PINCKNEY, MI – The Dio Dining +Entertainment here will open Jenny’s House of Joy on February 4. The run extends through Feb. 27.

Capital Critics Circle: “Playwright Norm Foster describes his Jenny’s House of Joy as a western rather than a comedy. To be sure, this sit-com with a difference still has plenty of comic, sometimes raw, one-liners — as expected in a Foster script. But this tale of five women in a bordello in the 1870s Wild West has a serious undertone as it focuses on the humanity of the occupants rather than on the goods they sell nightly.

Jenny’s House of Joy is apparently not always a joyous place for the staff. Even so, Foster presents the life of the ladies of the night through rose-coloured glasses most of the time. The message is that it is impossible to leave the life, but who would want to anyway, when this is where your true friends are?”

The cast of the Dio’s production includes Elizabeth Mitchell as Jenny, as well as Molly Cunningham, Diane Hill, Annika Anderson and Amy Schumacher..

Go to the Dio’s website here to buy tickets.