{mosimage} DARWIN’S PÂTÉ Ditsy Bonnie (Sarah Zoe Canner) lives with her infirm but abusive mom (Caren Larae Larkey) in a rundown pigsty of a house (production designer Frank Forte’s marvelously slovenly set) in Savannah, Georgia. A failed actress turned agoraphobic, Bonnie’s come to resent her cousin Margaret (Jules Bruff), a successful PR operator engaged to an up-and-coming politician (Beau Baxter) with Christian Coalition values. Staged by Mark Landsman, Elizabeth J. Musgrave’s meandering script charts Bonnie’s efforts to blackmail her smug relative by revealing her past indiscretions. The play furnishes some diverting humor but loses points by piling on too many deep, dark family secrets. Bruff is terrific as a fastidiously manipulative phony, backed up by Baxter as the trained male whose leash she knows how to yank. Canner, working hard in a difficult pivotal role, is undercut by its cutesy contrivances. Larkey and, to a lesser extent, Ed Ellington as Bonnie’s shunned beau need to rein in the shtick. Pan Andreas Theater, 5125 Melrose Ave., Hlywd.; Thurs.-Sat., 8 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m.; thru March 26. (323) 960-4410.... More >>>