EVELYN IN PURGATORY
Mariemont Players Inc.
Jan. 10-26
Walton Creek Theatre
Directed by Jennifer Keith
Produced by Betsy Bossart & Patrick Kramer
Cast: Heather Abbott as Evelyn, Cathy Ross as Lila, Aimée Ward as Candace Metzger, Evan Blanton as Toby Fleming, Chuck Ingram as Fred Disalvo, Chessie Vigran as Roberta Burke & Robert Weidle as Mr. Atwood
When a complaint is filed against one of the 70,000 teachers in New York’s public schools, they’re sent to a Reassignment Center, one of a series of empty offices in the Department of Education Building. There, they sit and wait for their case to be reviewed. Usually for months. Sometimes for over a year. A claim of improper behavior by a failing student lands Evelyn Reid in “the rubber room,” where she encounters a group of teachers, some guilty, some not, who have long since lost any hope of returning to a classroom. Over the course of the school year, these colleagues form an unlikely alliance, reminding each other of forgotten passions, emerging to face life outside in unexpected new directions. They also learn French and workshop a screenplay.
- Fri-Sat, Jan. 10-11 at 8pm
- Sun, Jan. 12 at 2pm
- Thu, Jan. 16 at 7:30pm
- Fri-Sat, Jan. 17-18 at 8pm
- Sun, Jan. 19 at 2pm & 7pm
- Thu, Jan. 23 at 7:30pm
- Fri, Jan. 24 at 8pm
- Sat, Jan. 25 at 3pm & 8pm
- Sun, Jan. 26 at 2pm
