TOTC to Present OTHER LETTERS, 2/7-29
By: Tyler Peterson Jan. 22, 2016
Inspired by A.R. Gurney's Love Letters, Other Letters will tell parallel stories of gay and lesbian couples. TOTC wants to replace phrases such as "normalizing gay relationships " and "normalizing queerness" with "queering normal." Queer relationships are just as flawed, just as messy, and just as wonderful as straight relationships. They aren't interested in re-creating Love Letters with gay couples; they're interested in showing a beautiful relationship, maintained through letters, that happens to be queer. People who are friends, lovers, and confidantes. People who come together, and drift apart, remember,, and forget. People who cannot be together, but cannot be apart. Other Letters will feature two separate scripts performed in reperatory by new cast members every night.
The Cast for Love Letters include:
February 7 - Emma Smith (actor 1) and Colleen DeRosa (actor 2)
February 8 - Alex Weisman (actor 1) and Will Allan (actor 2)
February 14 - Grant Stokes (actor 1) and Evan Michalic (actor 2)
February 15 - Patti Lavery (actor 1) and Sarah Charipar (actor 2)
February 21 - Robyn Coffin (actor 1) and Kristin Collins (actor 2)
February 22 - Jake Szczepaniak (actor 1) and Bryan Renaud (actor 2)
February 28 - Madrid St. Angelo (actor 1) and Mark David Kaplan (actor 2)
February 29 - Janet Ulrich Brooks (actor 1) and Carin Silkaitis (actor 2)
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