Donald Margulies' DINNER WITH FRIENDS Marks Second Anniversary at Out Front on Main

Donald Margulies' Pulitzer Prize-winning Dinner With Friends-starring Molly Breen, Holly Amber, Tony Hortert and Bryce Damuth-debuts at Murfreesboro's Out Front on Main this Thursday, running through March 25, in celebration of the theater company's second anniversary.

Directed by George W. Manus Jr., who was named best director in the 2011 BroadwayWorld.com Tennessee Theatre Awards, the show is performed Thursday through Sunday evenings at 7:30 p.m. "Dinner With Friends celebrates our Two Year Anniversary on Main Street in the 'Boro," says Manus.

Out Front on Main, Inc. is located at 1511 E. Main Street in historic downtown Murfreesboro, beside MTSU. Tickets and further information are available at www.outfrontonmain.com or by calling  (615) 869-8617. Ticket prices are $10, general admission, and $5 for students and seniors.

Playwright Donald Margulies has been quoted as calling his Pulitzer Prize-winning play Dinner With Friends, "a rueful comedy."

"The story is not just a thoughtful study on divorce, but a turbulent meditation on the minefield of middle age," Manus says.

Gabe (Tony Hortert) and Karen (Holly Amber), a happily married couple, have been friends with married couple Tom (Bryce Damuth) and Beth (Molly Breen) for many years. While having dinner at Gabe and Karen's home one night, Beth tearfully reveals that she is getting a divorce from Tom, who has been unfaithful.

"The unfolding story is not about the divorce, but the shockwaves it causes in its wake. Over the course of the play, we witness the effects of Tom and Beth's breakup on Gabe and Karen, who first feel compelled to choose sides, and then begin to question the strength of their own seemingly tranquil marriage. The play exposes the same, universal insecurities that people face every time there are shattering changes in their lives. Margulies' characters are real. They are normal. They are family, friends, and the people next door. They are people facing their fears."

 

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