Gretchen Priddy, Victoria Hawley, & Melissa Cathcart as the Fail Sisters, Nelly, Gerty, and Jenny June. Photo by Philip Krinsky/Tyler Gabbard.
FAILURE: A LOVE STORY
Presented by Northern Kentucky University
Nov. 20-Dec 7
Highland Heights
Directed by Corrie Danieley
Cast: Gretchen Priddy as Nelly Fail, Melissa Cathcart as Jenny June Fail, Victoria Hawley as Gertrude Fail, Andy Simpson as John N. Fail & Hunter Henrickson as Mortimer Mortimer
The Graces: Sophia Dewald, Megan Urz & Molly Watson
Ensemble: Gabby Francis, Colin Kissel, Sarah Alice Shull & Andrew Wiemann
The Gramophone: Rhys Boatwright, Julie Gallaugher, Jacob Priddy & Adam Razavi
1928 is the last year of each of the Fail Sisters’ lives. Nelly was the first of the Fail girls to die, followed soon after by her sisters Jenny June and Gerty. As with so many things in life—blunt objects, disappearances and consumption—they never saw death coming. Written by Chicago playwright Philip Dawkins, Failure: A Love Story is a magical, musical fable that traces the sisters’ triumphs and defeats, lived out in the rickety two-story building by the Chicago River that was the Fail family home and clock shop. This funny, moving and profoundly wise play reminds us that in the end, all that remains is love.
- Thu-Sat, Nov. 20-22 at 8pm
- Sun, Nov. 23 at 3pm
- Wed-Sat, Dec. 3-6 at 8pm
- Sun, Dec. 7 at 3pm
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