James Bond it definitely is not.  But "The Best Laid Plans," a spoof on the spy genre that is Oyster Mill Playhouse's latest endeavor, is much funnier.

"The Best Laid Plans" is centered around Ada Westbrook, an author in her golden years who writes 007-type novels, and her loyal secretary, Frances.

Through a bizarre chain of events, Ada is asked to act as a liaison between an enemy government and ours and obtain a set of secret plans.

While Ada is on vacation in the Caribbean, a spy who has the secret plans dies in her house, and people try to steal his body to recover the information.  Then the body's twin brother arrives, adding more complications.

After plenty of door slamming, body dragging and the "Mission: Impossible" theme song, Ada, Frances and the forces of good prevail.

The ensemble was strong as a whole, essential when producing a play so reliant on listening and thinking quickly.  Their fearless leaders, Mary Gutierrez as Ada and Jamie Tyrrell as Frances, make hilarious heroines, incredibly endearing in their respective roles.

Gutierrez is at ease onstage, effortlessly creating a character both sweet and bawdy, making Ada the grandmother who everyone wishes they had.

Tyrrell is also comfortable in her role and has great theater reflexes, which were in full effect when she rescued the play's first scene from potential disaster when a fellow actor seemingly lost her lines.  She gets a big "Good save!" in my notebook.

Another very strong performance came from C.J. Coolsen, whose comic timing made his portrayal of the Goralsky twins a highlight of the evening.  Playing two characters is always challenging, and in this case, one of them is a dead body that gets dragged all over the place.  So Coolsen wins the physical comedian of the evening award.

Howard Hurwitz is great as Ada's love interest, Hubert Parett.  He has a '60s spy-flick charm about him.

Ali Krasner and Tom Aigeldinger are funny as Gail and Guy, young people who unwittingly get tied up in the confusion.  Aigeldinger was quite the trooper physically, as well.

Lisa Budwig and Craig Stouffer, who play the scheming Kraxleys, spies posing as a jet-setting couple, had a great dynamic as a pair but seemed a bit unsure of themselves individually.

Everyone in the ensemble was committed to the play as well as to one another, and they completely went for it.  Most of the characters were a type, as is the case in both farces and spy novels, and every actor seemed to have a good understanding of the archetype they were representing.

The physical element of the show was tight, as was the pacing, the most important element of a farce.  This production consistently moved along at a good clip.

This play was a surprise delight and is great summertime comic fare.