Love Letters
by A.R. Gurney

September 11-27

Fridays & Saturdays @ 7:30pm; Sundays @ 2pm.

Produced by Hatbox Theatre.

Andrew Makepeace Ladd III and Melissa Gardner, both born to wealth and position, are childhood friends whose lifelong correspondence began in second grade and continued for fifty or more years! The letters trace not only the arc of their friendship in both good times and bad, but are also a glimpse into twentieth century history and changing times from the 1930s to the 1980s. The play traces a lifetime between two people who grew up together, went their separate ways, but continued to share confidences.

Director Wayland Bunnell first helmed this play twenty-seven years ago in 1993. It continues to fascinate and enthrall him now just as it did then and is as new as a shiny penny. The writing, set in the WASP world of Connecticut private schools, ivy-league colleges, art and eventually politics is both compelling and universal. Love Letters was a finalist for The Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1990.

A.R. Gurney and Holland Taylor, long-time friends, did the very first performance in 1988 at The New York Public Library. It then went to Off-Broadway and then Broadway, and has become a constant in regional professional theaters. Renowned artists from theater and film have lined up to perform the piece.

It's a thrilling evening for audience members, very funny, sad in places, and enlightening. It's also one to not miss...

CAST

Andrew: Erik Hodges
Melissa: Kathryn Hodges

Directed by Wayland Bunnell

LOVE LETTERS is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

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