a weirdly funny love story in several transitions
written by Rochelle Burdine, Frank Blocker…same difference
A workshop production is scheduled for October 2-4 at the Arts Center Theatre in Marco Island, Florida, starring local actors Patrick and Dixie Huey. GET TICKETS
A second production will take place at the Norris Center Auditorium in Naples, Florida, for two weekends: January 7 & 8, and again on February 18 & 19.
More info coming soon as tickets become available.
Biographies
Actors
Dixie Huey (Cherine, Dr. Lee, Madame P, et al)
Dixie fell in love with ballet at the age of three and danced many hours each week thereafter and was eventually accepted to the prestigious North Carolina School of the Arts, yet graduated from Duke University with a Psychology major and French minor. Was never ever going to have kids until a double martini at her brother-in-law’s third wedding where she told her mother-in-law she’d changed her mind. She shares son Fletcher with her husband and acting partner. They’ve enjoyed an adventurous life that included living in an RV for a year (by choice!), several international trips and eventual moved to South Florida. She’s written two books and is creator of the podcast The Nourishment Mindset. Dixie has been an “actress” all her life. From her nutty character in an 8th grade play to her collection of ballet roles, to playing grown-up in the real world. Dixie made her onstage debut in last year’s The Last of the Red Hot Lovers for which she was a Best Supporting Actress nominee for the Broadway World Awards.
Patrick Huey (Seth, Joe Cant, Dr. Fraud, et al)
Born in Erie, PA—the mistake on the lake—Patrick was a marching band champion (trombone), high school soccer goalie, tennis player and member of the water polo team. He eventually landed at the University of Pittsburgh via ROTC as a History major. From flight school in Pensacola to Naval Flight Officer with wings of gold. Joining the earth-bound world of finance, he eventually founded Victory Independent Planning in 2016, and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Fox and Friends, Investopedia, Money, AARP and more. He is the author of five books and counting while hosting podcast The Retirement Income Lab. This play marks Patrick’s fifth role…on stage: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Love Letters, Marco Midnight, and Jody the loveable drunk dad in Hollywood Arms.
Playwrights
Frank Blocker (playwright, director)
A professional actor, director and playwright, Frank co-authored Eula Mae’s Beauty, Bait & Tackle (off-Broadway w/ Chuck Richards), Macbeth: The Murder Mystery (w/ Lydia Bolen), musical Alice (w/ William Wade) and Chameleüns. His other plays include Suite Atlanta (off-Broadway), Patient Number and Air Marshals. He is best known as a solo performer/writer for dramas Good Jew and HP Lovecraft’s The Call of Cthulhu (adaptation). And for long-running comedies Stabilized Not Controlled and Drama Desk Award-nominated Southern Gothic Novel. The two shows ran a combined four years at Manhattan’s Stage Left Studio. He is a member of Actors’ Equity Association and SAG/AFTRA and a member of the Dramatists Guild. Though now based in Naples, Florida, he tours throughout the United States with his own plays while maintaining a foothold in the regional theatre scene. He is currently appearing in Cabaret in a joint production between TheatreZone and FGCU. Favorite acting roles include Obie-winning West Village/East Village Fragments, Brecht’s Edward II, Amadeus, Urinetown, The Mystery of Edwin Drood and The Divine Sister.
Rochelle Burdine (playwright)
Playwright and Actress Rochelle Burdine has always loved to entertain. Bitten by the theatre bug in high school debuting as the Abbess in The Comedy of Errors. Favorite roles include Sandra Deer’s So Long on Lonely Street, Charles Busch’s You Should Be So Lucky, Alan Ball’s Five Women Wearing the Same Dress by Alan Ball, and Gymnasia in Stephen Sondheim’s A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. She made her off-Broadway debut in The Limousine Ride at the McGinn-Cazale Theatre. And for more than a decade, she spent her summer weekends in character at the Bristol Renaissance Faire. A creative writer at heart, Rochelle has written everything from her grocery list to a monthly column for a local Atlanta magazine to a play, Chameleüns. For six years, she served as a judge on the international panel of theatre and writing professionals behind the long-running Stage This! 10-Minute Play Festival. Rochelle is a Georgia native, where she was recently profiled in Shoutout Atlanta.
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