Join us for Valentine's Day. Staircase Theatre presents the second annual Love Letters, directed by Matthew Kowalchuk
Date/Time: Feb 12 2016, 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm
Vancouver, Staircase TheatreCost: by donation
Sweet and heartbreaking, Love Letters is the story of a 50-year correspondence between Melissa Gardner and her childhood friend-turned-love-interest, Andrew Makepeace Ladd III. Gurney’s play, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, has been performed in theatre spaces all over the world, from the New York Public Library to Broadway to Carnegie Hall and back again. A smash hit both off and on Broadway, this limited Valentine's engagement includes appearances by real couples of the Vancouver theatre scene. Andrew and Melissa’s story will be told by a different married couple every night, including Jim & Tara Travis. Love Letters runs from February 12-13. Enjoy a drink at bar (sponsored by Screw It! Wines) and the groovin' tunes before and after the show!
In the age of instant communication, iPhones and Twitter, Love Letters brings memories of a simpler time. Through notes, letters and cards, two friends and would-be lovers, discuss the life that has passed between them throughout their separated lives. Simple and haunting, the playwright wrote Love Letters intending it to have a simple execution, not requiring any set or prior memorization. The letters are meant to be read out by the actors, and the audience invited to share in this authentic experience with the characters. Gurney write in the author’s note: “The play is designed to be read aloud by an actor and actress of roughly the same age, sitting side by side at a table.”
The two-character play takes the audience on an emotional ride through the lives of free-spirited Melissa Gardner and the conservative, law-abiding Andrew Makepeace Ladd III. Wealthy and privileged WASPs, they’re lifelong friends and sometimes lovers who share their most intimate thoughts through 50 years of notes, cards and letters.
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