WINNER!!!! TOM HENDRY AWARD, BEST COMEDY 2014

Written by Marcia Kash and Douglas E. Hughes

A Political Farce
2W/3M

Local hero Raymond Bream is running for President. He comes back to his hometown of Port Pilchard to make a major announcement that will likely win him the election. Meanwhile, the incumbent President has sent a couple of henchmen to town to prevent Bream from making this announcement – by any means necessary. The showdown takes place on the stage of the local community centre where an amateur theatre troupe is about to open their latest production, “The Vicar’s Knickers”. As the world of politics encounters that of its natural cousin—the world of farce–everyone is forced to don disguises and take on numerous roles, and suddenly no one is who they appear to be. Will Bream get to the podium to make his speech, or will the President’s hatchet men win the day?

“…it skewers politics, politicians, the media, environmental and economic issues and even community theatre itself.” Chris Thomas, The Simcoe Reformer