TEA AT FIVE Comes To The Town Players Of Newtown 9/11-27

In September, TEA AT FIVE, the smash-hit, one-woman production that broke box office records and drew immense critical acclaim at TheatreWorks New Milford, The Sherman Playhouse, TriArts Sharon, and The Brookfield Theatre, will be coming to The Town Players of Newtown for a three-week run. The play, by Matthew Lombardo, is an intimate and compelling portrayal of Katharine Hepburn "as told by" the fiery redhead herself. Ms. Hepburn is played by Sherman actress Noel Desiato.

The show begins in 1938 after the 31-year-old Hepburn has just been labeled "box office poison." Ensconced in her beloved home in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, she waits by the phone to hear whether she nailed the part of Scarlett in a film called GONE WITH THE WIND. The story moves to 1983. Despite being injured in a car accident, Hepburn's convalescence affords her an opportunity to reflect on the triumphs of her career and her heartbreaking romance with Spencer Tracy. Lombardo's play unveils to audiences a previously unpainted portrait of one of the great legends of the silver screen that is intuitive, provocative, and at times, downright funny.

TEA AT FIVE is under the direction of Jane Farnol of Gaylordsville.

TEA AT FIVE runs September 11,12,13 18,19,20 25,26,27. Curtain time is 8:00 p.m. Fridays & Saturdays, with 2:00 p.m. Sunday matinees on September 13, 20, and 27. Tickets for all shows are $20.00 for general seating.

Reservations can be made by calling the box office at 203-270-9144. For more information and directions, visit www.danbury.org/townplayers.

The Town Players of Newtown is a local theatre situated on Orchard Hill Road in Newtown, Conn. (PO Box 211, Newtown, CT 06470)

Photo credit: Richard Pettibone