Memory Challenged Comedy

Continues At TheatreWorks

NEW MILFORD — What if you woke up every morning and didn’t know who you were?

TheatreWorks New Milford has opened its 2004 season with David Lindsay-Abaire’s hit off-Broadway comedy, Fuddy Meers, a roller coaster of humor and intrigue about one woman’s struggle to regain her fractured memory.

Every morning Claire (being portrayed by M.J. Hartell), suffering from a strange form of amnesia, wakes up remembering nothing about her past, or even the day before. By retaining her sunny disposition, Claire is eager to solve the puzzle of who she really is and on this particular morning, she’s in for the most jam-packed day of discovery imaginable.

When Claire is kidnapped by a mysterious limping man (Richard Pettibone), her all-too-good-to-be-true husband (Bruce Thomson) and pot-smoking teenage son (Devin Hanley) are in hot pursuit as this carnival ride of comedy begins.

Topping off the curio cabinet of bizarre characters is a dimwitted thug (Keir Hansen) with a foul-mouth hand puppet, a tough lady cop (Lori Larson), and Clarie’s mother (Sonnie Osborne), a stroke victim who can only speak gibberish. Every plot twist and turn brings Claire closer to revealing her past life and everything she thought she’d forgotten.

The show’s designers include Scott Wyshynski, lights; George Meadows, set; and Keir Hansen, sound. Stage management is by Marie Ricci Gelston and Jessica Stewart.

Fudder Meers is being presented Friday and Saturday evenings though March 19.

Tickets for all shows are $15 for general admission. The show contains adult language and situations.

Reservations can be made at www.TheatreWorks.us or by calling the box office at 860-350-6863.

TheatreWorks New Milford is an award-winning, semi-professional non-Equity theatre company located at 5 Brookside Avenue, just off Route 202 (next to in New Milford.