A Monopoly game comes alive with singing and dancing dice and board pieces in the 2020 musical, “Hin$dopoly,” at the Community House in Hinsdale.
The show, which has its final two performances Friday and Saturday evening, is true to form, making fun of the vanities and foibles people associate with the village.
“Luckily, Hinsdale gives us lots of opportunity for jokes,” said Susan O’Byrne, a Hinsdale resident who produced, helped write and acts in the show.
When players pass “Go,” for example, instead of the traditional $200, they collect $2 million.
And instead of Park Place and the Reading Railroad, players can acquire the local properties, such as Phillippa Street, The Lane School and the BNSF Railway.
The main characters are the Leatherwood family, with Dick Johnson, one of the original members of the review, playing the pompous, old school father Harper Leatherwood. Former Hinsdale Village Board member Laura LaPlaca plays his wife Blanche, a cut-throat realtor who hates all the other real estate agents in town. Their children are their pampered daughter Zoey and son Lance, who promotes every eco-friendly measure possible.
“We tried to include as many Hinsdale stereotypes as we could,” O’Byrne said.
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The annual show with a cast of volunteer amateur performers most of whom live in Hinsdale, incorporates current events and topics important in the village.
“We try to keep everything timely, which means we usually have to do some pretty quick rewrites,” O’Byrne said, such as reflecting changes in the pool of Democratic presidential candidates between the first weekend performances, which were Feb. 28 and Feb. 29, and the upcoming shows, at 7:45 p.m. March 6 and March 7.
“The challenge is always to give the audience a finished product and not just a bunch of jokes,” O’Byrne said.
The musical serves as a fundraiser to support the programs offered at Community House, at 415 W. Eighth St., Hinsdale.
Tickets cost $125 and include plentiful appetizers and an open bar, which starts at 6:45 p.m.
For more information, look at the Community House website, or call 1-800-838-3006.