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"I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change"

Former Farmington resident Maureen Deming will appear in a production of a beloved off-broadway classic in Plainville.


By Erin K. Butler
Special to The Citizen
Originally published in The Plainville Citizen
http://www.plainvillecitizen.com/news/allnews/3475497-129/pcs-players-bring-musical-comedy-to-town.html

If you are looking for a way to beat the winter
blues, the Plainville Choral Society players can help. The PCS will
take to the stage to present the musical comedy “I Love You, You’re
Perfect, Now Change” Friday, Jan. 31 and Saturday, Feb. 1 at 7:30 p.m.


“We picked this show because the cast members and
myself have been talking about this for three or four years,” Director
Peter Peluso said. “We felt the time was finally right for us to do it.”

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The show, performed in a series of vignettes,
chronicles stories of blind dating, falling in love, getting married,
having kids and growing old together.


















“If you’re an adult, you’ve been there,” Peluso said. “It’s a hilarious look at being human, and has a great musical score.”

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With a cast of just six, each actor takes on
different characters throughout the show, often reliving moments they
can relate to on a personal level.


“There are some scenes where I did pull from my
memories pieces that I thought would be relevant to the character and
the action,” cast member Michael Fox said.


Actor Mal Cummings agreed, saying, at times, he
developed his character through moments from his own life. Other times
it was pure acting.


“At one time, I’m the father of a son who can’t seem
to make a commitment after going with a girl for long time. As someone
who has experience as a son and a father in a similar situation, it
wasn’t too difficult doing the role,” Cummings said. “However, trying to
pick up someone at a funeral is a new one, even for me.”


Cast members say the production deals with such a
variety of life experiences that everyone is bound to relate in one way
or another.


“Due to the wide period of time that the show
touches on, I think the audience, at every age, will see images from
their own past and grow very nostalgic, after they’ve stopped laughing
themselves silly,” Fox said.


“I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change” will be
performed at Middle School of Plainville, 150 Northwest Drive. Tickets
are $12 in advance and $15 at the door. The snow date would be Saturday,
Feb. 8.


Spectators are welcome to bring a non-perishable
food item to be donated to the Plainville Food Pantry, as part of the
PCS’s ongoing effort to support the community.


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