GLASGOW — Far Off Broadway Players will present the romantic comedy, “Getting Sara Married” this weekend at the Plaza Theatre. 

The play stars Glasgow attorneys Kathryn Thomas and Brian Pack. 

Thomas plays the role of Sarah Hastings, a young attorney who is too busy to date. Pack is Brandon Cates, the young financial adviser who has been chosen as her prospective love interest by Sarah’s aunt Martha.  

“Everybody tries to fix her up and she has one particular aunt, crazy Aunt Martha, who is very concerned about the fact that Sarah is still single and not married, and has taken it upon herself to resolve the problem,” Thomas said, adding that Sarah doesn’t quite agree with her aunt’s plans at first. “She’s very content on being single and thinks her uncomplicated life is a beautiful thing. She just doesn’t want to mess it up.” 

Pack describes his character as the “oblivious token male who has no idea what’s going on.” 

“He keeps getting knocked out and brought to Sarah’s apartment in hopes the two of us will fall hopelessly in love,” she said. 

Portraying Aunt Martha is Jacquie Radus. 

“She is determined she is going to find the right guy for Sarah,” Radus said. “So she hires Noogie as the hitman to knock out Brandon Cates. It’s her scheme all the way through that she’s going to fix them up together.”

In the event Cates doesn’t work out, Radus said Aunt Martha has her eye on her chiropractor, who will be next in line. 

Tony Houchens will be making his debut in the play portraying the role of Noogie, the hitman. 

Houchens describes his character as a “modern-day thug from New York.” 

“What’s happened is he’s been hooked up with Aunt Martha, who is Sara Hastings’ aunt, and she has hired him to find her a husband,” he said. 

“But Aunt Martha has already picked out this one guy she would like to see Sara marry. 

“So she’s hired Noogie to go out and find him, knock him over the head and bring him to the apartment so they can meet and fall madly in love. So Noogie is kind of the unsuspecting match-maker.” 

Houchens said portraying a bad guy has been fun.

“It’s been an absolute blast,” he said. “I haven’t done anything really since eighth grade. This has been an experience; a lot of fun and I’d like to do more.”

“Getting Sara Married” is the second Far Off Broadway Players production for Pack. 

He previously appeared in “Arsenic and Old Lace.” 

Pack said he has enjoyed his time with the acting group. 

“It’s absolutely fantastic. The cast and the direction has been fun. I look forward to every practice.

“It’s like recess for adults. You get up there, you get to escape from your real life for a couple of hours. You get to pretend to be somebody else who is a lot more suave and debonair than my own personality, so it’s just a lot of fun,” he said. “I would encourage anyone who gets the opportunity to do it, whether you can act or not, which I cannot and yet I’m still here. I encourage them to do it. It’s a lot of fun.”  

“Getting Sara Married” is also the second Far Off Broadway Players production for Radus. She previously played the role of Clairee in “Steel Magnolias.” 

“I love playing the role of rich old women,” she said. 

Thomas is a veteran Far Off Broadway Players’ actor who has appeared in seven productions. Her latest role was as M’Lynn in “Steel Magnolias.” 

Also appearing in the play are Adam Williams as the chiropractor and Sara Crews as Cate’s fiance, Heather Boyd.

Directing “Getting Sara Married” is Denise Johnson, who chose the play because it reminded her of her friend, Thomas, who is a single attorney. 

“We needed a romantic comedy. I wanted something kind of funny, kind of serious ... ,” Johnson said. “I felt like it was written about Kathryn Thomas; a young attorney too busy to do anything else. It felt right when I read it.” 

Johnson stumbled upon the play when visiting Samuel French Inc., an online play catalog. 

“As soon as I read it, I knew I wanted the whole play,” she said. 

Johnson said the play is the “funniest romantic comedy I think I’ve ever seen.” 

“Getting Sara Married” is the third play Johnson has directed and the second set she has designed. 

Show times are 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. 

Tickets are $10. A $1 historic preservation fee is applied to each order. Tickets can be purchased at the theater’s box office, over the phone by calling 361-2101 or online at www.plaza.org.