Moab Community Theatre, in association with Moab Arts Council, will perform “A Company of Wayward Saints,” by George Herman, March 1, 2, 7, 8 and 9 in Star Hall, 177 Center St. in Moab.

The cast of 10 players portrays a troupe of actors – performing the ancient and venerable Commedia dell’arte – who are far from home, stranded and broke. A wealthy theater enthusiast gives them an opportunity to earn the funds they need to return home – but first, they must get their act together to improvise the performance of their lives!

Through four decades, MCT has presented a wide range of live theater to its hometown audience. This play will stretch that range a back a few hundred years to the Italian Renaissance. Director Shane Bartosh is proud to open MCT’s 40th anniversary season with a play he has wanted to do for years.

The characters in this commedia dell’arte production wear individual masks that can be recognized from a distance. Each character embodies a mood and always behaves in the same predictable ways that audiences will identify with and anticipate. There’s the boss, Harlequin the Jester; manager of the company, Scapino the Acrobat; his understudy, Pantalone; the doddering Old Man, Dottore; the Learned Scholar, Capitano the blustery; Tristano, the fervent young Lover; his innocent Sweetheart, Isabella; Columbine the Nag; and Ruffiana the Floozy.

The show plays each night at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10, and there will be a special Sunday matinee on March 3 at 2 p.m. for just $7 admission.

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