(CHESTER, NJ) -- Chester Theatre Group presents My Three Angels by Samuel Spewak and Bella Spewak across two weekends from December 4-13, 2026 at The Black River Playhouse. Set in French Guiana around the turn of the 20th century, three prisoners spend their Christmas Eve with a family of colonists who keep the local shop.
When the family’s troubles intrude, the prisoners match their wits against the interlopers, with happy endings for all (or at least for all who deserve them!)
The cast includes Michael Yoder (Felix Ducotel), Megan Wills (Emilie Ducotel), Sarah Kowalchuk (Marie Louise Ducotel), Carol Holland (Madame Parole), Lauri MacMillan (Joseph), Glen Post (Jules), Nick DeStefano (Alfred), Chip Prestera (Henri Trochard), and Spencer Scalamoni (Paul/Lieutenant).
The production team includes Director Lily Boyle, Producers Rachel Friden and Carly Winn.
Performances take place Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30pm and Sunday matinees at 2:00pm. Tickets are available for purchase online. The theater is located at 54 Grove Street in Chester, New Jersey.
Playwrights Samuel Spewack (1899-1971) and Bella Spewack (1899-1990) met while working as journalists and married in 1922. Bella’s youth was chronicled in Streets: A Memoir of the Lower East Side (1995, Feminist Press). Their first play, Solitaire Man, premiered in 1926. Clear All Wires (1932) became Leave It To Me! (1938), their first collaboration with Cole Porter. They collaborated on 20 films, including My Favorite Wife (1940) and Weekend at the Waldorf (1945). Kiss Me, Kate (1948) won the Spewacks the first Tony® Award ever for the book of a musical. Their other theatre projects included Boy Meets Girl (1935), Two Blind Mice (1949), My Three Angels (1953), and Once There Was a Russian (1961).
Monday, November 09, 2026
@ 6:00pm
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Mayo Performing Arts Center
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@ 7:00pm
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