Preview of Northeast Premiere of 'The Mayfair Affair'

Theater at Walnut Hill, an arts ministry of Walnut Hill Community Church, will present the Northeast Premiere of the hilarious farce The Mayfair Affair by Joseph Frost on Friday, March 29, at 7 p.m.; Saturday, March 30, at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.; and Sunday, March 31, at 3 p.m. The venue is the Bethel Campus located at 156 Walnut Hill Road in Bethel, CT.

Opening night offers complimentary childcare to patrons with children Kindergarten-Grade 6. (Pre-registration online at time of ticket purchase is required as space is limited.) An optional audience/cast talkback follows the Saturday matinee performance on March 30.

The cast is comprised of actors from Walnut Hill Community Church as well as surrounding communities and includes Deana Merchant of Newtown (also director,) Paul Bauman of New Milford (also assistant director,) Julie Korogodon of Monroe (also dramaturge,) Brookfield residents Brianna Bowman and Rachel Ames, Danbury resident Darryl Smith, Bob Williams of Brookfield, Nik Jericho of Waterbury, Brian DeToma of Danbury, and Amy Petrucci of Plymouth.

Tickets are $12 general admission. The performance runs approximately two hours with a 15-minute intermission. For ticket information, visit www.walnuthillcc.org/the-mayfair-affair.

Set in the 1940s, The Mayfair Affair is a richly comic tale of a man desperate to protect his fortune and reputation as threats of dissolution loom over his marriage and his once vast estate. As his loyal butler helps manage an onslaught of opportunists vying for the coveted Mayfair diamond, the one remaining asset in the family, detectives pose as the man and his embittered wife to guard the rare gem, only to reveal a more precious asset in dire need of protection. The Mayfair Affair debuted in a workshop production in Jackson, Mississippi in 2012 and makes its northeast debut in Connecticut thanks to connections facilitated through the Literary Managers & Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA).

Joseph Frost is a playwright, actor and director residing in Jackson, Mississippi with his wife and their five children. His bio-play van Gogh was produced at an exhibit of the artist's work at the Chrysler Museum of Art, and his work The Memory Trilogy has been presented in VA, MS, NC, and New York City. His farce trilogy includes The Mayfair Affair, Mayfair Ma Chére, and The Heir of Mayfair currently in pre-production. A member of the Dramatists Guild of America and Vice-Chair of Playwriting for the Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC), Mr. Frost also chairs the board of directors for Christians in Theatre Arts (CITA) and has led theatre missions to Germany, Ireland, Denmark and Spain, as well as workshops in South Korea, Costa Rica, Croatia and Hungary.

Walnut Hill is a nondenominational church that began as a home church in 1982. During the past 37 years, Walnut Hill has grown to serve more than 2,400 regular attenders at its four campus locations in Bethel, New Milford, Waterbury and the Valley Campus in Derby. Under the team leadership of Lead Pastors Brian Mowrey, Adam DePasquale and Craig Mowrey, Walnut Hill welcomes people of every age at every stage of life from diverse backgrounds and cultures to come be a part of the family.