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A.R. Gurney's The Dining Room from The Foundry Players

Title: The Dining Room
Venue: Fellowship Hall at Foundry United Methodist Church (Washington, DC)
Full Price: $12.00 - $15.00   Our Price: $6.00 - $7.50
Rating: 2.0 stars

Rated 2.0 by 5 members who went.

How have we changed in the past 100 years? And, if you had to pick one thing to symbolize that change, what would it be? Playwright A.R. Gurney (Love Letters) attempts to answer these questions with a play set in a dining room, with 57 characters portrayed by six actors, throughout the course of a day.

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4 Star Rating
Written on
May 05 2008

Donna

Donna

kinsman

Good venue, easy to get too. I didn't know what to expect from actors/venue, but thoroughly enjoyed and would return.

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1 Star Rating
Written on
May 19 2008

Choosy

Choosy

Frequent theatre-goer

I too left at intermission. A confusing play at best, hard to figure out the constantly changing time periods and characters. I actually fell asleep more than once, just not really knowing or caring about any of them!

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3 Star Rating
Written on
May 16 2008

Anonymous Member

Jon Keeling has several stand out performances.

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More Details About This Event:

How have we changed in the past 100 years? And, if you had to pick one thing to symbolize that change, what would it be? Gurney attempts to answer these questions with a play set in a real, honest–to-goodness dining room, not some place in the kitchen where you set up a table, which becomes a character in the play, in addition to the 57 characters portrayed by the six actors, throughout the course of a "day." You’ll see a wide range of humanity, and an exploration of the traumas, joys, and tensions of a wide variety of people performed in a room that manages to symbolize the changing of "the good old days."

About The Foundry Players:

The curtain went up on the Foundry Players in 1946. Through the years the Players' quality productions have ranged from the classics to yesterday's Broadway hits, one-acts to musicals, proscenium to arena stagings. Our performances have benefited the Washington Pastoral Counseling Center, St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Wolf Trap, and other area causes. Each season includes three main-stage productions and an occasional summer "fling."