Sat. May 10 & Sun. May 11 

We're just going to summarize "Fuddy Meers," the first production of the year for F.U.D.G.E. Theatre Company  (which closes after the Sat. May show) and see if you're not intrigued. Claire lives a quiet, suburban life with her husband, Richard, and teen-aged son, Kenny. But Claire has a secret, mysterious past. That past is a secret - even to herself, because Claire has a rare form of psychogenic amnesia, which erases her memory every time she goes to sleep. (Every day is "Groundhog Day.")

  One morning, a limping, lisping, half-blind, half-deaf man claiming to be Claire's brother arrives to "save her" from Richard. The limping man brings Claire to the home of her mother, Gertie, a recent stroke victim whose speech has been reduced to near gibberish. While Gertie struggles to reveal the truth of Claire's past, things get further complicated with the appearance of Millet, a dimwitted man with a foul-mouthed hand puppet, as well as the arrival of Richard, Kenny, and an inept lady-cop named Heidi. Each bizarre character adds a new twist to the funhouse plot, and brings Claire — and the audience — one puzzle piece closer to revealing the full picture of Claire's past. C'mon: Doesn't that sound like fun? It takes place at The Factory Theater at the Piano Factory, with the Saturday show at  8 p.m. and  a Sunday matinee at 2.
    "I've wanted to direct this show since college, when I chose a scene from the play as my final scene in directing class," says director and the company's president Joe DeMita. "David Lindsay-Abaire's writing is brilliant, and I'm excited to bring this piece to life with F.U.D.G.E. The play is very funny, but has a lot of depth and seriousness to its characters which we're excited to explore,” Linda Goetz plays Claire, Jim Petty is Richard. Tickets: $15.

791 Tremont St., 671-921-4351 www.fudgetheatre.com