Please note this performance takes place at Weathervane Playhouse in Newark, Ohio.*
By Jones Hope Wooten
From the authors who brought us The Red Velvet Cake War, our season-opener Farce of Nature will be sure to bring you side-splitting laughs from beginning to end. Spend the day with the Wilburn family of Mayhew, Arkansas. D. Gene Wilburn, the owner and proprietor of the Reel ’Em Inn, the finest little fishing lodge in the Ozarks. Well, it used to be, but lately business is down, tourists are few, and the lone guest who’s just checked in—an extremely jittery Carmine DeLuca from Chicago—is only there due to a location shift in the Witness Protection Program. Doesn’t anybody just want to fish anymore?
Certainly not D. Gene’s frustrated wife, Wanelle, who’s fed up with their lackluster romantic life. She’s taken drastic steps to improve it through hypnotic suggestion and, for the life of him, D. Gene cannot understand why his pants keep falling down. D. Gene’s feisty sister Maxie has her own problems, chief among them battling ageism to resume her career in law enforcement. She’s determined to prove her worth by keeping Carmine DeLuca alive through the weekend—a task that’s going to prove to be much harder than she bargained for, since she keeps losing both her gun and the bullets. And she never anticipated the gangster Camine’s been dodging for the last five years, Sonny Barbosa, is about to walk through the door, in hot pursuit of his sexy wife, Lola. Yet by the delightfully chaotic climax of this one outrageous day, love blossoms, truths are revealed, and the lives of all—family, guests, and gangsters alike—change in incredible and surprising ways.
Season subscriptions on sale now. Single tickets on sale February 1st, 2026.
Performance Dates and Times:
- Thursday, May 28, 2026 at 7:30 PM
- Friday, May 29, 2026 at 7:30 PM
- Saturday, May 30, 2026 at 2:00 PM
- Saturday, May 30, 2026 at 7:30 PM
- Wednesday, June 3, 2026 at 7:30 PM
- Thursday, June 4, 2026 at 7:30 PM
- Friday, June 5, 2026 at 7:30 PM
- Saturday, June 6, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Young Adult Content – Suitable for teens and families, may contain some adult language and adult themes.
For handicap or accessible seating with no stairs, please contact the Box Office at 740-366-4616. Accessible seating is limited and on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Please note that fees will be applied to all single ticket orders paid with via credit card. Single ticket purchases made in person at the Box Office with cash or check will have these fees waived. Find details about ticketing fees here.
*All ticket sales are final. There will be no refunds issued for any ticket sales regardless of circumstance. This includes main stage season tickets, main stage single tickets, gift certificates, and Weathervane Theatre Academy production ticket sales.
FARCE OF NATURE is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)
