Walnut Street Theatre Presents THE PRESCOTT METHOD, Now thru 4/14

Walnut Street Theatre's 2012-2013 Independence Studio on 3 season continues with the World Premiere of THE PRESCOTT METHOD: EASY STEPS TO PERFECT BREAD BAKING, EVERY TIME. Written by local playwright Michael Whistler, and directed by Greg Wood, the production opens tonight, March 28th and continues through April 14th in the Walnut's Independence Studio on 3.

It's 1966, and Veronica DiGregorio wants Peg Merwood to teach her how to bake bread, using the special flair of THE PRESCOTT METHOD. The women meet regularly, break bread and take the time necessary to escape from their daily routines. The kind-hearted, lonely Peg, wife of a college professor, is working hard to fit into her new university setting.The animated and inquisitive Veronica, mother of six, longs for a little quiet time. As they bake bread, they discover that the best ingredients for coping with the lives they have chosen are friendship, conversation and trust.

THE PRESCOTT METHOD is a World Premiere comedy by Philadelphia playwright Michael Whistler. The idea for the play came when Whistler saw two women on the Today Show holding a sign that read "On vacation from our husbands." He comments, "It made me think of the women who raised me, and who they might be when they were by themselves, and not busy being wives and mothers. I wrote the piece as a love letter to them-and the 60's suburbia I grew up in." Whistler's additional credits include the plays Little Lamb and Hidden Rivers. He is also coordinator of the Theatre Arts Faculty at Montgomery County Community College.

Tickets are $30 - $40 and are now available at 215-574-3550 or 215-336-1234. Tickets are also available at WalnutStreetTheatre.org or Ticketmaster.com.

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