The play is set in the dining room of a typical well-to-do household, the place where the family assembled daily for breakfast and dinner and for any and all special occasions. The action is comprised of a mosaic of interrelated scenes—some funny, some touching, some rueful—which, taken together, create an in-depth portrait of a vanishing species: the upper-middle-class WASP. The actors change roles, personalities and ages with virtuoso skill as they portray a wide variety of characters, from little boys to stern grandfathers, and from giggling teenage girls to Irish housemaids. Each vignette introduces a new set of people and events; a father lectures his son on grammar and politics; a boy returns from boarding school to discover his mother’s infidelity; a senile grandmother doesn’t recognize her own sons at Christmas dinner; a daughter, her marriage a shambles, pleads futilely to return home, etc. Dovetailing swiftly and smoothly, the varied scenes coalesce, ultimately, into a theatrical experience of exceptional range, compassionate humor and abundant humanity.
Videos
Chess: The Musical
Wheaton College - Watson Fine Arts (6/14 - 6/15)
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Three Tall Persian Women
Shakespeare & Company (8/30 - 10/13) | ||
Mix and Mingle with Deborah Sampson
Dartmouth Heritage and Preservation Trust (6/9 - 6/9) | ||
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Pipe Dream
Unicorn Theatre (7/26 - 8/31) | ||
Sunday at the Penthouse
Crown & Anchor (6/9 - 6/9) | ||
A Body of Water
Shakespeare & Company (6/21 - 7/21) | ||
Flight of the Monarch
Shakespeare & Company (8/3 - 8/25) | ||
Head Over Heels – High School Edition
The Company Theatre (7/11 - 7/13) | ||
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