Amateurs at Aurora Players

Set in the 1980s (big hair, no cell phones), Amateurs(Tom Griffin) is a "dramedy" about a group of community theater actors and friends who gather for an after-party following opening night of the troupe's ridiculous musical about undertakers. When a critic's unpublished review is accidently discovered and read, the party runs amok as everyone's insecurities, heartaches, desires and pettiness are on full display in ways both raw and touching. A ventriloquists dummy acts as a symbol and hilarious sounding board.