'Exit Laughing' show opens Friday

The Stage Company of Poplar Bluff will open it’s new production ‘Exit Laughing’ on Friday.

The show, which is not recommended for children, features middle-aged women from Birmingham, Alabama, who get together for a weekly bridge game. After one passes away, the other three do the most daring thing they’ve ever done to bring her to the next week’s game.

The play, written by sitcom writer Paul Elliott, also features one of the women’s daughters, a cop and cat.

Delorise Hickson (Connie) glares at her daughter Jenni Urich (Rachel) throws her books to the floor. DAR/Michael Shine

Along with the local actors, the cat — Butterbutt ­— will be played by one of the cats from the Butler County Animal Shelter.

The show will be on 7 p.m. Friday, 3 and 7 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday in the Rodgers Theater. Tickets can be purchased at the door or online at www.pbstageco.com for $10 a ticket.