Photo Flash: First Look at Bridge Street Theatre's HOLIDAY MEMORIES
By: Ashlee Latimer Dec. 10, 2016
Holiday Memories plays at Bridge Street Theatre through Dec 18. Two perennial holiday classics by Truman Capote, "The Thanksgiving Visitor" and "A Christmas Memory," come to vivid theatrical life this December when Catskill's Bridge Street Theatre presents Russell Vandenbroucke's heartwarming stage adaptation "Holiday Memories" playing Thursdays through Sundays now through December 18.
When his parents' marriage dissolved, the young Truman Capote was left in the care of distant relatives in Monroeville, Alabama (which also served as the model for Maycomb in his childhood friend Harper Lee's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird"). There, he formed an unbreakable friendship with the youngest of his elderly cousins, a shy, childlike spinster he called "Sook". The relationship between these two 'outcasts' forms the basis for the stories which make up "Holiday Memories," a chronicle of growing up 'different' in the deep South during the depths of the Great Depression and an ode to the simple joys of love shared. A holiday treat the entire family can enjoy together, the play is a terrific alternative to more traditional seasonal fare. The cast features Christopher McIntyre as Buddy, Nancy Rothman as Miss Sook Falk, Steven Patterson as Truman, and the chameleonic Andrew Joffe and Louise Pillai as everyone else!
Andrew Joffe and Christopher McIntyre in Holiday Memories
Louise Pillai, Steven Patterson and Christopher McIntyre in Holiday Memories
Christopher McIntyre, Steven Patterson and Nancy Rothman in Holiday Memories adapted from Truman Capote's A Christmas Memory and The Thanksgiving Visitor by Russell Vandenbroucke.
Christopher McIntyre, Steven Patterson and Nancy Rothman in Holiday Memories adapted from Truman Capote's A Christmas Memory and The Thanksgiving Visitor by Russell Vandenbroucke.
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