Summer's all done so it just stands to reason,
Ed Shea should announce 2nd Story's new season.
Five comedies (more than a nudge and a wink),
They'll lead you to laugh while they leave you to think.

KIMBERLY's cute, effervescent, a pixie.
She's only 16, but she looks like she's 60.
She chatters, she worries, a typical teen:
Cute boyfriend, dysfunctional family scene.
She'll charm you, disarm you, perhaps bring a tear.
A lively first step to a lovely new year.

In love and in war, they say, everything's fair,
L'amour is a battle of wits to Moliere:
The dimwits, the prim wits, young lovers, old goats,
Deft rhyming, great timing, and pure comic notes.
So transfer your credits once autumn arrives:
Semester begins for Moliere's School for WIVES.

A tale set in Providence, told with great skill:
A blind date, a hedge fund, a mother, a will.
A smart play with startling je ne sais quoi —
Compelling! We're telling you: see Becky SHAW.
Its dark sense of humor, its rapier wit —
The mark of a major league, megawatt hit.

The west coast of Ireland's a cultural hub —
The language! The setting! The people! The pubs!
When young Christy Mahon arrives on the scene,
He dazzles the locals and feisty Pegeen.
This PLAYBOY, blasé boy, his blarney unfurled,
He can't but enchant the entire Western World.

Provocative! Sexy! Bodacious! Mae West!
A scandalous wit and a world famous chest.
Her antics (both on-screen and off) made the news.
She made people laugh while she shattered taboos.
Her legacy's lasted till now and beyond.
A legend with edge undimmed, that's Dirty BLONDE.

A teen who looks 60. A rhyming French fool.
Distraught 30-somethings. The Irish gene pool.
Then closing the bill is Mae West in her prime.
So why don't you come up and see them some time?