FZN Panther Players to present "Farce of Nature."

The Panther Players will present "Farce of Nature," a comedy by Wooten, Jones and Hope, on February 13-15.

Thursday, February 13th will be our annual Senior Citizen Dinner Theatre night. Come enjoy dinner provided by FZN's Student Council, and then head to the auditorium for the production at 7pm. Tickets for the Senior Citizen Dinner Theatre may be obtained by calling FZN activities secretary Kelly Turner at 636-542-7022 . Please call to reserve your spot soon as tickets sell out quickly for this popular annual event.

This Southern-fried farce highlights one day in the life of the Wilburn family of Mayhew, Arkansas. Meet D. Gene Wilburn (McGregor Pickett), the owner and proprietor of the Reel ’Em Inn, the finest little fishing lodge in the Ozarks. Well, it used to be, but lately business is down, tourists are few, and the lone guest who’s just checked in—an extremely jittery Carmine DeLuca (William Harris) from Chicago—is only there due to a location shift in the Witness Protection Program. D. Gene’s frustrated wife, Wanelle (Abby Sides), is fed up with their lackluster romantic life. D. Gene’s feisty sister Maxie (Kaitlyn Pavia) has her own problems, determined to prove her worth by keeping Carmine DeLuca alive through the weekend. And the gangster Carmine's been dodging for the last five years, Sonny Barbosa (Cooper Jackson), is about to walk through the door, in hot pursuit of his wife, Lola (Emma Booth). Seems the headstrong Lola has driven hundreds of miles to the lodge to follow her boytoy, D. Gene and Wanelle’s son, Tyler (Evan Nigus). But Lola meets her match in Tyler’s seemingly innocent girlfriend, Jenna (Sammi Wurst), whose patience has reached the breaking point after months of waiting for Tyler to come home. Add in a not so honest buyer for the inn, Roxanne (Riley Snow), and whatever can go wrong, does. Yet by the delightfully chaotic climax of this one outrageous day, love blossoms, truths are revealed, and the lives of all—family, guests, and gangsters alike—change in incredible and surprising ways.

Technical crew for the production includes Rehanna Piant (Stage Manager), Julia Pirondi (Assistant Stage Manager), Tessa Cote (Light Board Op), RJ Warren (Sound Board Op), Dalton Childress (Deck Crew Chief), Cody Miller and Grace Pointer (Props Masters), Artemis Clark and Mathhew Stufflebean (Deck Crew), Xen Gormley (Head of Wardrobe), Jazmin Garcia, Jenna Bridgins, Vivian Vo and Lily Ana Russell (Wardrobe Crew), Sophia LeFors and Katie Heisler (Publicity Crew), Abby Hixenbaugh (Front of House Manager) and Xavier Monnig, Caitlin Brook, Ben Marsek, Vincent Fox and Landon Temm (Ushers).

Tickets will go on sale soon on the Panther Players Ludus page - https://fznpantherplayers.ludus.com. Early bird tickets bought in January will be $8, and tickets bought after January 31st will be $10. The production will be presented on Thursday, February 13th, Friday, February 14th and Saturday, February 15th at 7pm each night.