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Love Letters by A. R. Gurney

Multiple Dates

Starts

Feb 17th, 2023 @ 7:00 PM PST

Starts

Friday Feb 17th, 2023 @ 7:00 PM PST

Ends

Feb 19th, 2023 @ 4:00 PM PST

Ends

Sunday Feb 19th, 2023 @ 4:00 PM PST

Peninsula Studio Theatre

14600 North Bluff Rd, White Rock

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Love Letters is a play by A. R. Gurney that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Andrew Makepeace Ladd III (Rob Burns) and Melissa Gardner (Jane Mantle),  both born to wealth and position, are childhood friends whose lifelong correspondence begins with birthday party thank-you notes and summer camp postcards. Romantically attached, they continue to exchange letters through the boarding school and college years—where Andy goes on to excel at Yale and law school, while Melissa flunks out of a series of "good schools". While Andy is off at war Melissa marries, but her attachment to Andy remains strong and she continues to keep in touch as he marries, becomes a successful attorney, gets involved in politics and, eventually, is elected to the U.S. Senate. Meanwhile, her marriage in tatters, Melissa dabbles in art and gigolos, drinks more than she should, and becomes estranged from her children.

 

Directed by Dann Wilhelm

 

 

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