Flaming Idiots
Directed by
Carol Witherbee
Written by Tom Rooney
The cast has been selected and rehearsals have begun on this award winning farce
(it was co-winner of the 1992 New American Comedy Festival Award). So, what is it
all about?
Two not so savvy entrepreneurs and burned out postal workers (Carl and Phil) decide
to start their own business and try their very inexperienced hands at opening a
restaurant. Their decision is based upon the observation that the ladder to success
at the post office is missing a few rungs. They feel that big money is waiting for
people with entrepreneurial spirit and sound business judgement.
From their attempts to hire a staff - an impaired chef, an Hispanic busboy (who
claims to be Norwegian) and an unemployed actor/waiter - to the food critic, mounted
policeman and a geriatric hit man, who visit the restaurant, chaos reigns.
The new gourmet health food restaurant flounders so they concoct a scheme to stage a
faux mob hit to drum up business. After all, Zippy's, a popular cross town spot, has
been crowded ever since Cy Manamalancia, a notorious mobster, was shot there and that
was over twenty years ago. What if someone could get murdered in their restaurant?
Flaming Idiots is a contemporary farce which dishes up far more laughs than food.
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