Don't Dress for Dinner

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Citadel Theatre (300 S Waukegan Rd, Lake Forest IL) is set to launch its fourth production of the 2014-2015 season with Marc Camoletti's Don't Dress for Dinner. The play, originally written in French, was translated to English by adapter Robin Hawdon. Directed by Robert D Estrin (Cabaret, Other People's Money, Lend Me a Tenor at Citadel), Don't Dress for Dinner is a comedy centered on a disaffected husband, Bernard, and his plans for a romantic getaway ? without his wife! Bernard's plans for a romantic rendezvous with his mistress are complete with a gourmet caterer and an alibi courtesy of his friend, Robert. But when Bernard's wife learns that Robert will be visiting for the weekend, she decides to stay in town for a surprise tryst of her own? setting the stage for a collision course of assumed identities and outrageous infidelities. Originally published by Camoletti under the name Pyjamas Pour Six; Don?t Dress for Dinner was the subject of a major rewrite before being produced in English with Hawdon's adaptation in London's West End for the first time in 1991. The play has since been produced all over the world with successful runs in London, Paris, New York and Chicago. Don?t Dress for Dinner will play on the Citadel Stage from April 24 through May 24, 2015. Tickets are $37.50 Fridays and Saturdays, $35 Thursdays, Sundays, and Matinees and are available online at www.citadeltheatre.org or over the phone at 847.735.8554. Discounts are available for seniors, students, and groups of 10 or more.