Voracious by Susan McCully

Voracious by Susan McCully, directed by Nyalls Hartman
Thursday – Sunday, November 19 – 22
Proscenium Theatre, Performing Arts and Humanities Building

UMBC’s Department of Theatre presents Voracious by Susan McCully, directed by Nyalls Hartman.

Voracious is a farcical comedy about the very serious quest for perfection and finding one’s own pleasure. Chef Jean-Jacques is obsessed with getting a 4-star review for his restaurant, Chez Rachel. Suzanne Falmagne, an impossible-to-please restaurant critic, arrives to sample the menu, and the staff snaps into action. Unfortunately, the woman identified as the critic is actually Joanie, an amateur critic pretending to be Suzanne. At the bar sits Ceely, a vegetarian who has developed an unsettling and insatiable hunger for Jean-Jacques’ blood sausage. As Lawrence, Joanie’s long-suffering boyfriend, begs for her attention, the real Suzanne storms into the restaurant looking for her missing girlfriend, Ceely. Chaos ensues while the stalwart waitress, Louise struggles to keep the pace and the peace. Suzanne falls for Joanie. Lawrence discovers a kindred spirit in Louise, and Ceely learns the truth—Jean-Jacques is really Rachel. No wonder Ceely has fallen in love her vegetarian Boudin Noir.

Performances:
Thursday, November 19, 8 pm
Friday, November 20, 8 pm
Saturday, November 21, 8 pm
Sunday, November 22, 2 pm*

$15 general admission, $10 students and seniors. Purchase no-fee tickets at Missiontix.com. Parking information is available here.

*For the 2 pm matinee performance, complimentary tickets available for UMBC students. Students may pick up their tickets from the Theatre Department Office Monday – Thursday, 10 a.m. until 4 p.m, or at the box office beginning at 1 p.m. on the day of the matinee. Limit one ticket per student.

Guests must present tickets to the box office at least ten minutes prior to the performance; seats that remain unclaimed at this time may be released for resale.