Hilarious new comedy at Lake Tahoe Golf Course - Final night canceled

Sunday, March 15 show has been canceled. SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The Rotary Club of Lake Tahoe Golf Course and the Lake Tahoe Golf Course are partnering for the fourth time and bringing a comedy to the clubhouse stage March 5-7 and 13-15.

This year, it's the hilarious new comedy by Matt Lyle, Barbecue Apocalypse. The talented South Lake Tahoe cast features Michelle Bennett, Brandon McCarthy, Thomas Lopez, Kevin Sommerfeld, Karen Fink, Kori Zwijacz and Jeff Whitt and it is directed by Dave Hamilton.

The performance on Friday, March 6 is dinner theater with a full plated dinner and opening night of the play for $50. Tickets for all other performances are $20 in advance and $23 at the door.

The dinner theater includes a three-course dinner starting at 6:00 p.m. The dinner features salad, choice of marinated tri-tip with Chasseur sauce, chicken piccata, baked cod or vegetarian lasagna (any of the meat options can be made gluten-free) and chef’s choice dessert. A glass of house wine, draft beer or soda is included with extra wine and beer and cocktails also available for purchase. Tickets for the dinner show require a five 5-day advance purchase.

All other performances begin at 7:30 p.m.

Purchase all your tickets in advance at: https://barbequeapocalypsetahoe.brownpapertickets.com

Enjoy casual table-side seating with an intimate view of the stage while enjoying the play. Three couples gather on the back deck of a very modest suburban home for a mid-summer barbecue where the hosts, Mike and Deb, struggle with feelings of inadequacy with their friends. Ash is a successful yuppy who annoys the hell out of his wife, Lulu, who likes to get very drunk, very quickly. Win mistakes his obnoxious confidence for charm, and his new girlfriend, Glory, is just too young and beautiful to be tolerated by other women. But none of them were expecting the apocalypse. Act Two takes place on the same deck for another barbecue to celebrate their one-year post-apocalypsiversary. In a year where the only way to measure success is survival, roles have reversed, and we explore how each character’s basic nature has allowed them to adapt and thrive or has pushed them to the brink of extinction.

“It could have been enough for Lyle to set the entire play at this awkward, weird, and painfully honest barbecue; he still would have ended up with an engaging lark that’s sitcom-funny. But then he decides to end the world.” —Lyndsey Wilson, D Magazine

“BARBECUE APOCALYPSE is a tasty nine-layer dip of comedy commentary about the slippery matters of marriage, adult friendships and career failure (real or perceived).” —Elaine Liner, Dallas Observer

“A good comedy makes you laugh. A really good one makes you think. BARBECUE APOCALYPSE is a really good comedy.” —Nancy Churnin, Dallas Morning News

“A hilarious frenzy of existential angst.” —Martha Heimberg, TheaterJones.com

Due to language, adult situations and very brief violence, don’t bring the kids.

Net proceeds from all performances will benefit the Rotary Club of South Lake Tahoe and their work with youth, helping our community and playing an active part in community service both locally and around the world.

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