The Captain’s lost his wife — he’s marooned in assisted living.  He asks his caregiver Clove, “You’re not going to try to change the equipment, are you?”  “The equipment is my body, Captain.” ”But you are who you are for a reason!”  “What reason?” asks Clove.   “How the hell should I know?  I can’t even find my shoes!” 

Meanwhile Stephen, the son of The Captain’s dead war buddy, is trip-wired for trauma. “You old men.  You ship out and leave your goddamn carcasses for the rest of us to clean up!”  But his girlfriend Kat is the one shipping out — to Provincetown, “I may not be in love with any MAN!  If I do come back, it’ll be with conditions.”

“Things are so cockeyed down here in this crooked Disneyland anymore!”  But even with all the laughs, in this cautionary tale, everyone is SWAMPED!

Written and directed by Court Dorsey, Swamped is a world premiere featuring Steve Eldredge, Joe Laur, Izzy Miller and Heather Willey at the newly equipped Wendell Meetinghouse.  Sound design by Brian Bender, Set by Tim Holcomb. Lights by Pedro.

Swamped runs Thursdays to Saturdays 10/16, 10/17, 10/18, 10/23, 10/24, and 10/25 at 7:30 pm, Sundays 10/19 and 10/26 at 2 pm. All performances at the Wendell Meetinghouse (1 Morse Village Rd., Wendell MA 01379).

• Advance tickets (use link above) are $20 for Friday-Sunday performances, $15 for Thursday performances. Online ticket sales end 4 hours before the event.

• Tickets at the door are $25 for Friday-Sunday, $20 for Thursday. Cash or check only.

• For all performances, students (with ID) $20, MA Card to Culture participants (with ID) $10.

For more information, please contact Court Dorsey.