Give up one evening of shopping this holiday, and treat yourself to an hysterical production of Becky Mode's "Fully Committed."

The 90-minute, one-man comedy stars Rodney Lee Rodgers, co-founder of PURE Theatre, and a positively brilliant mimic.

A great part of the fun derives from watching Rodgers as he becomes a gaggle of characters, using posture, body language, tone and timbre of voice, accents and his face of silly putty.

Sharon Graci, co-founder of the professional company and Rodgers' wife, must have had a ball directing her husband as Sam Peliczowsky, the reservations clerk at New York City's hottest restaurant.

Stuck in the cellar of the posh place, Sam, the original aspiring actor, has to keep his day job attempting to handle telephone calls from every quirky customer in the city.

He is also expected to meet the continual demands of the chef, the upstairs hostess, the maitre d' and his co-workers plus his friends, his agent and his Dad.

Keeping up with the vagaries of his personal life is nothing compared with trying to please the likes of Mrs. Fisher, who believes the chef is at her personal beck and call.

Bryce, a presumed star's personal secretary, needs not only an "all-vegan tasting menu" but also that the sconce near Table 31 be changed to put his boss in a better light.

The Mexican sous-chef interrupts the ever-lit switchboard just when a Mafia member expects special treatment - and sends over a little package to sweeten the pot.

Very quickly, we are intimately familiar with this slew of characters on the other end of the phone so that the moment Rodgers sits up straight and raises his chin, we know it is his agent. The voice drops an octave or better, and the slimy guy emerges instantaneously.

No matter how busy you are, Sam is busier than you and me put together. He'll be only too glad to seat you in the charming theater space at the Cigar Factory (known for a time as Port City Center) on East Bay Street, holding your reservation at 8 p.m.