More Fun Than Bowling

Brunswick Little Theatre opens its 2025 Summer Season with “More Fun Than Bowling,” a play by Steven Dietz directed for BLT by Rosina Whitfield. Shows will run June 5-8, 13-15 and 20-22 at the theatre at 8068 River Rd SE in Southport.

BLT’s Jeanette Harrison-Sullivan said, “ This droll, quirky, philosophical comedy/drama uses bowling as a metaphor for life and is rich with an abundance of amusing, unconventional characters.” She offered the following synopsis:

Jake Tomlinson is the eccentric owner of a bowling alley with a complicated life. As a young man, a foul tipped baseball broke Jake’s fingers, but luckily, the accident to his hand formed a perfect bowler’s grip. Now divorced, twice a widower and a single father, Jake is raising his teenage daughter Molly who is often tickled but understanding about her father’s ways.  In flashback sequences, Jake is also often visited by his two deceased, but cheerful wives, Lois and Loretta.  Added to the mix, there’s a mysterious revolver-wielding stranger constantly lurking in the shadows, but who takes time to chat directly with the audience. Join us to see if this complicated but heartwarming tale ends with “happily ever after.”

Tickets are available at www.brunswicklittletheatre.com or Ricky Evans Gallery, 211 N. Howe Street, Southport.