For those of us who are not familiar with this play (like me!), here is what the Artistic Director had to say about it.
“One
dining room becomes a kind of twilight zone for specific
situations that are
quite familiar to many of us. Though Gurney has set this play
in a wealthy
economic setting, the situations are universal -- often quite
funny and very
moving. The play is primarily about relationships -- the
beginning of a
new one, or the disintegration of an old one: a
mother/daughter scene full of
manipulation; a young boy set-up by his parents to wheedle
money out of his
grandfather; a family trying to cope with their mother’s
dementia. While
the dining room fades in its importance, much of what the room
has been used
for comes under scrutiny for its continued relevance in a time
and society that
is becoming all about what is convenient, fast, and
technologically driven,”
Danielle
Dwyer, Artistic Director.
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