The Festival Playhouse presents "Sex Please, We're Sixty" September 18, 2009

The Festival Playhouse presents

Sex Please were Sixty

By Michael and Susan Parker

Directed by Charles Ault

“Sex Please were Sixty” opens September 18 and plays Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. & Sundays at 2 p.m. through September 27. Tickets are $15 on Friday and Saturday; $13 on Sunday and available by calling 303-422-4090 or online at www.festivalplayhouse.com. The Festival Playhouse is located at 5665 Olde Wadsworth Blvd in Arvada.

Mrs. Stancliffe’s Rose Cottage Bed & Breakfast has been successful for many years. Her Guests (nearly all women) return year after year. Her next door neighbor, the elderly, silver-tongued, Bud “Bud the Stud” Davis believes they come to spend time with him in romantic liaisons. The prim and proper Mrs. Stancliffe steadfastly denies this, but really doesn’t do anything to prevent it. She reluctantly accepts the fact that “Bud the Stud” is, in fact, good for business. Her other neighbor and would-be suitor Henry Mitchell is a retired chemist who has developed a blue pill called “Venusia,” after Venus the goddess of love, to increase the libido of menopausal women. The pill has not been tested. Add to the guest list three older women: Victoria Ambrose, a romance novelist whose personal life seems to be lacking in romance; Hillary Hudson a friend of Henry’s who has agreed to test the Venusia: and Charmaine Beauregard, a “Southern Belle” whose libido does not need to be increased! Bud gets his hands on some of the Venusia pills and the fun begins, and attempts to entertain all three women! The women mix up Bud’s Viagra pills with the Venusia, and we soon discover that it has a strange effect on men: it gives them all the symptoms of menopausal women, complete with hot flashes, mood swings, weeping and irritability! When the mayham settles down, all the women find their lives moving in new and surprising directions.

Charles Ault, Sr. started The Player Guild in 1936 as a means to put food on the table in the middle of the depression. A love for the theatre and a creative mind brought a group of talented community actors and actresses together to provide the public with live entertainment. This concept was passed on to his son Charley Ault, Jr. who now runs The Players Guild, beginning its 74th year of productions.

The Festival Playhouse presents“Sex Please were Sixty” - Sept 18 - 27. Fri\Sat 8 p.m. & Sun at 2 p.m. Tickets are $15 Fri\Sat; $13 Sun. The Festival Playhouse, 5665 Olde Wadsworth Blvd. Box Office: 303-422-4090 or festivalplayhouse.com.