THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL Begins Performances at The Quotidian Theatre, 4/16

Horton Foote's play, THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL, will begin performances at The Quotidian Theatre on April 16th. The theatre will continue with the production, despite the cancellation of The Tribute to the Life and Work of Horton Foote, which has been postponed until later this year.

Horton Foote's classic play The Trip to Bountiful tells the story of widow Carrie Watts, who hopes to escape her Houston apartment to return to her girlhood home in Bountiful. Originally a 1953 teleplay featuring Lillian Gish, this work moved to Broadway, and has been produced regularly ever since. Foote's 1985 film adaptation earned an Academy Award for Geraldine Page. The current text, which Foote revised in 2005, featured Lois Smith in the lead role. This streamlined version opened at New York's Signature Theatre and then traveled to Hartford Stage and the Goodman Theater in Chicago.

The Quotidian Theatre production features Jane Squier Bruns, Don Bruns, John Collins, John Decker, David Dubov, Steve LaRocque, Samantha Merrick, and Laura Russell.

Performances of the production will take place on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m., with an added Matinee on Saturday, May 15th at 2 p.m.

Tickets for the production are $25 with a $5 discount for seniors and students. Tickets may be purchased online at www.quotidiantheatre.org or by calling the box office at 301-816-1023.

The Washington D.C. metropolitan area enjoys a vital and diverse array of theatres. The Quotidian Theatre Company's mission is to present plays in what is know as the natural, realistic, or, more accurately, impressionistic style. This is a theatre without histrionics; the gunshots and car crashes are kept offstage. By providing realistic situations and dialogue, we want to give the audience the impression that they are witnessing events over a backyard fence or through an open window, thus transporting them from detached viewers to involved witnesses.

For more information, visit www.quotidiantheatre.org.

 

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