Good turnouts have prompted Warehouse Performing Arts Center to add a week to the run of Don Cook’s comedy “Fast Trip to Omaha.” The show now runs through Sunday, Aug. 8. Meanwhile, Davidson Community Players’ production of “Noises Off” continues this weekend at Duke Family Performance Hall, and Masterworks School of the Arts presents its summer show “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” Friday and Saturday at Charles Mack Citizens Center in Mooresville.

“FAST TRIP TO OMAHA”

Warehouse PAC has added a week to the run of “Fast Trip to Omaha.” The show, by Charlotte playwright Don Cook, now will run through Sunday, Aug. 8. It’s directed by Tim Ross, a radio personality at WFAE-FM.

Set in Omaha in the summer of 1969, “Fast Trip” tells the story of one dysfunctional family’s reunion. Although the Woodstock rock festival is just around the corner, this family still listens to the music of the 1930s and ‘40s. In this peaceful setting, this family reunion escalates into full-scale combat that makes the faraway Vietnam War look like a skirmish.

That cast includes some of Charlotte area’s favorite actors – Annette Saunders, Scott Reynolds, Bill McNeff, George Gray and the playwright’s wife, Divina Cook – a New York actor who was also in “The Road To Mecca” at the Warehouse.

Warehouse PAC is at 9216-A Westmoreland Road, Cornelius, just down the hill from N.C. 21. More information and directions are available on its website, www.warehousepac.com ^[1]. Ticket info and show times below.

“NOISES OFF”

Davidson Community Players’ second show of the summer, “Noises Off,” by Michael Frayn, continues through Sunday, Aug. 1, at Davidson College’s Duke Family Performance Hall.

The comedy debuted in London in 1982. It’s a play-within-a-play, following the tour of an ill-fated theatrical production. The title comes from a theater term for backstage noises, and the show includes both backstage and onstage views of the actors.

The show begins with rehearsals for the theater company’s show, a farce titled “Nothing On.” The audience then sees the backstage view as the actors perform their play, and run into a lot of backstage mischief. The performance ends with the closing night performance of “Nothing On,” which is a mess between actors fumbling lines, performances and a very slippery plate of sardines.

The show is guest directed by Jim Yost, artistic director and founder of Barebones Theatre Group in Charlotte.

The cast includes Kevin Roberge as Frederick, Jill Bloede at Dotty, and Matt Merrell as Garry, along with Larry Ligo, Aby Pagan, Jonathan Ray, Philip Robertson, Julie Strassel, and Amy Thrift.

The play is recommended for ages 14 and up. Ticket info below.

THEATER CALENDAR

Theater: Noises Off, Duke Family Performance Hall, Davidson College campus – The Davidson Community Players will perform the comedy “Noises Off.” Includes mature themes and is recommended for ages 14 and up. Performances will be Thursday to Saturday, July 29-31, at 8 pm, and matinee Sunday, Aug 1, at 2 pm. Tickets are $14-$22 and may be purchased online at www.davidsoncommunityplayers.org ^[2], by phone at 704-892-7953, or in person at the Davidson Community Players box office, at 107 N. Main St., Davidson.

Theater: Fast Trip to Omaha, Warehouse Performing Arts Center, 9216-A Westmoreland Rd., Cornelius – The Warehouse Performing Arts Center presents “Fast Trip to Omaha,” Don Cook’s comedy about a dysfunctional family, set against the backdrop of the summer of 1969. Directed by Tim Ross. Performances Thursdays through Saturdays, July 29-31 and Aug. 5-7 at 8 p.m., and matinees Sunday, Aug. 1 and Aug. 8, at 2 pm. Tickets are $20 for general admission and $15 for students, seniors, and groups. Purchase tickets today by emailing tickets@warehousepac.com ^[3] or calling Marla Brown at (704)-619-0429.

Theater: “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” Charles Mack Citizen Center, 215 N. Main St., Mooresville – Masterworks School of the Arts presents the student production “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown.” Performances Friday, July 30, 10 a.m. and 7 p.m., also Saturday, July 31, 4 and 7:30 p.m. Tickets $10/adult, $7/children, on sale now. Discounts available if purchased at either of the school’s two locations in Davidson and Mooresville. Prices higher at the door. For more information, visit www.masterworkschoolofthearts.com ^[4]