The Bay Tree Council for the Performing Arts in Red Bay, AL announces its first production of the season, You Can’t Beat the House by Pat Cook and co-directed by Holly McKinney and Scotty Kennedy.
The performance dates are November 4, 5-8, 2025 at 7 PM and Sunday, November 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM at the Weatherford Center in Red Bay, AL. Tickets are 10.00 each and will go on sale at the Weatherford Centre from 2-4 PM weekdays starting Thursday October 30, 2025. For group sales contact Beth Hammock at 256-668-0045 and dinner theater can be available for a certain number attending with the meal costing 25.00, 35.00 for dinner and play, usually Thursday night. The new number to call is256-998-6781, and if no answer please leave a message. Cast members include Dominic Rogers, Austin Henderson, Theron Struzik, Morgan Miller, Zephra Rogers, Paul Williams, Brittany Faris, Anna Lindley, Lindsey Boyd, and Jeri Mayo. Stage manager Adrienne Pearson.
"I've had trouble breaking into a house before but this is the first time I've had problems breaking OUT again!" So moans Merle to his partner, Howie. These two minor-league burglars have really met their match this time, it seems. They decided on a house only to find, after managing to get into the place, that it's up for sale and before they can leave, Conrad and Glenda, prospective buyers, show up. Merle figures they have two choices - either pretend to be real estate agents or beat it, making the buyers suspect them and call in the police. Merle begins to show the house while Howie ducks out to get the car. Now the REAL real estate agent shows up and Merle has to juggle the couple and the agent. Finally, as Merle gets rid of the her and is about to show the door to Conrad and Glenda, Howie arrives with the news that their car has been towed away. Suddenly a cop shows up, saying the police are looking for two suspicious characters in the neighborhood. Next in the parade of oddball characters is Conrad's secretary, then Glenda's mother, then her medium, Madame Zenobia. Oh, yeah! The place, it turns out, is haunted! This screwball comedy is one wisecrack after another and proves once again that "You Can't Beat the House."