Stratford's Square One Theatre To Present 'The Dining Room'

Stratford CT

18 February, 2020

1:41 PM

Description

SQUARE ONE THEATRE COMPANY 30th ANNIVERSARY SEASON As Rehearsals Get Underway, the Cast of A.R. Gurney's THE DINING ROOM Meets the Title Characters (the Table and Chairs) for the Next Production of SQUARE ONE THEATRE's 30th Anniversary Season A comedy of manners featuring actors from Stratford, North Haven, New Haven, Danbury, Milford and Fairfield A.R. Gurney's classic play, a finalist for the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, takes place in the dining room of a typical well-to-do household. The Dining Room is a remarkable play of days long gone. Some audience members may not even remember the 'good ol' days' when families sat down around a dining room table, talking, reminiscing and getting caught up on family news and events…no phones, no television, no internet, no distractions…just conversations around one table in each household. The Dining Room is comprised of a mosaic of interrelated scenes - some funny, some touching, some rueful - but when taken together, the scenes create an in-depth portrait of a vanishing species: the upper-middle-class WASP (White Anglo-Saxon Protestants). Overall, it tells a story of the transition into a much more efficient society with less emphasis on tradition and more emphasis on progress. According to The New York Times The Dining Room is "funny and rueful and, by the end, very moving." The New York Post describes Gurney's play as "Hilarious and touching…as each comic sketch crazily succeeds another comic sketch a whole pattern of American life emerges." Variety calls it "A thoughtful and superbly written comedy!" Audiences and critics agree that "if you have the opportunity, go see six actors play over 30 characters. You'll be treated to a range of humanity, an exploration of the traumas, joys and tensions of a wide variety of people taking place in 'a dining room' that manages to symbolize all of them." The first performance of The Dining Room is scheduled on Thursday, March 5 at 7pm (only) and continues on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through Sunday, March 22 (2020). Stratford Academy located at 719 Birdseye Street in Stratford, Connecticut. Directed by Tom Holehan (Stratford), The Dining Room features Bruce Murray (Stratford), Josie Kulp (North Haven), Ryan Hendrickson (New Haven), Priscilla Squiers (Danbury), Danielle Sultini (Milford) and David Victor (Fairfield). The Dining Room performance schedule: Thursday, March 5 at 7pm (only)Friday, March 6 at 8pmSaturday, March 7 at 4pm (twilight matinee) AND 8pmSunday, March 8 at 2pmFriday, March 13 at 8pmSaturday, March 14 at 4pm (twilight matinee) AND 8pmSunday, March 15 at 2pmFriday, March 20 at 8pmSaturday, March 21 at 4pm (twilight matinee) AND 8pmSunday, March 22 at 2pm Single Tickets are:$22 for each adult single ticket$20 for each senior citizen & studentTickets may be purchased:By phone: box office at 203.375.8778(24/7)Online at: squareonetheatre.comIn person: at box office 60 minutes prior to each performanceBy mail: self-addressed, stamped envelope & check payable to Square One Theatre sent to Administrative Office; 656 Longbrook Avenue, Stratford, Ct 06614-5117. The Stratford Academy is wheelchair accessible. Please inform the box office of any special needs when reserving tickets. For more information and up-to-date news about the theatre, the play and the actors visit squareonetheatre.com