THE DINING ROOM
Tri-County Players
Dec. 2-17
Bell Tower Pavilion [Evendale]
Directed by David Roth
Cast: Rachel Brzezinski, Robert Buchtman, Trisha Coopet, Abby Farmer, Tess Greweling, Brandon Hester, Max Metsch & Clayton Schmohe
The play is set in the dining room of a typical well-to-do household, the place where the family assembled daily for breakfast and dinner and for any and all special occasions. The action is a mosaic of interrelated scenes—some funny, some touching, some rueful—which, taken together, create an in-depth portrait of a vanishing species: the upper-middle-class WASP. The actors change roles, personalities and ages with virtuoso skill as they portray a wide variety of characters, from little boys to stern grandfathers, and from giggling teenage girls to Irish housemaids. Each vignette introduces a new set of people and events; a father lectures his son on grammar and politics; a boy returns from boarding school to discover his mother’s infidelity; a senile grandmother doesn’t recognize her own sons at Thanksgiving dinner; a daughter, her marriage a shambles, pleads futilely to return home, etc. Dovetailing swiftly and smoothly, the varied scenes coalesce, ultimately, into a theatrical experience of exceptional range, compassionate humor and abundant humanity.
- Fri-Sat, Dec. 2-3 at 7:30pm
- Sun, Dec. 4 at 3pm
- Fri-Sat, Dec. 9-10 at 7:30pm POSTPONED
- Sun, Dec. 11 at 3pm POSTPONED
- Fri-Sat, Dec. 16-17 at 8pm ADDED PERFORMANCES
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