PACT to open new play tonight

COURTESY PHOTO BY LARRY PATON Opening night ‘Blithe Spirit’ opens tonight at the Port Aransas Community Theatre. Kim Wilson as Mrs. Condomine, from left, Jim Hagans as Dr. Bradman and Laura Crocker as Madame Arcadi rehearse for the Noel Coward comedy. The Port Aransas Community Theatre’s production of Noel Coward’s comedy “Blithe Spirit” opens tonight, Thursday, Feb. 18, at 7:30 p.m.

Performances of the show will continue Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m., Feb. 18, through March 13.

Matinees will be on Sunday, Feb. 28 and March 7, both at 2:30 p.m.

Tickets may be purchased for $15 at the theater box office, 2327 State Hwy. 361, Monday through Friday, from noon to 5 p.m., or Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

In “Blithe Spirit,” novelist Charles Condomine, living with his second wife, Ruth, invites a local medium, Madame Arcati, to his home. His intention is to research the spirit world for his new book.

Condomine gets more than he bargained for when Arcati conjures up the ghost of his first wife, Elvira.

Caught between a live wife and a dead wife —jealous of each other — Charles thinks matters couldn’t be worse. He is wrong.

Members of the cast are Jay Olah as Charles Condomine, Karen Froeschner as Ruth Condomine, Laura Crocker as Madame Arcati, Peggy Olah as Elvira, Jim Hagans as Dr. Bradman, Kim Wilson as Mrs. Bradman and Patsy Balcom as Edith.

Peggy Olah will direct and the stage manager is Gay Greer.

Larry Paton and Tom Kreyling are the lighting and technology men and Bob Lewis and Ron Kirby are in charge of set construction.

Set painters are Richard Miller, Don Smith, Rick Olson and John Siebrandt.