Ovations Performing Arts, a Laguna Niguel theater group, is staging Neil Simon’s “Fools,” a comic fable set in Ukraine in the late 19th century. The story follows Leon Steponovich Tolchinsky, a school teacher who arrives in a remote village to educate a doctor’s young daughter, Sophia. Leon soon learns that a 200-year curse was put on the town rendering the townspeople “stupid,” and he sets out to break the curse, falling in love along the way.
Performances run two consecutive weekends (Thursday-Sunday) — May 31 through June 10. All shows start at 7 p.m. at the theater, 27762 Forbes Road, St. 6 in Laguna Niguel. Tickets are $20 adults, $15 seniors and $10 students, available at ovationspac.tix.com.
For more information call 949-667-0032 or email ovationspac@gmail.com.
IF YOU GO
What: Neil Simon’s “Fools”
When: Weekends (Thursday-Sunday) through June 10
Where: Ovations Performing Arts, 27762 Forbes Road, St. 6, Laguna Niguel
Tickets: $20 adults, $15 seniors, $10 students at ovationspac.tix.com
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