The Theatre Company at Hubbard Hall (TCHH) teams up with Pauline Productions to present the 1980s comedy classic, Parallel Lives, aka “The Kathy and Mo Show,” written by Kathy Najimy (Sister Act, Veronica’s Closet, Dirty Blonde) and Mo Gaffney (Mad About You, Absolutely Fabulous). Jeannine Haas and Julie Waggoner embody over a dozen characters in this romp with a feminist sensibility. This co-production with Hubbard Hall is directed by Brenny Rabine.
Pioneer Valley award winning actress/comediennes Jeannine Haas (Artistic Director of Pauline Productions, who directed You Can’t Take It With You and Amadeus for TCHH) and Julie Waggoner (The Villa Jidiots, The HaHa Sisterhood) team up to reprise their smash hit production of Parallel Lives – a collection of uproarious skits celebrating life’s joy and absurdity. Through the course of the evening, Haas and Waggoner portray a wide variety of comic characters including two Supreme Beings tossing the dice over human gender responsibilities, two Catholic schoolmates “friends for life,” a frat boy and sorority girl on a date, Syvvie and Maddie – two feisty old New Yorkers who’ve signed up for a women’s studies course only to find themselves on a field trip to a feminist performance-art piece and Hank and Karen Sue, a couple of struggling souls ritually playing out a mating game weekly in a honky tonk bar. Be swept back to the 80s in this comedy with a feminist twist and leave exhausted and refreshed with laughter.
The performances at the Hubbard Hall Freight Depot Theater are from January 17 to February 2, Friday and Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 2 pm. There is a “pay what you will” preview on January 16 at 8 pm. For tickets to this and all Hubbard Hall programs, for more information, to register for classes, make a donation and/or become a member or theatre subscriber, please visit www.hubbardhall.org or call 518-677-2495. Hubbard Hall is located at 25 East Main Street in Cambridge, NY.