PATCHOGUE AND BROOKLYN, NY – OCTOBER 20, 2005 – The Clare Rose Playhouse, a community theatre located on the Patchogue campus of St. Joseph’s College, will continue its 2005-06 season with The Tale of the Allergists Wife, a play written by Charles Busch. The show will run from November 4 through November 20, 2005.

Marjorie Taub, the wife of a philanthropic allergist, is engulfed in a life crisis. Her children are grown, her beloved therapist died recently, and her mother increasingly needles her. She tries to lose herself in a world of art galleries, foreign films, and avant-garde theatre, but finds she is barely able to rouse herself from her sofa. Her spirits suddenly soar when a fascinating and incredibly worldly friend from her childhood appears on her doorstep. Lee, the savior, that infuses Marjorie with life becomes Lee, the unwelcome and sinister guest in short order.

General admission tickets cost $14 each with a reduced rate of $12 for students and senior citizens. Group rates, season subscriptions and dinner and lunch packages also are available. Shows begin at 8:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday evenings, with Sunday matinees starting at 3:00 p.m. For reservations or further information, please call the box office at (631) 654-0199.

The Clare Rose Playhouse, which serves as a major teaching facility for the College’s theatre courses, is accessible via the South Service Road of Sunrise Highway, just east of Exit 52 (Waverly Avenue) in Patchogue, on the northeast corner of the campus of St. Joseph’s College. A former cottage converted in 1985 through the generosity and guidance of the man for whom it is named, the Playhouse serves as a major teaching facility for the college’s theater courses and is a training ground for young actors. The Playhouse is the site of community theater productions of musicals, dramas, comedies, cabaret acts, musical performances, dance troupes and comedians.

About St. Joseph's College

St. Joseph’s College has been dedicated to providing a diverse population of students in the New York metropolitan area with an affordable education rooted in the liberal arts tradition since 1916. Independent and coeducational, the College provides a strong academic and value-oriented education at the undergraduate and graduate levels, aiming to prepare each student for a life characterized by integrity, intellectual and spiritual values, social responsibility, and service. With campuses located in the Clinton Hill area of Brooklyn and in Patchogue, Long Island, the College offers degrees in over 21 majors, special course offerings and certificates, affiliated and pre-professional programs through its School of Arts and Sciences and its School of Adult and Professional Education. Graduate degrees are also offered including an Executive MBA, a Master of Science in Management, a Master of Science Degree with a Major in Nursing.