Florida premiere of ‘Let Nothing You Dismay’ opens at Lab Theater on December 6
The Florida premiere of Let Nothing You Dismay opens December 6 at The Laboratory Theater of Florida.
Set during Christmas in a hospital waiting room, this fast-paced comedy focuses on a couple about to adopt their first child… and then the entire extended family decides to make a surprise visit.
Eight talented comedic actors portray 22 different roles. The play features Amanda Collins, David Cooley, Danielle Channell, Scott Davis, Kristen Wilson, Todd Lyman, Holly Zammerilla and Ken Johnson.
“With lightning-fast costume changes, our eight actors will have you in stitches in this snazzy, new, madcap farce that, in the end, shows that family is what it’s all 
about,” chuckles Artistic Director Annette Trossbach. “It’s heartfelt, wild, fast-paced fun for the whole family.”
“It’s been so fun to work on this show. It’s such a madcap, crazy, hilarious work, but also strongly heartfelt,” adds Co-Director Steven Coe. “I find that’s one of the best parts of it, and a quality I find rarely in creative pursuits. There are so many great comedies without much earnest love and so many romances that, really, needed a pie or two to the face to work. The 
playwright, Topher Payne, has struck a great balance between absolute back-and-forth, crazy fast, wig-on-wig-off mad hilarity, and a really heartfelt, earnest core of love and family, and it’s an honor to bring it to the Lab.”
Joining co-directors Annette Trossbach and Steven Coe in the production are stage manager Margaret Cooley, Michael Eyth on set design, Jonathan Johnson on light and sound design and Kristen Wilson on costume design.
Let Nothing You Dismay runs December 6 through December 22.
November 15, 2019; revised November 29, 2019.
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Tom Hall is both an amateur artist and aspiring novelist who writes art quest thrillers. He is in the final stages of completing his debut novel titled "Art Detective," a story that fictionalizes the discovery of the fabled billion-dollar Impressionist collection of Parisian art dealer Josse Bernheim-Jeune, thought by many to have perished during World War II when the collection's hiding place, Castle de Rastignac in southern France, was destroyed by the Wehrmacht in reprisal for attacks made by members of the Resistance operating in the area. A former tax attorney, Tom holds a bachelor's degree as well as both a juris doctorate and masters of laws in taxation from the University of Florida. Tom lives in Estero, Florida with his fiancee, Connie, and their four cats.