Three actors play fifteen different characters in five different restaurants on the hunt for one true love. The evening begins at Dean’s Old-Fashioned All-American Down-Home Bar-B-Que Texas Eats, where a blind date goes charbroiled wrong. Next, at the Trattoria Pericolo, a mob wife has a secret rendezvous behind her husband’s back. At Der Schlupfwinkel Speiseplatz, a waiter, a dominatrix and her kept man discover at the same hilarious moment that they are all dating each other. In Ernesto’s Cantina, a hill bandit and his rival battle for the hand of the beautiful Rosalinda. And at the Star-Lite Diner, a waitress pines for her true love and gets a little help from Cupid in making her dreams come true.
“Five Course Love” opens Valentine’s Day and runs through March 1st. Friday and Saturday evening performances being at 8:00, Thursday at 7:00 pm and Sunday matinees at 2:00 pm.
“Told in a very compact 95 minutes (including an intermission), Five Course Love resembles a series of musical comedy sketches from the old Carol Burnett Show. Lundstrom even resembles Burnett in both appearance and talent and Raasch and Watson ably fill out the Harvey Korman and Tim Conway-type roles. They also can sing, which is good because there are twenty-three original songs in the production.
Yes, it’s played over-the-top with ridiculous wigs, quick costume changes, outrageously exaggerated accents, and stereotypical characters that wouldn’t pass a cultural sensitivity test, but the Heather Buck-directed cast is just so damn charming you can’t help but smile and laugh at their antics.”
“Here’s the satisfying recipe for “Five Course Love” as served up at Lucky Penny Productions in Napa: Combine three actors and five restaurant scenes. Mix in a generous batch of costume changes. Blend well with three musicians, adding headgear as desired. Toss in two dozen amusing songs using quick lyrics by Gregg Coffin. Stir well with direction by award-wining performer Heather Buck. Cook for two hours on a warm stage until tender. Serve immediately with lots of laughs. Enjoy!”