FCT presents "Cheaper

Fayette

Community Theatre Inc. will present the three-act comedy "Cheaper

Adapted

for the stage by Christopher Sergel and based on the best selling

novel of the same name by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth

Carey,"Cheaper By the Dozen" relates the story of their

years growing up in the Gilbreth household of the 1920s.

The

play centers on their father, a well-known efficiency expert of

the era, who believed you could run a home as efficiently as a factory.

The results are terribly embarrassing, funny, and it must be admitted

- extremely effective.

His

older daughters rebel against their father's methods, unaware of

his motive. None of the children know that their father has a heart

condition and that he is driving them toward super efficiency so

the family will be able to survive better when he's gone. Dad does

not realize that Anne, the oldest daughter, has grown up causing

a strained relationship between them. The breaking apart of Anne

and her father, and their eventual coming to a special maturity

a mutual respect give meaning and emotion to what is otherwise a

delightful and original comedy romp.

This

founded-on-fact comedy is full of genuine humor while conveying

a meaning and importance as valid as it was when the novel was first

published in 1946.

Terry

Hoffman as Mr. Gilbreth heads the cast of 16 with Diane Glenn as

his wife, Eric VanDervort, playing Frank Gilbreth Jr. and Kim Blair

as the young Ernestine Gilbreth. Other cast members include Kristi

Glenn as Anne, Danielle Cheek as Martha, Shane Quamme in the role

of Bill and Kelly Jackson playing Lillian. Mallory Tarter plays

the role of Frederica, with Brandon Cato cast as Dan and Benjamin

Brettin plays Jackie. Dennis Glenn fills the role of Dr. Barton,

Brad Boseman as Larry and Craig De Lorenzo plays Joe Scales.

Completing

the cast are Melia Foley-Lane as Miss Brill and Diana Kulaga in

the role of Mrs. Fitzgerald. Director Eileen Baldwin heads the production,

assisted by Carlee Baker.

Tickets

for "Cheaper By the Dozen" can be purchased at the Peachtree

City and Fayetteville libraries or can be ordered by phone at 770-631-1542.

Thursday evening performances are at 8 with all tickets priced at

$8. Friday and Saturday performances have a curtain time of 8 p.m.;

Sunday performances have a curtain time of 3 p.m. with tickets priced

at $10 for adults ad $8 for seniors, students and children under 12.