Like to laugh? Go see eRumors'

Neil Simon is not one of my favorite playwrights. But his comical farce, iRumors,i is softening my attitude.

The job the Port Polson Players do on eRumors' is outstanding o and hilarious. The action warms up quickly as cast members make their entrance at a friend's 10th anniversary party and become involved in an unlikely, ridiculous, goofy, silly situation.

Result: The audience is laughing so hard at the antics and some reported overflowing tear ducts and sore sides.

Especially funny are Colin Timm, running around with pieces of paper towels sticking out of his ears after losing his hearing from a gunshot sound, Karen Lewing fighting a chronic back ailment, and Scott Gramer managing to keep a lopsided portrayal of a whiplash accident victim throughout the show.

Even the names of the characters reflect alliterative word play: Ken, Glen, Len, Ben, Cookie Cosack, Cassie Cooper.

Each of the 10-member cast get ihigh fivesi for jobs well done. Besides the three mentioned above are Shellie Winebrenner, Cynthia Rochin, Mike and Steve Lozar, Cathy Gillhouse, Neal Lewing and Carmine Mowbray.

If you missed the first week, you can still see eRumors' this Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. or Sunday at 2 p.m. at the John Dowdall Theatre on the iOld Ninei portion of the Polson golf course.

Perhaps, the best news of all, is that the play is the opening of the Port Polson Players' 30th year of performances. The Players have come a long way since staging plays in the old Lincoln School auditorium, dinner theatre in the basement of the Salish Hotel building, and the Wolf Den Alley Theatre. They even planned to put on plays in a large tent east of town one year, but that came to a screeching hall thanks to a windstorm before the season even began. The tent didn't survive, but the Players did.

The incident led to the establishment of the 1938 vintage golf course log clubhouse as their permanent home o thanks in large part to the Mission Valley Friends of the Arts and its membership, responsible for underwriting ongoing improvements to the clubhouse each year.

What about those Red Sox?

When the Boston Red Sox emerged as winners of the World Series in four straight games last week, I couldn't help but think of the late John Tiskus and his longtime love and loyalty for the Red Sox. He would have been so pleased.

Some local Chicago Cub fans were encouraged by the Sox win, too They figure if the Red Sox could do it, maybe o just maybe o the Cubbies will manage to pull it off someday, too. I hope so.