GSCC to perform Neil Simon’s comedy ‘Rumors’

Gadsden State Community College’s Theatre Program will present the farcical comedy Rumors by Neil Simon at 7 p.m. February 26 through March 7 in the Inzer Hall Black Box Theatre on the Wallace Drive Campus.

First performed in 1988, Rumors follows four couples attending a dinner party celebrating the tenth wedding anniversary of New York City Deputy Mayor Charlie Brock. The evening spirals into chaos when Charlie is found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound and his wife, Myra, is missing. The guests scramble to create increasingly elaborate stories to hide the incident before the police arrive, leading to a night filled with confusion, miscommunication, and classic farcical humor.

“This is a show I had the privilege of performing in many years ago while I was in school, and it remains one of my greatest memories as a theatre student,” said Joe Fuselli, director of the Gadsden State Theatre Program. “I hope our audiences and these actors enjoy it as much as I did.”

The cast includes Joseph Parris as Ken Gorman, Carolyn Humphrey as Chris Gorman, Ian Johnson as Lenny Ganz, Addie Jenkins as Claire Ganz, Phoenix Rich as Ernie Cusack, Afton Yarnell as Cookie Cusack, Darius Spears as Glenn Cooper, Diana Alhegazen as Cassie Cooper, Isaac Hardy as Officer Welch, and Daelynn Caldwell as Officer Pudney/Myra.

Tickets are $8 for the public and $5 for students and Gadsden State employees. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for all performances, which will be held Thursday, February 26, Friday, February 27, and Saturday, February 28, as well as Thursday, March 5, Friday, March 6, and Saturday, March 7, all starting at 7 p.m.

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