The Dining Room-Sat Eve

A brilliantly conceived and richly humorous theatrical tour de force (and Off-Broadway success) in which multiple performers portray a wide array of diverse characters as they delineate the dying lifestyle of wealthy WASPdom, and the now neglected room which was once a vital center of family life.

THE STORY: 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.

Directed by: Beth Selinger and Patrick Spradlin

Cast: The actors change roles, personalities and ages as they portray a wide variety of characters.

*** NOTE:

Doors open at 6:30pm. The lobby area will be open by 6:00pm so you have a place to gather and wait in before doors open to the theatre. You should be seated in the theatre, no less than, 10 minutes prior to curtain. Late arrivals may be asked to wait until intermission for seating as to not disturb the performance. We will have ushers to greet you and to scan your ticket as you leave the lobby and enter into the theatre. 

There will be one 15 minute INTERMISSION for this event.

This event is being produced in partnership with CLCPAC.