The group also welcomes anyone interested in helping out behind the scenes, he said. With another successful production under its belt, Peak Theatre will be starting its reading committee this summer to consider some scripts to determine the next play, said Bird, adding the best way for people to get involved is to attend auditions, or alternatively email. Hilarity ensued as the friends found themselves plotting a way to get even upon discovering Barney, who was faking being in a coma, was temporarily transferred to be their roommate in a private retirement home in a bid to escape the public’s wrath after his schemes are exposed. It tells the tale of a close group of seniors who were duped out of their retirement savings by Barney Effward, an unscrupulous conman who makes Bernie Madoff seem like an upstanding individual.

The group had been rehearsing for a number of months for the play, Jack of Diamonds, written by Marcia Kash and Douglas E. In all, 550 people attended the five performances, said Bird. Most of the shows, which were held May 8-12, were near capacity with a couple even selling out. “The production panned out very well, it was definitely a crowd pleaser,” said Jason Bird, Peak Theatre Players president. There was no shortage of hearty laughter resonating at the Sundre Arts Centre recently during several theatre productions of a comedy put on by the Peak Theatre Players.

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