ALRIGHT THEN by Carol Kaufman Segal

            If you are looking for an upbeat theater experience, look no further that the Pacific Resident Theatre in Venice that is featuring Actor Orson Bean and his Actress wife, Alley Mills, in a production developed and performed by the couple entitled Alright Then.  Making its world premiere at PRT and directed by Guillermo Cienfuegos, Orson Bean was spurred on by the success of his previous one-man, self-written performance of Safe At Home:  An Evening with Orson Bean, an award-winning production that also had its world premiere at PRT.

            It would seem to be against all odds that these two people would find each other in this great big world, but it is also obvious that, despite the difference in their ages, (Orson is 89, Alley is 67) it was meant to be.  In this production, Alley tells you all about it.

            Orson tells about his early years before becoming the star that he is and Alley reminisces about her early life as well.  Neither of them grew up with love and security, but they each took separate paths before they both ended up in the world of entertainment.   Orson was on his own from the age of 16 while Alley graduated magna cum laude from the first women’s class at Yale University and she also earned a Masters Degree from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. As the two of them banter back and forth with the interesting stories of their lives and the paths each of them took to be where they are today, one can see and feel the magical closeness between them.

            Though their formative lives were quite different, I can point out one very important thing that was common to both of them, and that is their talent.  Oh, and one other very important thing that emerged from their meeting, and that is their forever loving bond for one another.

            Alright Then plays Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8 PM, Sundays at 3 PM, through March 25, at the Pacific Resident Theatre, 703 Venice Blvd., in Venice, CA.    Tickets are available online at www.pacificresidenttheatre.com, or by phone at (310) 822-8392.

           

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