The two fabulous women performing in Heller Theater's production of "A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking" are having such a good time, it would be a shame not to join them.

An appreciative sold-out audience Thursday night applauded loudly when the comedy ended after about 75 minutes, and many probably wished the gals would have offered them a cup of coffee and asked them to stay a while longer.

Heller's four-night run of the fund-raiser for its council operations ended Sunday, but one last chance to enjoy actors Julie Tattershall and Dody Sullivan and the crisp direction of Cyndi Vetter remains, as they take their show on the road about 15 miles to the Broken Arrow Community Playhouse this weekend.

Get in the car and go.

John Ford Noonan's story of two women who are complete opposites but end up forging a lasting friendship doesn't have anything terribly important to say as far as a message is concerned, but it certainly is a gratifying diversion to watch it proved again that your pals can get you through just about anything.

Sullivan is superb as Maude Mix, the lonely suburban housewife in Westchester County, N.Y., who's into jogging, baking, the League of Women Voters and anything else that will keep her Better Homes and Gardens- life so busy that she has little time to think of her absent husband, who's off on a weekend fling with his young secretary.

She's prim and proper, but sexy when she lets herself cut loose, usually alone in her kitchen shaking her booty to her boom box. This beauty is unappreciated by her husband, and she's seemingly unaware of the heat she's generating among other men in the community.

Maude is just trying to keep it together when thrust into her life is the unsolicited appearance of new neighbor Hannah Mae Bindler, a Texas hellcat of sexual energy who appears to be several years removed from her cheerleading days, but one could easily envision her still climbing to the top of the pyramid -- perhaps even flying up there during one of her drawl-crazy optimistic outbursts.

Tattershall -- Heller's artistic director for 12 years, this is her acting debut on this stage -- is Sullivan's equal here as the brassy gal with fiery red tresses and attired in a print dress and cowboy boots.

Her reaction to Maude kicking her out of the house on her first visit is to bring her personal coffee mug over to put in the cabinet on the second visit. Hannah Mae the voyeur has watched Maude dancing, and she knows there is potential for Miss Priss to open up.

"Intensity and feelings never did anything but confuse people," an exasperated Maude yells into Hannah Mae's face in an attempt to drive away the pest. She is completely confounded when Hannah Mae reacts to the intimidation by giving her a sweet kiss on the forehead.

Hannah Mae has her own problems at home with her lug of a husband, Carl Joe "Wandering Hands" Bindler. She has probably suffered longer than Maude, but she has long suppressed any thought of correcting the sometimes abusive situation.

Eventually the women become close friends and their shared strength allows them to consider making a change for the better. As Maude confides in her new ally, she'd been waiting for someone to knock on her front door for a long time.

"A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking" will be presented a final time at 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12, at the Broken Arrow Community Playhouse as part of the Theater Now! festival which brings together nine area theater companies for programs -- which must be about one hour each -- over two weekends.

The play has some themes and language that are not appropriate for younger audiences.

The theater is located at 1800 S. Main St. in Broken Arrow. Reservations may be made by calling 258-0077.

Tickets are $10 for the festival and are not sold on a per-show basis. There are two performances each night, and "Krapp's Last Tape," a Samuel Beckett play presented by Center Stage Players, follows "White Chicks" on Saturday night.