THEATRE + COMEDY

The Country Playhouse (Town & Country Village) Black Box Productions presents Orphans, by Lyle Kessler. Directed by Joe Visor.

Fridays and Saturdays
APR. 24 - MAY 9, 2009 at 8pm

Two orphaned boys who subsist on petty crime decide to kidnap a drunken businessman. The family structure they had been lacking has lead them to the necessity of this lifestyle. This businessman, however, is not quite the mark they make him out to be.

Off Broadway audiences gave this moving drama standing ovations.

Two brothers live in a house in North Philly. Although they are adults, there is something child like about these orphans. The older one supports himself and his slightly retarded brother by petty thievery.

One night he brings home a rich guy to get him drunk and roll him. It turns out that Harold is very rich and on the lam from others who want to kill him. Harold establishes the house as a base of operations and, in a strange, hilarious and moving way, becomes the father figure the boys have always yearned for.