First look at Aethereal Jest’s production of Neil Simon’s “Fools,” directed by Ryan Dever.

Dallas Ray-Macke as Leon Tolchinsky in Aethereal Jest Arts Council's production of Neil Simon's "Fools."

“Fools” will run November 14, 2025 through November 23, 2025.

Photo Credit: Jordan Sauer

Leon Tolchinsky is ecstatic. He’s landed a terrific teaching job in an idyllic Russian hamlet. When he arrives, he finds people sweeping dust from the stoops back into their houses and people milking upside down to get more cream. The town has been cursed with Chronic Stupidity for two hundred years, and Leon’s job is to break the curse. No one tells him that if he stays over twenty-four hours and fails to break the curse, he too becomes stupid. But he has fallen in love with a girl so stupid, she has only recently learned how to sit down. [Courtesy Concord Theatricals]

By Neil Simon, Directed by Ryan Dever, The Cast: Dallas Ray-Macke as Leon Tolchinsky; Kallen Alsdorf as Sophia Zubritsky; Richard P. Wilson as Dr. Nikolai Zubritsky; Kim Akins as Lenya Zubritsky; Brian A. Palmer as Count Gregor Yousekevitch; Sonny Panzica as Snetsky; Caroline Rose Thoma as Yenchna; Kate France as Mishkin; Dylan Sedam as Slovitch; Phil Gasper as Magistrate.

Performances run Friday, November 14, 2025 through Sunday, November 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM on Fridays and Saturdays, and 2:00 PM on Sundays at MadLab Theater.

For more information and tickets, visit aetherealjest.com/fools