COACHELLA VALLEY REPERTORY wrings in 2026 with RICHARD BEAN’S award-winning ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS, his 21st century take on Carlo Goldoini’s classic 1746 play, The Servant of Two Masters. Performances of ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS are January 14-February 1, 2026, and tickets are on sale now. HOWARD SHANGRAW, Director of CVRep Conservatory and Outreach Programs makes his mainstage directorial debut (Shangraw also directs all youth and family productions). The cast includes PETER FANONE as Francis Henshall, CLARE BLACKWELDER as Rachel Crabbe, ROB KELLOGG as Stanley Stubbers, ANTONY FERGUSON as Harry Dangle, NICK APOSTOLINA as Alan Dangle, TOM FLYNN as Charlie Clench, CLARE BLACKWELDER as Rachel Crabbe, HANNAH SEDLACEK as Pauline Clench, HALEY KOOYMAN as Dolly, JOSHUA RACH as Gareth, JABRIEL DANIELS as Lloyd Boateng, and DOUGLAS SCOTT SORENSON as Alfie.
ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS is about an out-of-work skiffle musician who winds up employed by two guvnors who have conflicting goals: Rachel Crabbe posing as her recently deceased twin brother, Roscoe, to hide from the police and deal with her father, and Stanley Stubbers, a posh criminal who is Rachel’s boyfriend (when she isn’t posturing as Roscoe), and, awkwardly, he is Roscoe’s murderer. That’s not even the half of this thoroughly funny and improbable romp that does, indeed, have a happy ending. Audiences are urged to sit back in CVRep’s plush, comfy seats and enjoy the rollicking good fun.
