Buying the Moose
Author: Michael G. Wilmot
Season: 2022-23
Women ask, “Why do men do the crazy things they do?” Sometimes the answer is simpler than it first seems.
Betty thinks her relationship with boyfriend Rob is just about perfect until she arrives home early from a business trip to discover him in his underwear with an inflatable sex toy. Shocked and appalled, Betty stomps from their home to seek solace from girlfriend Cheryl, who by coincidence, also happens to be Rob’s brother’s wife.
Betty and Cheryl do what women do in such circumstances –– hug, cry, console, consume empty calories, and search for answers to the age old question, “Why do men do such bewildering things?” Back across town, Rob is also being comforted (by brother Greg) in the way men do such things –– genuine support and concern disguised by a few beers and cruel mockery –– as they try to figure out how a seemingly perfect relationship came to this unhappy state of affairs.
As the story continues, hidden secrets surface, embarrassing insecurities are exposed, and genre stereotypes are bent, stretched and dented, before the hilarious truth finally comes out.
Cast
| Rob | Jacob Schwab |
| Betty | Keegan Follack |
| Greg | Terry Lyons |
| Cheryl | Megan Monds |
Crew
| Director | Brad Lawryk |
| Producer | Rae Perry |
| Stage Manager | Johanna Beasley |
| Assistant Stage Manager | Tait Gamble |
| Front of House | Tony Savile |
| Front of House | Maggie Pugh |
| Hair & Makeup Design | Tanis Armstrong |
| Lighting Design | Jeff Rankin |
| Lights Operator | Drinda Huston |
| Poster Design | Brad Lawryk |
| Program Design | Angela Rankin |
| Sound Operator | Noah West |