Updates

Season 19 is a challenging one. We had one performance cancelled due to rain, and one show cancelled due to COVID. Now, for the first time, we are changing two productions due to casting issues. The performers that we need for these particular casts are not available this season. We are replacing the shows with two excellent plays – indeed, many of our patrons may find these plays more enjoyable. We apologize for any inconvenience these changes may cause. EPAF will honor tickets that have been purchased for these shows at any of the other Season 19 productions. Patrons who have already purchased tickets may also request a refund by contacting JoAnn Evans at joannevans2022@gmail.com. Please put “El Paseo Arts ticket refund” in the subject line of the emails.

El Paseo Arts is moving the play Move Over Mrs. Markham and the play Love Letters out of the production schedule for Season 19. Baggage, a superbly written comedy by award-winning playwright Sam Bobrick, will be the January 22nd , 23rd , and 24th production. Two un-centered, single people, Phyllis Novak and Bradley Naughton, both trying to heal from their respective disappointing relationships, get their luggage mixed up at the airport. After a very disagreeable first encounter the two decide to help each other get over their heartaches by forging a friendship. The friendship eventually leads to the two discovering that while they may be too difficult for everyone else in the world, they are right for each other. Then, throw in Dr. Jonathan Alexander, a book huckstering analyst and Phyllis’ outrageous, kooky friend Mitzi Cartwright both of whom bounce in and out of the action dispensing unwanted advice; add some audience interaction and some splendid surprises and you have the makings of a very fun and funny romantic comedy. Sam Bobrick is a prolific and award-winning television and film writer who wrote more than thirty stage plays including comedies and mystery plays. El Paseo patrons may remember the fun and laughter they enjoyed with EPAF’s production of his, farce, Murder at the Howard Johnson’s

El Paseo Arts has applied for the rights to produce the play Same Time Next Year for February 5th , 6th , and 7th . One of the most popular romantic comedies of the century, Same Time, Next Year by Bernard Slade ran four years on Broadway, winning a Tony® Award for lead actress Ellen Burstyn, who later recreated her role in the successful motion picture. It remains one of the world’s most widely produced plays. The plot follows a love affair between two people, Doris and George, married to others, who rendezvous once a year. Twenty-five years of manners and morals are hilariously and touchingly played out by the lovers.