NFLT presents a new Canadian play

Sharon Siamon | Oct 13, 2011

Maple Lodge is an old family cottage. You know the kind - a wide front porch where people sit and watch the lake. The family has been coming to open the cottage on the long May weekend for generations. It’s the same every summer. But on this particular May weekend, secrets will be revealed that will change the family and Maple Lodge, perhaps forever.

In NFLT’s fall play, “Maple Lodge”, which will run from November 10 to 13, every member of the family gets the shock of their lives. Karen Steele plays Tara, the powerful and famous older sister. This is her big weekend. She has organized an EVENT to raise money to rebuild the area’s beloved covered bridge, burned down by vandals many years before. Tara bosses around her young brother Dennis, played by Mark Veno, and sister Heather played by Sandy Robertson, as if they were her servants. John Stevens is the loyal Gilbert, a longtime friend, especially of Heather. Rounding out the cast is Kelli Bell, playing the mysterious Noel who arrives suddenly and unannounced.

Doug McIntyre directs this touching two-act comedy-drama at SLHS on Remembrance Day weekend. Performances run from Thursday to Sunday with a Saturday night dinner theatre and Sunday matinee. Come and be surprised and entertained by the adventures of a weekend at the cottage. For Dinner Theatre tickets, please contact Sally Angle at 613-279-2777.