Amy Losi’s Stick to the Script is a very well-written farcical comedy very much in the vein of the Play that Goes Wrong (without the violence of collapsing sets) and the BBC’s The Goes Wrong Show which relied more on missed cues and actor stumbles than set failure to achieve its comedy. As a result, the show is good one for a young company to get its feet wet in the off-off Broadway scene. It is also perfect for low-budget community or regional theater looking for a show that can be done without a major investment in a set. But, best of all, it should be considered a reasonable substitute for High Schools thinking of doing the very dangerous Play that Goes Wrong which requires a massive set investment, hiring a quality fight director/choreographer and puts every actor in danger (The Play That goes Wrong is the only off-Broadway play that has an understudy for every actor because performers will be hurt).

Losi relies on a scripted show that requires the actors to perform as if it is almost all improvised. Laurie Rae Waugh’s direction demonstrates great understanding of the genre, and she gets the job done with 9 chairs, a music stand, a wheelchair, a table, a couple of small props, and some purposely misapplied sound cues and lighting and one major costume change. Waugh places the actors on stage in such a way as to fully utilize two of the Sargent Theater’s three entrances and always places the actors on stage in such a way to maintain the audience’s interests by constantly switching focus.

The cast is anchored by J. Dolan Byrnes’ director, “Charlie Peters”, who provides the “professional” presence to the community theater disaster that Losi’s script calls for. The rest of the cast is led by Autumn Mirassou’s “Miranda/Serena”, the incompetent actor daughter of the playwright (played by the playwright, Amy Losi), as the play’s female protagonist and Dustin Pazer’s “Kit Campbell/Billy”, as the script’s one Equity Actor protagonist who is blessed with the biggest payday and the biggest ego. Johnny Blaze Leavit’s “Brad Pytt”, stage manager, supplies the comic glue that kept the transitions moving. Amanda Cannon took a small role as the flakey “Giselle” and fully owned it.

Stick to the Script is a fun, pleasant ride for an audience that requires a dedicated cast and talented direction, both of which were found on the Sargent Theater stage. Any smart talented company with limited resources would find it a smart investment.