One for the Pot

by Ray Cooney and Tony Hilton

Deep Cove Stage Socity
North Vancouver, BC
2025

Jonathan Hardcastle’s friend Samuel Hickory Wood has passed away, and he wants to leave 10,000 pounds to Samuel’s son, Billy. Not knowing where Billy is, he has placed an ad in the paper to find him, with the proviso that there are no other living Hickory Woods. Billy and his friend Charlie turn up to claim the inheritance, but are derailed when Billy’s unknown twin, Rupert, also shows up. Things go even further awry when their also unknown triplet, Michael, arrives. Now Charlie must keep the assorted Hickory Woods concealed from Hardcastle in order to sign the deal. But with Billy’s wife Winnie on the hunt for him, and Jonathan’s daughter Cynthia and his sister Amy and their respective suitors complicating matters, it’s a madhouse of slamming doors, secret drawers, and mistaken identities.

Cast

Tristan Manning as Hickory Wood
John Cousins as Charlie Barnett
Monika Curman as Jugg
Simon Drake as Jonathan Hardcastle
Michelle Stanley as Amy Hardcastle
Marissa Sauvé as Cynthia Hardcastle
Mark “Sparky” MacDonald as Clifton Weaver
Abigail Walkner as Winnie Hickory Wood/Jennifer Bowater Smith
Grant Evans as Stanley Bowater Smith

Audience Feedback

  • “What a fabulously entertaining and fast paced production.”
  • “We laughed til we cried!”
  • “An excellent high energy ensemble with a whole lotta heart.”