COEUR d'ALENE - An Irish-themed play will be read by actors in downtown Coeur d'Alene on St. Patrick's Day.

"Stones in His Pockets" - a Coeur d'Alene Summer Theatre production - will play for one night only at 7 p.m. Tuesday at The Art Spirit Gallery, 415 E. Sherman Ave., Coeur d'Alene. Bakery by the Lake will provide food and beverages for purchase.

The comedy/dramady, written by playwright Marie Jones, is set in the rustic idyll County Kerry, a rural town in Ireland where a major Hollywood movie is being filmed. It centers around two characters, Charlie Conlon and Jake Quinn, who play extras in the movie and how the struggles and strife of being in that fast-paced world affect themselves and their small town. The two actors playing Charlie (Jeff Sanders) and Jake (Chris Hansen), also play a total of 15 characters in the script, including females. The play is an amateur production with arrangement by Nick Hern Books.

"The characters themselves are representatives of the entire community," said Tyler Krieg, managing director at CST, "So you see them and the community going through these changes as well."

The actors will put on a hat, scarf or glasses so the audience can recognize when there is a character change, but the real costume change is in their physicality, he said.

"Because it is a stage reading, it requires a lot of brains, talent and guts from the two actors doing it because they are playing 15 different parts," Krieg said. "We just have so much talent here in this area and we just like to show it off any way we can and this show is a really good way to do that."

Sanders will be making his first appearance with CST. He is a Lecturer of Theatre at Eastern Washington University. Before arriving at EWU, Jeff was a resident actor with the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. He has appeared in "Titus Andronicus," "MacBeth," played Bottom in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and Eddie in "A View from the Bridge."

Hansen is an EWU senior. He recently stared in the Irish musical, "A Man of No Importance." He has worked in theater professionally for about two years.

Jadd Davis, artistic director at CST, said the stage reading is a tour de force for the actors.

"I like the comedy of it. There's a particular style of comedy we get from Irish playwrights and Irish people that I think still really gets us in the states," he said. "There's a wit and absurdity that really makes us laugh. The Irish have a way of being simultaneous and tragic. There's lots of hilarity and your gut gets wrenched when you don't even see it coming."

Davis said the stage reading is not fit for children under age 15. There will be one intermission and seating is limited.

"I'm fully prepared to sit down with a Guinness and have the time of my life," he said.

Tickets are $15 in advance or by donation at the door. Tickets can be purchased online at www.cdasummertheatre.com or by phone at (208) 660-2958.