Two young adventurous ex-convicts end up in 28 different locations on the back roads of South Carolina in a serious comedy about race, friendship and just getting by.

“T-Bone N Weasel — Friendship at its Finest,” presented by the ISU Theater, was originally produced by the Actors Theater of Louisville’s Humana Festival of New American Plays in 1987.

The cast, Michael Dahlstrom, Weasel; Kenneth L. Reed Jr., T-Bone; and Christopher Gummert, who plays nine characters throughout the comedy, has been preparing for the comedy for six weeks.

In the play, T-Bone, who is black, and Weasel, who is white, work through stereotypes and racism and form a strong friendship.

While traveling around South Carolina, T-Bone and Weasel meet different characters who love, swindle and teach them who they can and can’t trust.

“I see T-Bone and Weasel as victims of society who haven’t found the need or the want to conform to society,” director Shirley Basfield Dunlap said.

“It’s very funny, but it also deals with a serious issue,” Gregg Henry, director of theater, said. “It makes you think about what you are laughing at. I really love this play, and I can’t wait to see it.”

Dunlap agreed. “The situations they get into help us to understand the subtle as well as obvious encounters of racism.”

“T-Bone N Weasel” will be playing tonight and Saturday night at 7:30 and Sunday at 2 p.m. at Fisher Theater.

Tickets are $4.50 for students and $8 for general admission and are available at the Iowa State Center Ticket Office and at all TicketMaster outlets.