Everyone knows that white wines are best when eating fish or poultry. Red wines go well with beef. But what would a good wine steward recommend to accompany Victorian parody, bank failure spoof and Breeders Theater acting?

The answer is obvious: E.B. Foote wines!

To be more precise, Breeders Theater's latest show, "Withering Heights" will taste best with such offerings from E. B. Foote as their bronze medal-winning ETC (a Zinfandel-Syrah-Merlot-Cabernet-Cab Franc blend) and their platinum medal winner, a 2006 Northwest Duet (a Cabernet-Merlot blend).

A recipe for fine dining? Maybe. A formula for comedy, laughs and a great time that will be had by all? Most definitely!

"Withering Heights" is an affectionate parody of the beloved novels by Jane Austen and the Brontë sisters. The more you know about their stories, the more you will enjoy this show.

Miss Clarity Fugue (Adrienne Grieco) is a newly-orphaned debutante who finds herself saddled with her late father's (Martin J. Mackenzie) enormous debt. How large is his debt? Well, according to the bankers Mr. Kneckerbreaker (Eric Hartley) and Mr. Sponge (Doug Knoop), it is monumental. World famous. Legendary. Off the charts. You get the picture.

So it is left to Miss Clarity to find a way to live without being sent to debtor's prison. One possible solution is to marry well.

Thus, Miss Clarity and her best friend Darcy (Amber Rack) must insinuate themselves into proper society in order to meet eligible, wealthy gentlemen. Among those they befriend are the dashing Dashwood (Steven Schenck), the quiet Eustace (Brenan Grant) and the handsome but vacuous Janeway (David Roby).

Add to the mix the man-hating Miss Fedora (Laura Smith), Miss Clarity's trashy relatives (Melissa Malloy and Martin Mackenzie) and harmonious musical interludes by the "Jane Austen City Limits Quartet" (J Howard Boyd, Doug Knoop, Megan Krogstadt and Nancy Warren) and you've got a "parody of Victorian proportions."

The Breeders Theater company of actors continue on with their usual fine performances, getting plenty of laughs from the preview audience last Wednesday evening. Adrienne Grieco is the perfect Austenian heroine: pretty, perky, optimistic and long suffering. Knowing that Ms. Grieco is also a fine singer, it was too bad that she wasn't also given a heart-felt solo during the show.

Making his BT debut, David Roby does very well as the comedic leading man Janeway. It isn't easy to play pompousness and willful ignorance at the same time, while making the audience like you. He did.

Special shout-outs go to Amber Rack as the airhead Darcy, to Brenan Grant as the man who cannot finish a sentence, and to director J. Howard Boyd, musical director Nancy Warren and chief playwright T. M. Sell for their fine work.

Oh yes, a "welcome back" to Eric Hartley for making a come-back into the BT fold is in order. We missed you, Eric!

For a most amusing time complete with comedy, hors d'oeuvres and fine wines, you won't go wrong with an evening of "Withering Heights."

Show dates are July 21, 23, 24, 28, 29, 30 and 31 at 7 p.m. and July 25 and Aug. 1 at 2 p.m.

Tickets can still be purchased for $20 at E.B Foote, 127-B SW 153rd St. in Burien or at Corky Cellars in Des Moines. Log onto www.breederstheater.com for more details.