A "Fully Committed" Evening of Laughs - Live Theater on Sanibel

SANIBEL ISLAND, Fla. - March 20, 2013 - PRLog -- BIG ARTS Herb Strauss Theater, the only professional theater on Sanibel, launches its production of Fully Committed March 29 through April 27.

Fully Committed, a play by Becky Mode based on characters jointly developed with Mark Setlock, tells the story of Sam Peliczowski, a struggling actor and everyman-in-the-big-city. In between going on auditions and nervously waiting for callbacks, Sam works the phones in the drab basement reservations office of a desperately trendy NYC restaurant. On a particularly bad day, with his two officemates no-shows, Sam battles a relentless barrage of calls from society matrons, personal assistants to the well-to-do, Gourmet magazine, a sadistic jerk of a chef and more.

Trey Compton plays Sam and assumes the roles of 40 other characters in this one-man show, shifting from the French maitre d’ to the restaurant’s kitchen staff to its many reservation-seekers. Local theater fans will remember Trey Compton, who not only played Freddy Benson in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels but also also appeared in the Herb Strauss Theater’s production of Das Barbecü. In 2013 he was the hilarious Historian/Not Dead Fred/Prince Herbert in Spamalot at the Strauss. His New York and regional theater credits include the Emmy Award-winning Passion: Live at Lincoln Center, (starring Patti LuPone), Like You Like It, Altar Boyz, Little Shop of Horrors, Stones in his Pockets, Legally Blonde, and the world premiere of the musical, Love Incorporated. Trey is also a director, choreographer and fight director. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Pace University in New York.  

This production directed by Jeremy Gold Kronenberg, Theater Production Manager Bobby Logue, Set Designer William Davis, Lighting Designer David A. Sexton, Props Mistress Jenny Smith, Technical Director Adam Trummell.

The New York Times’ Peter Marks writes, “Rarely has a playwright pegged so entertainingly the insecurity at the heart of the New York sense of entitlement … Fully Committed feels like an act of revenge. It has no message to impart, except perhaps, to be kind to the help; you never know who’s taking notes. Anyone who has ever been on the receiving end in a menial job will find comfort in Sam’s plight. But those who recognize themselves in Ms. Mode’s delicious broadsides may never have lunch in this town again.”

Performances of Fully Committed are 8 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, March 29 – April 27 and a 2 p.m. matinée April 10. Opening Night Reception is 7 p.m. Friday, March 29. Tickets are $42, Child 17 and Under $20. Call the Box office at (239) 472-6862 for tickets. Groups of ten or more are eligible for discounted tickets.

Fully Committed is supported by Herb Strauss Theater Season Sponsor The Sanibel Captiva Trust Company http://www.sancaptrustco.com/ Groups of ten or more are eligible for discounts to select shows. and Show Sponsor Landgraphics http://landgraphicssanibelcaptiva.com/ and Casa Ybel Resort http://www.casaybelresort.com/.

BIG ARTS Herb Strauss Theater is located at 2200 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel. Detailed show information and general information about our venues can be found online through our website, www.BIGARTS.org.

         To learn more about these productions and BIG ARTS events, membership and workshops, stop by BIG ARTS, 900 Dunlop Road, Sanibel; call (239) 395-0900; e-mail info@BIGARTS.org; or log on to www.BIGARTS.org.