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Run dates:   July 11-14 and 18-21 

Directed by Jennifer Kingry

Description

In post-World War II New York City, struggling writer and would-be bibliophile Helene Hanff writes to the London “antiquarian” bookshop Marks & Co in search of rare titles she has not been able to find locally. Store manager Frank Doel responds politely to her chatty letter, and, over the course of two decades, a deep, long-distance friendship evolves. In a sense, these are also love letters – they are about the love of books and of good literature.  Through their letters, a unique bond develops between the delightfully dusty Englishman and the brash New Yorker, who shows her gratitude through the years by sending “care packages” to the whole staff of Marks & Co.