DUPAC Presents THE ART OF DINING, 2/23-26

The Dominican University Performing Arts Center presents The Art of Dining by Tina Howe February 23–26; Friday & Saturday 7:30 p.m.; Sunday 3:00 p.m.; Preview Thursday at 7:00 p.m. at Martin Recital Hall.

Cal and Ellen are the owners and sole staff of a small, elegant gourmet restaurant. Cal's main preoccupation is paying back the $75,000 it cost to start it up, and that means packing in the customers. Chef Ellen is preoccupied with the food's quality and stopping Cal from sampling the ingredients. The diners act out their own private dramas over dinner and their conversations are exquisite burlesques of contemporary attitudes. The Art of Dining is a hilarious and a delicious example of how not to act and what not to talk about while dining.