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Peaches thinks she is seeing the ghost of her late husband, Rex, while Jimmie Wyvette has opened her own bridal shop for \u201cbig-boned gals,\u201d Wide Brides, trying to impress the governor\u2019s wife, Mary Yackey, who falls into the Verdeen trap and ends up with her own can of RediWhip.<\/p>\n
Gaynelle has overcome her latest mental breakdown. \u201cMental breakdown, menopause \u2026 have you ever noticed that our misery comes from \u2018men\u2019?\u201d Meddling Aunt LaMerle (Joelle May) is still determined to save the family\u2019s reputation from the Verdeen girls — this time by revealing a family secret in order to crack the ranks of the elite Daughters of the Nation of Texas.<\/p>\n
Dave Ricker, who plays Rex, does an amazing job with the comedy demanded from this role and his costume changes are, let\u2019s just say, memorable. Chris Lybold defines his role as Uncle Aubrey with such expertise you really believe he is an 80-plus elderly man. You have to come to the show to see the surprise Mama Doll has for you, and played so well by \u2026 well if I revealed this to you, it would be a true spoiler! The audience will truly be surprised by the \u201cactor\/actress\u201d playing Mama!<\/p>\n
Reprising her role as the cable TV host, Cee Cee, Jewell Kurtz does an amazing job and the transformation to her dual character, Bitsy, is so well done one has to look twice to make sure it\u2019s really her. In Rex\u2019s Exes<\/i> the introduction of a New Age therapist, Gentle Harmony (Carol Snyder) accidentally causes both Gaynelle and Jimmie Wy to reveal their own romantic secret.<\/p>\n
The pleasant surprise and standout performance to this production is the addition of a Cajun bounty hunter expertly played by Burdette Bolenbaugh. Bolenbaugh portrays this character so well one actually believes he is Wild Bill the Bounty hunter.<\/p>\n
Under the direction of Steve Lane, each and every member of this ensemble has mastered comedic timing in order to emphasize the absolute absurdity of the situations. Rex\u2019s Exes<\/i> is more than just a series of one-liners and running gags: Much of the humor in this production derives from the complexities of these characters, and the cast has done a superb job at making them all seem very real — no matter the scope of their idiosyncrasies.<\/p>\n
Whether you have had a bad day at work or a challenging week, there\u2019s no way to be sad while watching this show. You will laugh because it is so funny. It is adult material, though, so leave the young ones at home. For teens and up, this is a great comedy and perfect for date night.<\/p>\n
Show times remaining are 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, January 29-31 and February 1.<\/p>\n
Tickets are $10 for adults and can be purchased at the theater box office, 118 S. Race St. in Van Wert, one hour prior to show time or order by phone at 419.238.9689, Monday through Saturday, from 2-6 p.m. Those interested can also visit the Van Wert Civic Theatre Facebook page or the organization\u2019s website, www.vwct.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" J. THOMAS\/for the Van Wert independent Rex\u2019s Exes, the sequel to The Red Velvet Cake Wars revisits the calamity-prone Verdeen cousins. Peaches (Monica Campbell), the character\u2019s unfulfilled needs once again playing an important role in the comedy. Campbell doesn\u2019t disappoint when delivering some of the production\u2019s best lines. Gaynelle (Terri Stevens) gives a solid performance […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-26 04:15:17","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60097\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}