Students at Canton Central School rehearse for the Woody Allen comedy “Don’t Drink the Water” and will perform it Friday & Saturday, Nov. 11 and 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the high school auditorium. (From left: Anna Tulloch, Jay Kepes & Ansel Shipley

CANTON – Canton Central School will present the comic play “Don’t Drink the Water” by Woody Allen Friday, Nov. 11 and Saturday, Nov. 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the Hugh C. Williams High School auditorium.

Tickets are on sale in the main office at the high school.

Tickets for adults are $8 and tickets for students and Sr. citizens are $5 each.

The play is directed by Lindsey LoParco and will feature costumes by Sue Dean and Lauren Dean Cook, and scenery designed by Bill Newman and Kimberly Busch’s Technical Theater class.

The entire story takes place behind the Iron Curtain in the American Embassy in a Soviet Bloc country during the 1960’s. The American Ambassador (Austin Antle) must leave the Embassy for business. In his absence he places his incompetent son Axel Magee (Ansel Shipley) in charge.

Almost immediately the Embassy is thrust into a crisis as the Hollanders, an American family of tourists, come rushing in on the run from the Communist police. Walter, the father, (Jay Kepes) had accidentally snuck into a high security area and taken pictures, causing the communists to believe that the family are spies.

The parents, Walter and Marion (Anna Tulloch), act buffoonish and make business at the embassy hard, especially after Walter insults a high-class sultan (Ryan Martin).

The family's adult daughter Susan (Olivia Knowlden) bonds with Axel, causing him to develop feelings for her despite the fact that she is engaged.

After the mess with the Sultan, Axel's father demotes him and puts his assistant Kilroy (Susannah Sudborough) in charge instead. The communist police head Krojack (Anna Newman) still believes that the Hollanders are spies.

Add to this the slightly crazy chef (Rachel Horwitz), a Sultan’s wife (Carli Baldwin), a priest named Father Drobney (Jay Foster-Grover) who is always practicing magic tricks and you have the perfect recipe for an evening of quality family entertainment.