Reservations available for Off Stage play

Off Stage Productions information

Reservations are now open for Off Stage Production’s latest comedy dinner theatre show Ripe Conditions written by Claudia Allen, directed by Michelle Klutka, and performed at the Van Wert County Senior Center, 220 Fox Road in Van Wert.

The general public can begin making reservations by calling 419.605.6708, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. 
Show dates are April 20- 22 and 27-28, with the performance on the 22nd being a matinee. Catering is provided by Grants Catering. Tickets are $22 and include a full buffet dinner and the show. Doors open Friday and Saturday at 6:30 p.m. with dinner at 7 pm and show at 8 those evenings. On Sunday, doors open at 12:30 p.m. with dinner at 1 p.m. and show at 2 that afternoon.

Please plan accordingly, as this very amusing production contains strong language and adult humor. Set in rural Michigan, Ripe Conditions is about Lester and Buster, a pair of bumbling brothers, and Ann, the long-lost love of their lives, who eloped with their kid brother years ago only to return to their shambling farm as an attractive and eligible widow. Buster (played by Dan Bulau), who bathes once a month, whether he needs it or not, keeps the farm going with a cash crop that is smoke-able, but not exactly legal. Lester (played by Ed Eichler), nursing his illnesses and complaining, hasn’t been the same since Buster shot him years ago in a dispute over their mutual love, Ann (played by Staci Kaufman).

Old feelings are reignited in the brawling brothers, while the radio reports “ripe conditions” for a tornado that hits as they are making overtures to Ann with their own brand of country-boy charm.