council, Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners, and The Graham Companies.
The production showtimes are Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 PM, Sundays at 2:00 PM. There is no performance on Friday, August 1, but an additional performance will be presented on Sunday, August 3 at 7 p.m. Tickets are available online or at the door. Adults are $25, seniors (62+) are $20 and students (with current school ID) are $18. For more information visit the website at www.mainstreetplayers.com or call 305-558-3737.