If your patience with upper-class twits being bailed out by their underlings is thin these days, I understand. But if you’re in desperate need of a midwinter romp and can put class consciousness to the side for a couple of hours, then First Folio Theatre’s world premiere of Jeeves Saves the Day might provide a confectionary respite.
Joe Foust’s production takes a little while to find its feet and to lay out the backstory for all the characters. But once Klarer’s Egbert is crashing around, putting the “id” in “idiot,” it really takes off; I’ve not seen him in action before, and he has a marvelous gift for physical comedy that steals most of the scenes he’s in.
Through 3/1: Wed 8 PM, Thu 3 PM, Fri 8 PM, Sat 4 and 8 PM, Sun 3 PM, First Folio Theatre, Mayslake Peabody Estate, 1717 31st St., Oak Brook, 630-986-8067, firstfolio.org, $34 Wed-Thu ($29 seniors and students), $44 Fri-Sun ($39 seniors and students).
