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Jim Vezina, P.J. Powers and Miriam Yezbick in "The Last Resort."

Looking For Happiness?
It's At 'The Last Resort'

MARK FINN

Special to The Jewish News

K, here's the situa-
tion: I am your
trusted friend, and I
ask you to attend a play that
has been avertised as a
"warm and charming contem-
porary comedy."
Your response is:
1. I didn't know Neil
Simon's latest work hit town.
2. Sorry, but we watch
"Growing Pains" weekly.
3. Thanks, but I live in a
warm and contemporary
neighborhood.
All too often, I would nor-
mally give you my sympathy,
but I would use an additional
word to convince you to spend
the evening enjoying Kitty
Dubin's latest work The Last
Resort. In performance at the
Jewish Community Center's
DeRoy Theatre, Dubin's play
shows truth, wit and (dare I
add charm?) superior skill in
dialogue among a delightful
ensemble of talented actors.
The premise begins like
this: Teddy Spain (Miriam
Yezbick) is faced unexpected-
ly with the prospect of losing
her son Morgan Silverman
(P.J. Powers) in a messy
custody battle. Without con-
sidering the consequences,
she decides to revisit the sanc-
tuary of her happier youth,
symbolically named the Hide-
A-Way Inn.
Determined to sort out her
problems, find peace and
work on her novel, Teddy
finds that she and Morgan
share the same patio with
another couple, Neil (James
Vezina) and Rita (Kim
Carney) Tucker. The Tuckers
are faced with a depleted rela-

Mark Finn teaches theater at
Southfield-Lathrup High
School.

tionship and hope that a week
in northern Michigan will
rekindle lost desires. Sharing
the same patio allows for the
characters to learn, grow and
find that the conflicts facing
each are not only obvious but
solvable.
This is where Dubin's work
shines. Her background and
insight into the workings and
pain of individuals and rela-
tionships have made for a
superior script. The situa-
tions are all too familiar, yet
her dialogue is fresh,
unyielding and witty, making
the audience listen to the ac-
tors and simultaneously com-
municate with their own feel-
ings. One gets the distinct im-
pression that Dubin has ex-
amined numerous caseloads
to reach a script that would
gain the respect of her pa-
tients, let alone a theatre
audience.
Much credit should go to
director Mary Bremer. These
characters are friends of ours,
neighbors, outselves. It was
remarkably easy to let these
characters resemble the per-
son sitting next to us, yet
Bremer kept each controlled
and larger than life, making
the experience worthwhile.
Particularly impressive
were the performances of Kim
Carney and James Vezina as
the Tuckers. Noted for their
fine local work, these two
reminded us all of our best
and worst qualities. Vezina
enters as the henpecked hus-
band with dreams of one day
opening a youth camp for boys
with an old college buddy. A
jock without a son, his
frustrations are multiplied by
a wife, played remarkably by
Carney. In contrast to all
other cast members, Carney's
character is not allowed to
grow or change and thank
goodness for that! She plays