MALONE -- What is Nola to do after a tiff with her boyfriend, Quincy, but to return to the abode of a workaholic father, Martha-Stewart-in-distress mother and a poison-challenged auntie.

In Renee C. Redman's two-act play, the North Franklin Theatre Group will get "Just A Little Crazy," with the cast of Pam McDonald-Tilson as Nola Tupper; Joe Eggsware as Lawrence Tupper, Nola's father; Anna Cuomo-Berstch as Audrey Tupper, Nola's mother; Lorraine Gravell as Aunt Maggie; Sally LaBarge as Helen Clark, a neighbor; and David Fowler as Quincy Reardon.

"It was funny," said Ernest Russell, director and president of the North Franklin Theatre Group. "When I read it, it hit me. I could see this happening."

The play is set in the present in a slightly shabby Victorian dining room.

"It takes place on a summer morning and later that evening."

TIERED THEATER

Russell faced very few challenges production-wise.

"The set went up easy for us. The cast, they're doing a great job. It's a ways from opening night, but we have had fun."

The Sullivan Red Barn Playhouse has been home for a year.

"Originally, it was an auction barn. Jack Sullivan and his wife operated it for a number of years. Jack retired from auctioning and teaching. It was sitting here. We were in the process of finding a new home."

The group had been at Ballard Mill behind North Country Community College.

"Our lease ran out, and they didn't want to renew it," Russell said. "We were looking and having a hard time. We put an ad in the Free Trader. Jack saw it and called us.

"We're here."

A section of the 3,000-square-foot space has been set aside for storage of props and costumes.

"We had theater seats at the other place. We took them out and brought them here. We have a tiered theater. It seats 80 people per show. The stage has four levels. It's still a work in progress.