“The Art of Dining”
By Tina Howe
Directed by Robert Ellis
Cal and Ellen are the owners and sole staff of a small, elegant gourmet restaurant. Cal's main preoccupation is paying back the $75,000 it cost to start it up, and that means packing in the
customers. Chef Ellen is preoccupied with the food's quality and stopping Cal from sampling the ingredients. The diners act out their own private dramas over dinner and their conversations are exquisite burlesques of contemporary attitudes. There's a sensual
middle aged couple who go into paroxysms of ecstasy just reading the menu and then there's three crass chic young career women. Finally, there's Elizabeth, a maladroit, shy and neurotic writer who's dining with her prospective publisher. Her actions and conversation
are unintentionally hilarious and a delicious example of how not to act and what not to talk about while dining.
Cast:
Ellen – Kennedy Ellis
Cal – Gordon Hinchen
Hannah Galt – Gabi DeFelice
Paul Galt – Carter Ellis
Elizabeth Barrow Colt – Kaitlyn Levigne
Herrick Simmons – Julia Watson
Nessa Vox – Jasmine Alshabani
Tony Stassio – Liana Chapman
David Osslow – Jon Heus
Performances are April 22, 23, 28, 29, 30 @ 8:00pm, April 24 & May 1st @ 2pm and April 28 @ 10:30am
Tickets: $10 - Adult, $8 Non Tri-C Student & Faculty/Staff. Group rate of ten or more available for $7. FREE for Tri-C students with a valid ID.
Tickets can be purchased online by going to
www.tri-c.trickets.com or by calling the Box Office: 216-987-5536
Fred Gloor
Tri-C Western Campus Theatre Dept.
11000 Pleasant Valley Rd.
Parma, Ohio 44130
216-987-5536
For tickets go to http://www.trictickets.com
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