{"id":22062,"date":"2015-02-12T16:50:44","date_gmt":"2015-02-12T21:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=22062"},"modified":"2015-10-20T12:36:28","modified_gmt":"2015-10-20T17:36:28","slug":"theatre-oxford-presents-love-sex-the-i-r-s-at-the-powerhouse-february-19-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/theatre-oxford-presents-love-sex-the-i-r-s-at-the-powerhouse-february-19-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Theatre Oxford presents Love, Sex & the I.R.S. at The Powerhouse February 19 \u2013 22"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let\u2019s all laugh about taxes this year.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"LoveSexIRSAd\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Oxford, Miss. (TLV) \u2013 Instead of getting all stressed out about money this tax season, try laughing out loud instead. Theatre Oxford<\/strong>, our local community theatre, will present performances of Love, Sex and the I.R.S.<\/em> from the 19th through the 22nd of this month, and tax time has never been funnier.<\/span><\/p>\n

The plot centers around male roommates Jon Trachtman (played by W.D. Frank<\/strong>) and Leslie Arthur (played by Zachary Duane<\/strong>) who are out-of-work musicians. Jon has been claiming the \u201ccouple\u201d as a married pair on his tax returns to save a few dimes, and sees trouble coming when he finds that I.R.S. representative Floyd Spinner (played by Andy Douglas<\/strong>, who also is responsible for the play\u2019s set design) wants to audit their books.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"LoveSexIRSrehearsal\"<\/a>So Leslie begins the charade of masquerading in drag as Jon\u2019s housewife, with a little help from Jon\u2019s fianc\u00e9e Kate Dennis (played by Shalisa Craine<\/strong>). Kate and Jon are scheduled to be married in two weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Kate has been having an affair with Leslie behind Jon\u2019s back, and Jon\u2019s mother (played by Ines Joris<\/strong>) makes an ill-timed visit to meet her son\u2019s fiancee.<\/span><\/p>\n

To make matters more complicated, the nosy, cranky landlord, Mr. Jansen (played by Bill Dabney<\/strong>), keeps stopping by, and he doesn\u2019t allow unmarried couples in his building. And Leslie\u2019s estranged girlfriend Connie (played by Jaime Adams<\/strong>) shows up wanting to know why Leslie is acting strange and won\u2019t see her anymore.<\/span><\/p>\n

The play was written in 1979 as a collaboration between Jane Milmore<\/strong> and Billy van Zandt<\/strong> and is set in 1970s New York City. Jim Shollenberger<\/strong> is directing the play, and Marquis Sledge<\/strong> is producing. Love, Sex and the I.R.S. <\/em>has been described as \u201ca cross between I Love Lucy<\/em> and Some Like It Hot<\/em>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\"TheatreOxford-Logo\"<\/a>Performances on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday (February 19 through 21) will be at 7:30 pm. The Sunday show (February 22) is set for 2 pm. All shows will be at the YAC Powerhouse<\/strong> at the corner of University Avenue and South 14th Street. Tickets are $10 for Theatre Oxford members, senior citizens, and those with high school or college I.D., and $15 for all others. Tickets can be purchased online at TheatreOxford.com<\/span><\/a> and at the show by cash or credit\/debit card.<\/span><\/p>\n

This close to tax time, wouldn\u2019t it make us all smile just a little to see an I.R.S. representative get knocked out by a virgin who\u2019s just trying to protect her purity? We think so, and we hope to see you there. Can\u2019t make it to this particular play? Theatre Oxford still has two productions to go in this season. No Exit<\/em> (by existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre<\/strong>) will be performed from April 17\u201319. And on May 5 we\u2019ll see readings from the 15th annual Ten Minute Play Contest, where the finalists will be presented and this year\u2019s Grand Prize Winner will be named.<\/span><\/p>\n

See you at the show!\u00a0 \"The<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

This article was originally printed in The Local Voice<\/em> #222 (published February 5, 2015.)<\/span>
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