SUDS: The Rocking 60s Musical Soap Opera
Production dates: Nov 30, Dec 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15 & 16
SUDS: The Rocking 60s Musical Soap Opera is
presented by arrangement with Brent Peek Productions New York
ACT I: Cindy works in a Laundromat. It's her birthday and everything seems just swell until Mr. Postman arrives and gives her all sorts of bad news (PLEASE MR. POSTMAN). Among other things, she has been dumped by her pen-pal boyfriend for someone with better penmanship. After Mr. Postman leaves she becomes depressed and tries 'suicide by laundry' using various laundry items (THE END OF THE WORLD). Just as she has created a noose with a pair of petal pushers and attached it to the agitator of a washing machine, Marge and Dee Dee enter with laundry baskets. As Cindy is being sucked into a washer, Marge and Dee Dee think she's doing a new dance and join in (THE LOCOMOTION). At the end of the number they realize Cindy was trying to kill herself and try to revive her. It turns out Marge and Dee Dee are both 'Guardian Angels' sent down to help Cindy with her dilemma. They both think the other one was sent down by mistake, and an adversary relationship is set into motion. Cindy comes to and tells of her troubles, and Dee Dee offers some advice. (HELP ME GIRL,YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE) Cindy is inconsolable. The women offer more advice to Cindy, and all three women reflect on lost loves. (Medley: DON'T MAKE ME OVER, ANYONE WHO HAD A HEART, WALK ON BY, ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME) As the washer repairman enters to fix a busted washer, Dee Dee describes what Cindy should look for in a man. (BIG MAN) Marge counters with her philosophy, and it turns into a medley with the women becoming increasingly aggressive toward the repairman, until he runs off in horror. (RESPECT, YOU DON'T OWN ME, THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKIN') Mrs. Halo enters to drop off her laundry. She decides to look around the place while Marge and Dee Dee offer more advice. (OUR DAY WILL COME, WHERE THE BOYS ARE) After Mrs. Halo joins in for a little of the number, she exits. When Cindy goes into her office to answer a phone call, Dee Dee and Marge start to argue about how to handle the situation at hand. After Cindy comes back in, Mr. Right enters. Marge and Dee Dee urge Cindy to make a move. (EASIER SAID THAN DONE) Mr. Right and Cindy have an exchange, he leaves a notice on the bulletin board, and when he leaves the women are very excited about his potential as a date for Cindy. But then Cindy reads the notice he left, which reads "Babysitter Wanted"… Cindy is despondent. She starts to have a complete meltdown. Marge tries to cheer her up (A LITTLE BIT OF SOAP) and Dee Dee comes up with 'an idea to end all ideas'. (BIRTHDAY PARTY) She decides to throw a magical birthday party for Cindy, and to provide a fabulous 'mystery date'. Marge and Dee Dee dress Cindy up using anything they can find in the Laundromat. (I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER) Dee Dee works her magic which culminates in a grand entrance for Cindy's date. (MYSTERY DATE) The date turns out to be a disaster: Milt Dudman, a total geek. Cindy is horrified. (IT'S MY PARTY, ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT) As Milt leaves to wait in the car with their chaperone, Cindy reflects on her calamitous birthday. (I DON'T WANNA BE A LOSER)
ACT II: After the disastrous "party", the Laundromat is a mess. The women seem defeated. (TOWN WITHOUT PITY) As Cindy cleans up, Marge and Dee Dee look to the heavens and have a little consultation with their Boss. (HOW CAN I BE SURE) Mrs. Halo comes in to retrieve her laundry. As Cindy goes to wrap it up, Marge and Dee Dee have an argument about their lack of progress, each one blaming the other. As the fight builds, Mrs. Halo intervenes. (DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET) She rips off her hair and curlers and robe and is revealed to be Johnny Angel, sent down from Heaven to help sort this out. (SECRET AGENT MAN) It turns out Johnny and Marge have a past. Cindy re-enters and asks who Johnny is. Marge, Dee Dee and Johnny improvise a story about Johnny being Dee Dee's old boyfriend. Cindy by this time feels her future is hopeless, and she says she doesn't even believe in love. Marge, Dee Dee and Johnny try to convince her of the possibilities of love, all the while pretending Dee Dee and Johnny are a couple. (WISHIN' AND HOPIN', TELL HIM) In the midst of the playacting, Johnny and Dee Dee kiss and instantly fall in love. Cindy is overjoyed and Marge is miserable. (I WILL FOLLOW HIM, BABY IT'S YOU, DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE, BE MY BABY, JOHNNY ANGEL, TODAY I MET THE BOY I'M GONNA MARRY, I FEEL GOOD, WONDERFUL WONDERFUL) Cindy is moved by this romance and seems to find a bit of faith in love. Marge reveals her true feelings on the subject. (THE LOOK OF LOVE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME) Cindy realizes Marge used to love Johnny and shows her concern, but Marge shakes it off with a bit of advice about putting yourself first. Meanwhile, tension between Marge and Dee Dee builds as Dee Dee forgets all about their assignment and concentrates on Johnny. Marge accuses Dee Dee of blowing the whole thing, and another fight ensues. Marge decides to give up completely. Cindy thinks they are arguing about laundry, and tries to get them to patch up their differences. (WE CAN WORK IT OUT, 'ROUND EVERY CORNER) As Cindy sings of the limitless possibilities the future holds, the angels realize Cindy has come full circle and is now helping them. As the clock strikes midnight and their time is up, the angels see Cindy has found new confidence to put her troubles aside and move on. Marge and Dee Dee realize their job is done, and they, too, can move on. Dee Dee announces her engagement with Johnny ('a match made in Heaven' according to Marge) and much to Marge's chagrin Dee Dee and Johnny perform a little mock ceremony on their way out. (REACH OUT IN THE DARKNESS, CHAPEL OF LOVE) Marge gets a phone call from her Boss regarding her next assignment (something about a guy named Fidel in Cuba) and then says her goodbyes to Cindy. After Marge is gone, Mr. Right comes in. It turns out he was looking for a babysitter for his dog. He asks Cindy if she'd be interested, and she remembers advice from Marge and Dee Dee (she hears strains of 'You Can't Hurry Love' and 'Respect') and decides to take control of the situation herself. She tells Mr. Right she'll give him a call sometime, and goes on closing up the Laundromat. (I KNOW A PLACE, COLOR MY WORLD) Cindy decides this hasn't been such a bad birthday after all. (I FEEL GOOD). (Finale: I KNOW A PLACE, COLOR MY WORLD, DO WA DIDDY Encore: SHOUT)
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Friday & Saturday Performances 7:30 pm
Sunday Matinees 2:00 pm