WORLD PREMIERE
Mar. 20 - May 12 2002
By Carl Sternheim, in a new version by Steve Martin, directed by Barry
Edelstein
Theobald Maske has an unusual problem: his wife's
underpants won't stay on. One Sunday morning they
fall to her ankles right in the middle of town - a public
scandal! Mortified, Theo swears to keep her at home
until she can find some less unruly undies. Amid this
chaos he's trying to rent a room in their flat. The
prospective lodgers have some underlying surprises of
their own. Steve Martin, award-winning playwright,
screenwriter, and humorist, brings his comic genius
and sophisticated literary style to Sternheim's classic
1910 farce. His hilarious new version will be staged by
Artistic Director Barry Edelstein.