The House of Blue Leaves, a dark comedy set in Queens, NY in the mid-1960s, will run Tuesday, Feb. 22 through Sunday, Feb. 27 in  Buschman Theatre. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. through Saturday, with matinees at 2:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.  Reserve tickets through the TCU Box Office at ext. 8080.  

The box office is open from 12:30-5:30 p.m. Monday-Friday and will open one hour before each performance. Tickets are $10 to the public and $5 to TCU faculty, staff and students. Students from other schools and senior citizen tickets (for those age 60 and older) priced at $5.  The play is inappropriate for children under the age of 12.

The play follows the exploits of the Shaughnessy family.  Artie Shaughnessy, a zookeeper and struggling songwriter, hopes to make it big in Hollywood, but his dreams are complicated by a curious assortment of people, including an insane, pill-addled wife named Bananas, a pushy, Hollywood-hungry mistress named Bunny, an AWOL son with his own ideas about the Pope’s visit, and a trio of beer-drinking nuns.  Guare’s absurd take on life displays the neuroses of society’s obsession with celebrity and the blurring of fame and religion.

Cast members include: Kelsey Craig, Bradley Gosnell, Alex Herring, Mark Laird, Marla Massey, Kelsey Milbourn, Shelby Ringdahl, Laura Saladino, Robert Slack, Mitchell Stephens, and Gabe Whitehurst. Members of the production staff include: director T.J. Walsh,  scenic and costume designer Brian Clinnin, lighting designer Angelina Vyushkova, and stage manager Bonnie Hanvey.