Fall theater on Cape Cod offers an array of choices from living in a dungeon to 'Van Life'
In “As You Like It,” William Shakespeare writes, “All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players.”
And if they are lucky, watchers.
What could be better than to escape for a couple of hours to a different world? — one with a dancing monster or one where a couple has betrayed each other and it’s thankfully a set of problems you can walk away from when the lights come up.
Here are some of the shows coming to Cape Cod stages this month:
If you hurry, you can catch one of the last nights of “Betrayal,” which plays on the Julie Harris stage in Wellfleet through Oct. 14. Harold Pinter’s terse examination of a shattered marriage is what producers say is the first joint production of Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater Company and the Harbor Stage Company. Check out Debbie Forman’s review in CapeWeek.
“Young Frankenstein” is fit as a fiddle in top hat and tails at Cape Cod Theatre Company, where the monster and all the other characters from the 1974 movie with Gene Wilder, Mel Brooks and Madeline Kahn come back to life. Reviewer Sue Mellen says the show, in West Harwich until Oct. 29, is one not to miss.
Beginning Friday, Oct.13, and running for two weekends, is “Agnes of God,” the 1979 play by John Pielmeier that questions faith and reality surrounding a novice who is with child. Featuring actors Miranda Daniloff, Kelly Kean and Janet Geist Moore; and directed by James Ring, the show has the added dimension of being staged on the Glass Town Stage at the Sandwich Historic Town Hall, which is just being taken over by the Sandwich Arts Alliance. Read about the move in this week’s CapeWeek. Tickets, at $25, are available at https://www.sandwichartsalliance.org/agnes-of-god.html
The Provincetown Theater has replaced its scheduled “The Gale: Beware the Siren’s Song” with “Another Medea,” running Oct. 20-29 and featuring Broadway star Tom Hewitt (“Rocky Horror Show,” “The Lion King,” “Dracula”) in the regional premiere of Aaron Mark’s one-man thriller. This show has mature content, including sexual obsession and murder, recounted in gruesome detail.
“At once ancient and modern, this provocative mono-thriller is Grand Guignol horror in the sly, spirited style of Spalding Gray,” according to provincetowntheatre.org.
While Hewitt takes on a one-man show, Cape veteran Trish LaRose steps up for the one-woman show, ”Come-On-A My House,” a mix of songs and stories she created in the style of Bette Midler and Chita Rivera.
“Backed by a stellar six-piece band, Trish invites you on a candid, eclectic journey about life as a New Yorker, becoming a mother and discovering her inherent connection to Puerto Rico (that) goes deeper than she could have imagined,” according to the show’s publicity materials.
The show runs Oct. 19-Nov. 12 at Cape Rep Theatre in Brewster. Tickets, at $40 or $25 for students under age 25, are available at https://caperep.org/
Last up in October is “Van Life,” an original play by Rick Martin, who plays the male lead, Kevin Long, with Cathy Ode playing the female lead, Amy Wilson-Long. The show is at Cotuit Center for the Arts from Oct. 26 to Nov. 12.
“... important questions are addressed in this romantic comedy that explores what happens when social media fantasies and the reality of life and relationships collide,” according to the show’s description at artsonthecape.org
Gwenn Friss is the editor of CapeWeek and covers entertainment, restaurants and the arts. Contact her at gfriss@capecodonline.com. Follow her or X, formerly Twitter: @dailyrecipeCCT
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