RUSSELL — “The Bucket List of Booze Club” was written by Maureen Paraventi, will be presented by Russell Community Theater, March 11-15.

Two longtime friends find themselves locked in an increasingly bitter competition that plays out during weekly gatherings of “The Bucket List of Booze Club” – an ironically named excuse for a group of 50-something women to sample exotic liquors and talk about their lives.

Brenda Odgers plays Collette, (Emily Butler is young Collette), whose battle with cancer forces her to confront a lifetime’s worth of regrets and face the fact that her smart, ambitious daughter Ree-Ree (Randyll Mauro) idolizes her “Aunt Jen,” much more than herself. Jen (Becky Anschutz and Allison Davis as young Jen) is a successful lawyer who’s been unsuccessful at love and is coming to the realization that she may be forever single. Lively grandmother Mary Ann (Teressa Roe) has a much-younger boyfriend, Eric (Jordan Harrison), who inadvertently makes her feel old. Amy (Amber Sikes) is coping with classic Sandwich Generation challenges: an empty nest, a mother with Alzheimer’s and a dull, unsatisfying marriage. Barry (Cody Rogge) shows up trying to right past wrongs with his ex-wife, Collette, and daughter, Ree-Ree, neither of which are willing to forgive or forget.

For more information, call 785-483-4057, find Russell Community Theater on Facebook or visit the website, www.russelltheater.org.