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Funny Money
by Ray Cooney
Directed by Eric Wise
Performance dates: June 3 - June 26, 2011
Never has this master of
farce been frenetically funnier.
Henry A. Perkins, a mild
mannered CPA, accidently picks up the wrong briefcase, one full of
money. Henry assumes it is illicit cash and he decides to keep it.
Knowing that the former
owner must have his briefcase, he rushes home to book one-way fares
to Barcelona. He tells his confused wife to leave everything behind;
if she doesn't like Barcelona, they can go to Bali. In fact, they
can buy Bali!
The doorbell rings as they
wait for their taxi. The police detective at the door thinks Henry
was soliciting in the men's room of the local pub (actually, he was
sitting in the loo counting the cash).
The bell rings again.
Another detective arrives thinking Henry is dead; a man with bullet
holes in his head and Henry's briefcase were found in the Thames.
Henry's inept attempts to extricate himself from this impossible
situation lead to increasingly hysterical situations.
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