The Jefferson Performing Arts Society has given audiences another hit show once again with a Perfect Wedding. The farcical comedy identity is written by Robin Hawkins and bought to life for New Orleans audiences by director Phillip Benson.
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The plot is basic enough; a man wakes up after a heavy night of drinking next to a beautiful, naked girl in his bridal suite. Before he can quickly usher her out and cover his tracks, his fiancé shows up and he explains the girl’s presence off as his best friend’s newest paramour. Needless to say, the charade drags many more people including the chambermaid and the mother of the bride into the action creating chaos and hysterical results. Before long you need a scorecard to keep up with the lies, secrets and characters.
Along the same lines as some of Hawkins other hit shows, Don’t Dress for Dinner and The Mating Game, Perfect Wedding toys with the same underlying themes as infidelity, mistaken identity, friendship and love. The set was wonderfully designed to create the bridal suite of an upscale plantation bed and breakfast although the lighting was slightly off in this performance, not moving as quickly from one-set to the others as the actors.
Although the entire cast was good, it was the two male characters who kept the momentum of the show. Erich Abbott was fantastic as Tom the best friend who unwittingly becomes the key player in this crazy game to protect his best friend. Jacob MacManus is Bill, the philandering husband to be. His rapid dialogue exchanges with Abbott were the driving success of this production. Both actors do an excellent job at keeping the laughs coming and the audiences engaged. Rounding out the cast is Hope Leigh as Rachel, the bride-to-be, Clare Speers as Judy, the girl Bill wakes up next to in bed and Lindsey Page as the chambermaid. All three have fun with their roles while Margeaux Fanning as Daphne camps it up as the mother of the bride.
Perfect Wedding is a light hearted romp that provides humor that although bawdy at times does not become lewd amateur attempts for laughs. The show will run through March 23, 2014 at Teatro Wego in Westwego, and then move to the Fuhrmann Auditorium in Covington, March 28 – 30 and ending its run April 4 – 6 at the Northshore Harbor Center in Slidell. For tickets, call 504-885-2000 or visit www.jpas.org.