Acting Ensemble presents farce ‘Moonlight and Magnolias’ about ‘Gone With the Wind’

MISHAWAKA — “Moonlight and Magnolias” opens April 14 and continues through April 23 at the The Acting Ensemble, 602 E. Mishawaka Ave.

In this Hollywood farce by Ron Hutchinson, legendary film producer David O. Selznick is five weeks into shooting “Gone With the Wind” when he realizes the script is awful, and that the director doesn’t have a clue. He has five days to replace them, and restart the shoot, or the production will shut down.

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Selznick calls Victor Fleming from the set of “The Wizard to Oz” to direct, and he taps legendary playwright, screenwriter and script doctor Ben Hecht to rewrite the script.

There's only one problem: Hecht hasn’t read the book.

Over the course of five madcap days, the three men, assisted by Selznick’s assistant, Miss Poppenghul, frantically craft one of the most beloved screenplays of all time.

Directed by Brittany Gardner-Kennel, and performed by Tiemen Godwaldt, Kyle Hutslar, Brad Mazick, Ken McCoy and Paige Sailor.

Performances are at 7:30 p.m. April 14-15 and 20-22 and at 2 p.m. April 16 and 23.

Tickets are $19-$16; pay-what-you-can for April 20.

For more information, call 574 217-8873 or visit actingensemble.com.

This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: MIshawaka's Acting Ensemble presents farce about 'Gone With the Wind'