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'The Underpants' Opens at Coastal Rep

Steve Martin's "laugh-out-loud funny" play comes to the stage in Half Moon Bay.

From the brilliant mind of showstopper Steve Martin comes a wild and crazy satire, The Underpants, opening tomorrow May 31 and running through June 22.

The Underpants is the cheeky tale of Louise, the pretty but neglected wife of a blockheaded bureaucrat, whose bloomers unaccountably fall down around her ankles in public while on her tip-toes trying to see the King. Her husband is horrified, fearing scandal and sure enough, two men — a poet and a barber — show up at their door hoping to rent the spare room and woo Louise. Filled with Steve Martin's famous flashes of wit, The Underpants is a gleeful and giddy romp about scandal and celebrity.

The cast of The Underpants includes actors from all over the Bay Area as well as some local favorites like the highly comedic and talented Deborah Joves. Joves has been recently seen on Coastal  Rep's stage in Almost Maine and TomFoolery. Coastal Rep regular Doug Mallon known for his turn as Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha, brings a dry quick wit to the production. Also featuring, Robert Pickett, Julia Thollaug, Marc Berman and John Baldwin.

Directed by Jim Ward, this is Ward's fourth show as director for Coastal Repertory.

“When I was about 15 years old, Steve Martin hit the scene in a big way,” said Ward in a prepared press release. “I bought my first comedy album, Let’s Get Small, and followed that with Wild & Crazy Guy. As a teenager, I had found my muse! I would lie on my bedroom floor and listen to these recordings over and over. My friends and I had many of the words to the routines memorized, and, like many kids across America, we wanted to be Steve Martin! As I got older I watched the arc of Steve Martin’s career. Part of me wanted to see him repeat his stand-up successes, but he moved on to new challenges — as an actor, director, artist, musician, and writer. Tonight’s play is one curve of that arc.”  

IF YOU GO
Opens Friday, May 3,  at 8 p.m. and runs through June 22. Friday and Saturday nights at 8 p.m. and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. Tickets range from  $17 - $35. Adult themes and language. Recommended for mature audiences over 13 years of age. For more information and to purchase tickets call (650) 569-3266 or visit www.coastalrep.com. Coastal Repertory Theatre is located at 1167 Main Street in Half Moon Bay.


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