Director Jonathan Reis talked about how participation in the Curtain Call Theater plays helps aid the memory and adds to the overall health and socialization of its senior citizen players.

He also said the plays are fun — fun being just about the only thing his actors seemed to have on their minds during a recent rehearsal for their latest production, described as a two-act farce, “Seven Nuns in Las Vegas.”

“I just like theater,” said Beverly Warner.

Almost 80 and a retired Seattle elementary school teacher, Warner said she’s really been a frustrated actress most of her life. But with her teaching, Warner said she never had time to follow any of her impulses to take to the stage.

Headquartered in the Northshore Senior Center, Curtain Call gave Warner and plenty of others the opportunity to gain the spotlight. Some, like Warner, have been a part of the company since its inception as the Forever Young Players in 1996, according to Reis.

Retired Navy officer Joe Felt, 82, said he did some community theater during his time in the service. But he often was not in one place long enough to get very deeply involved in any one company. Like Warner, he’s been involved with Curtain Call pretty much since its inception.

“It’s getting older and it’s getting harder to remember the lines, but I still enjoy it,” said Felt, who takes on a couple of different roles in “Seven Nuns,” including a priest and a radio announcer.

Warner joked that she and Felt have been husband and wife and brother and sister. In various productions, of course.

A couple favorite shows of theirs would include “Arsenic and Old Lace” and “Harvey.” Because of the sometimes low number of volunteers, Curtain Call actors often play roles you might not expect. Warner played the “Arsenic” part made famous on film by Cary Grant.

If you go to see “Seven Nuns,” you will notice a sister with a beard and a rather tall showgirl who’s really not supposed to be in drag.

Reis said Curtain Call does a couple of shows a year with another group, the Northshore Players, also based at the senior center.

“I swear this keeps them young,” he said of his actors. “If we were to take this away, that would be a great loss to them.”

That might especially be the case for Sally Bozich, who only would give her age as “older than I should be.”

Bozich didn’t blink as she, unprompted, announced she’s an advanced cancer patient. She said doctors gave her only a few months to live … five years ago. Bozich didn’t directly credit Curtain Call with her longevity.

“This does help keep you alive and well,” she did say.

Now a professional actor, Reis’ background is in recreational therapy. He worked with stroke victims in a couple of spots in California and founded theater companies similar to Curtain Call in that state. After landing in the Seattle area, he ended up getting laid off by Evergreen Hospital only to discover the Northshore Center was looking to start a theater group. The first play he directed there was “Sentimental Journey.”

Besides his work at Northshore, Reis recently has traveled throughout a couple of areas of the country with a Shakespearean group. He’ll be doing “I Do, I Do” at a venue in downtown Seattle.

But he also admits to a fondness for Curtain Call.

“I enjoy it, they enjoy it. I see the need,” Reis said. “How could I not do it?”

“Seven Nuns in Las Vegas” tells the story of a convent miraculously transported to Sin City after one of the nuns prays for warm weather.

• Performances are at 8 p.m. April 16 and May 7 with 3 p.m. matinees April 18 and April 25 as well as May 2 and May 9.

Tickets are $11 for the general public, $10 for students and seniors. Priority seating will given to those holding pre-purchased tickets 25 minutes prior to each performance. For information, call (425) 487-2441.

The Northshore Senior Center is located at 10201 E. Riverside Drive, Bothell.