Wayside Theatre Variety Show Saturday night

DEXTER — The Variety Show at the Wayside Theatre on Saturday, Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. features local actors in a comedy skit, local musicians of many genres and a poet.

Photo courtesy of Wayside Theatre

WE’VE ALL BEEN THERE — Tim Breen, left, acts out Dave Pearson’s anxiety at the checkout line in the Wayside Theatre’s “Check It Out” skit, which will be part of the Variety Show on Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. at the Dexter theatre.

This year’s skit, “Check It Out,” includes characters we’ve all suffered behind at check-out lines. Dawn Huntt is the bag lady, the one with that huge, seemingly bottomless purse that contains everything but not when she needs it.  Barb Bekier is the chatty one in line, ready to give you her family recipe as well as her family history. Gerry Rudman is the scratch-off lottery ticket king who buys more as he wins. And Lena Downes is the customer that mixes up her fruits and veggies while driving everybody nuts.

Meanwhile, Dave Pearson is the harried customer anxious to supply the missing ice cream for his son’s birthday party, which is already in progress.  Tim Breen acts out Pearson’s thoughts which are sometimes murderous. And Grace Lommel is the cashier who’s got her own priorities.

Local musicians providing relief from the checkout line are JT Curran, Laralyn Buie, Ruth Fogg and Joe and Nellie Kennedy. Then settle back in those cushy chairs for Terry Crouch’s narrative poetry: stories ranging from roofing projects to spiders in Belize.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Homemade desserts and pretty good coffee sold at intermission. For more information, call Tim Breen at 355-5507 or find the Wayside Theatre on Facebook. The  more than 90-year-old grange/theatre is at 851 North Dexter Road (Route 23).