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 comprised of 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 Christmas 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.
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Beetlejuice
Lied Center for Performing Arts (3/4 - 3/9) | |
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MJ
Orpheum Theater Omaha (6/10 - 6/15) | |
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Eminent Domain
Angels Theatre Company (3/20 - 3/30) | |
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Some Like It Hot
Orpheum Theater Omaha (3/25 - 3/30) | |
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Steel Magnolias
Chanticleer Community Theater (5/9 - 5/18) | |
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Curtains
Chanticleer Community Theater (3/13 - 3/23) | |
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Hadestown (Non-Equity)
Orpheum Theater Omaha (3/14 - 3/16) | |
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