The cast from “Caught in the Net” (by Ray Cooney)  perform  during special performance to  benefit the American Red Cross of Santa Monica at the Morgan-Wixson Theater on Friday, January 21, 2011.

 

Taxi driver John Smith leads a double life, keeping his unsuspecting families in two separate homes. But when his teenage children meet in a chat room, chaos ensues as he tries to keep his "arrangements" from unraveling. Ray Cooney's Caught in the Net, A fast-paced farce for the internet age!

 

Ray Cooney is one of Britain’s most successful playwrights and known as “the Master of Farce.” To date, he has had 17 plays staged in London’s West End including “Run For Your Wife” which lasted nine years and is its longest-running comedy there. His work has been translated into more than 40 languages and countless productions have been staged all around the world. Critics received his latest play, Caught in the Net, at the Vaudeville Theatre in London’s West End with absolute delight: “It’s sheer joy from beginning to end”, ‘It has been a while since I cried laughing at the theatre, and what a joy it is when it happens.”

 

The play is directed by Tina Polzin and runs from January 22 to February 19, 2011. Fridays/Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm.

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