06/09/2025
Brush Creek Playhouse / Players Presents:
Topher Payne's
Perfect Arrangement
June 27 To July 13, 2025
Directed By Russell Olivera Jr.
Assistant Director Allen Drake
Written By Topher Paynes
Tickets On Sale Now!
https://our.show/perfectarrangement
Show Dates & Times Listed Below!
About The Show:
It’s 1950, and new colors are being added to the Red Scare. Two U.S. State Department employees, Bob and Norma, have been tasked with identifying sexual deviants within their ranks. There’s just one problem: Both Bob and Norma are gay, and have married each other’s partners as a carefully constructed cover. Inspired by the true story of the earliest stirrings of the American gay rights movement, madcap classic sitcom-style laughs give way to provocative drama as two “All-American” couples are forced to stare down the closet door.
History
Perfect Arrangment premiered at the Source Festival in Washington, D.C. in June 2013, under the direction of Linda Lombardi. The play opened off-Broadway at Primary Stages on September 29, 2015.
“[A] clever canapé of a comedy... Mr. Payne is a deft and witty writer.” – The New York Times
“The best thing about Topher Payne’s fabulous Perfect Arrangement is its pitch-perfect capture of the 1950s comic voice, and its application to the dreadfully serious drama.” – DC Theatre Scene
“Usually a playwright has to choose between writing a laugh-out-loud comedy and a very serious drama. Topher Payne has written both with Perfect Arrangement.” – TheatreMania
“As hiding gets harder, pitch-perfect comedy ensues: slamming doors, strange disguises, preposterous excuses... Eventually, the four must decide whether face-saving domestic lies are worth it, or whether ostracism beats living in fear. In our own era of surveillance and paranoia, their mid-century problems don’t feel so far away.” – The New Yorker
“[A] clever canapé of a comedy... Mr. Payne is a deft and witty writer.” – The New York Times
3 Weekends Only!
Friday, June 27th,2025 7:00pm
Saturday, June 28th,2025 7:00pm
Sunday, June 29th,2025 2:00pm
Thursday, July 3rd,2025 7:00pm
(No July 4th Show)
Saturday, July 5th,2025 7:00pm
Sunday, July 6th,2025 2:00pm
Friday, July 11th,2025 7:00pm
Saturday, July 12th,2025 7:00pm
Sunday, July 13th,2025 2:00pm
Tickets:
General Admission: $15.00
Senior / Active Member: $12.00
Child/Kid 12 & Under: $10.00
On Sale At:
https://our.show/perfectarrangement
Brush Creek Playhouse, Home Of The Brush Creek Players!
Bringing high quality theater to the Silverton, Salem, Mount Angel and the surrounding area communities.
An all-volunteer theater group working together to present quality theater, plays and musicals. We are a non-profit organization that offers a wide variety of productions, including well-known plays, original works, teen/young adult shows and children/youth shows.
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Brush Creek Playhouse / Players Presents:
Topher Payne's
Perfect Arrangement
June 27 To July 13, 2025
Directed By Russell Olivera Jr.
Assistant Director Allen Drake
Written By Topher Paynes
Tickets On Sale Now!
https://our.show/perfectarrangement
Show Dates & Times Listed Below!
About The Show:
It’s 1950, and new colors are being added to the Red Scare. Two U.S. State Department employees, Bob and Norma, have been tasked with identifying sexual deviants within their ranks. There’s just one problem: Both Bob and Norma are gay, and have married each other’s partners as a carefully constructed cover. Inspired by the true story of the earliest stirrings of the American gay rights movement, madcap classic sitcom-style laughs give way to provocative drama as two “All-American” couples are forced to stare down the closet door.
History
Perfect Arrangment premiered at the Source Festival in Washington, D.C. in June 2013, under the direction of Linda Lombardi. The play opened off-Broadway at Primary Stages on September 29, 2015.
“[A] clever canapé of a comedy... Mr. Payne is a deft and witty writer.” – The New York Times
“The best thing about Topher Payne’s fabulous Perfect Arrangement is its pitch-perfect capture of the 1950s comic voice, and its application to the dreadfully serious drama.” – DC Theatre Scene
“Usually a playwright has to choose between writing a laugh-out-loud comedy and a very serious drama. Topher Payne has written both with Perfect Arrangement.” – TheatreMania
“As hiding gets harder, pitch-perfect comedy ensues: slamming doors, strange disguises, preposterous excuses... Eventually, the four must decide whether face-saving domestic lies are worth it, or whether ostracism beats living in fear. In our own era of surveillance and paranoia, their mid-century problems don’t feel so far away.” – The New Yorker
“[A] clever canapé of a comedy... Mr. Payne is a deft and witty writer.” – The New York Times
3 Weekends Only!
Friday, June 27th,2025 7:00pm
Saturday, June 28th,2025 7:00pm
Sunday, June 29th,2025 2:00pm
Thursday, July 3rd,2025 7:00pm
(No July 4th Show)
Saturday, July 5th,2025 7:00pm
Sunday, July 6th,2025 2:00pm
Friday, July 11th,2025 7:00pm
Saturday, July 12th,2025 7:00pm
Sunday, July 13th,2025 2:00pm
Tickets:
General Admission: $15.00
Senior / Active Member: $12.00
Child/Kid 12 & Under: $10.00
On Sale At:
https://our.show/perfectarrangement
Brush Creek Playhouse, Home Of The Brush Creek Players!
Bringing high quality theater to the Silverton, Salem, Mount Angel and the surrounding area communities.
An all-volunteer theater group working together to present quality theater, plays and musicals. We are a non-profit organization that offers a wide variety of productions, including well-known plays, original works, teen/young adult shows and children/youth shows.
