Langhorne Players close their 75th season with “Native Gardens,” the new comedy about good intentions and bad manners by Karen Zacarias.
“This play reminds me so much of the sitcoms I grew up watching, like ‘All in the Family.’ It deals with contemporary issues in a very classically funny way, and I’m excited for audiences to see it,” producer John Boccanfuso said.
Pregnant young couple Pablo and Tania del Valle have just moved into a fixer-upper in an upscale Washington, D.C., neighborhood. Their next-door neighbors, Frank and Virginia Butley, are stalwarts of the community. They have an award-winning garden, while the del Valles’ must deal with a barren landscape in the shade of an ugly old tree.
After the newcomers receive the results of a land survey, they realize that the Butleys’ property is smaller than they thought, and the beautiful garden encroaches on Pablo and Tani’s rightful property line. As the pairs try to reconcile this finding, a battle brews!
“Native Gardens” is a thought-provoking comedy about class, privilege, belonging, and the little neighborly annoyances that can turn into wars. It stars Andrea Ong as Tania, Charles Acosta as Pablo, Rick Pine as Frank, and Adele Batchelder as Virginia. It is directed by Suki, produced by Jack Bathke and John Boccanfuso, and stage managed by Karolina Matyka.
Performances run Oct. 14 to 29 at the Spring Garden Mill in Tyler State Park, 1440 Newtown-Richboro Road. A talk-back with the cast and crew will follow the Oct. 26 performance, and a special matinee will be performed at 3 p.m. Oct. 22. Tickets are $22 each at langhorneplayers.org. Both Friday night performances (Oct. 14 and 28) are buy-one-get-one night with the code BOGO online.
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