Sherman Playhouse Announces THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES, 3/30-4/21

This spring, The Sherman Playhouse will present its premiere production of the 2012 season, Frank D. Gilroy's award-winning drama, THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES.

Winner of the 1965 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play, THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES is described as "a powerful 'kitchen-sink' drama centered on three strangers: A mother, a father, and a son. It is 1946. Twenty-one-year-old Timmy Cleary returns from World War II to his boyhood home in the Bronx…and to his estranged parents, John and Nettie. Quickly, old wounds are opened. Husband and wife squabble. Timmy has outgrown his mother's doting ways. John's attempts to overcome years of neglect with his son prove to be a stormy path. Finally, Timmy must make a fateful decision that will impact the destinies of all three strangers' lives."

The production features Matt McQuail (Newtown), M.J. Hartell (Brookfield), and Matthew Bagley (Danbury).

THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES is under the direction of Tom Libonate of Danbury.

THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES runs March 30,31 April 6,7 13,14,15 20,21. Curtain time is 8:00 p.m. Fridays & Saturdays, with a 2:00 p.m. Sunday matinee on April 15. Tickets for all shows are $20 for general seating.

On Thursday, March 29, all patrons are invited to attend a "Half-Price Preview Night" at 8:00 p.m. where all tickets are only $10. Students may see any performance for only $10 if they pay in cash only at the door and carry a valid student ID. Students may not make reservations in advance for a performance.

Reservations can be made online at www.shermanplayers.org or by calling the box office at (860) 354-3622. The Sherman Playhouse now accepts credit card payments both online and at the door.
The Sherman Playhouse is a local, non-Equity theatre company located on 5 Route 39 North (next to the firehouse) in Sherman, Conn.