Fountain Hills Theater’s first production of the new year is set for Jan. 8 through 17.

“Talley’s Folly” is the story of one evening in the courtship between two unlikely people.

Matt Friedman is an accountant from St. Louis and has come to rural Missouri to woo Sally Talley in her family’s dilapidated Victorian boathouse in 1944.

Through persistence, charm and humor, he courts her despite fears that her family would never accept him. But for romance to bloom, each must work through their innermost secrets together.

“Talley’s Folly” won both the 1980 Pulitzer Prize and New York Drama Critics Circle Award for best play.

“Talley’s Folly” is produced by Patty Torrilhon and directed by Joy Strimple. The show, presented through special arrangement with Dramatist’s Play Service, stars Carrie Jones as Sally Talley and Dave Ray as Matt Friedman.

The play will be staged on Mainstage Too! and will run Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $23 for adults and $18 for youths 17 and under.

To purchase tickets, visit www.fhtaz.org or call the box office, (480) 837-9661, ext. 3, or stop by the theater, located at 11445 N. Saguaro Blvd. Box office hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.