PORT ST. LUCIE \u2014 Fresh from National Skinny Dip Day on July 11, \u201cThe Bare Truth,\u201d a new comedy, opens at Treasure Coast Theatre.<\/p>\n
Written by local playwright H.G. Brown, the play tells the story of a retired couple, recently settled in South Florida. Growing weary of their overprotective daughter and son-in-law constantly checking up on their lives, the seniors hatch a plan to get some alone time.<\/p>\n
With the help of the friendly couple next door, they convince their kids that they have become nudists. Their ploy works, but not the way they expected.<\/p>\n
They learn a few things about their children, grandchildren and neighbors along the way.<\/p>\n
Brown, of Port St. Lucie, is a veteran playwright, director and author who has been writing for six decades. Several of his plays have been produced Off-Broadway, including The Bare Truth, which opened in New York.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s also the author of a book of poetry called \u201cAttitudes of Flight.\u201d<\/p>\n
Treasure Coast Theatre\u2019s staging of \u201cThe Bare Truth\u201d will be its fourth run in Florida.<\/p>\n
A play with nudists could pose a challenge but Brown said there will be no nudity, and it is a family-friendly production.<\/p>\n
Brown teamed up with Heidi Condon, a veteran director on the local scene, to direct the cast of \u201cThe Bare Truth.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brown stepped back in the last two weeks of rehearsals and Condon and stage manager Jose Torres wrapped things up.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was off to a strong start and now they have the reins,\u201d Brown said. \u201cNo one wants the playwright around at rehearsals anyway. I can tell ya that for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said Condon\u2019s hands-on approach with the actors is very helpful.<\/p>\n
Cast members include Ellen Gillette; Jack Krantz; Ellie Nicholas; Joe Moore; Austin Parriott; Brigida Mumford; Katie Dempsey; and Travis Perkins.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a very good cast,\u201d said Brown. \u201cIt\u2019s been a pleasure to work with them.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Bare Truth\u201d runs weekends July 31 through Aug. 16. Performances start at 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. on Sundays. Tickets are $26 with discounts available for students with identification and groups of 10 or more. To purchase by phone, call (772) 418-2439 or visit\u00a0TCCtheatre.com<\/a>\u00a0online.<\/p>\n Treasure Coast Theatre, an intimate 54-seat venue, is located in the Town Centre shopping plaza, at 10175 South Federal Highway, Port St. Lucie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT ST. LUCIE \u2014 Fresh from National Skinny Dip Day on July 11, \u201cThe Bare Truth,\u201d a new…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":345710,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[89873,171,173,172],"class_list":["post-345709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-local_events","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}