Three One Act Plays
October 10 through 25
Three Short Plays in One Wonderful Evening
Enjoy three wonderful one-act plays in a single evening. Each play tugs at a different emotional cord ... one to make you laugh, one to make you cry, and one to make you think. Read about each one below.
Elegy for a Lady
By Arthur Miller
Directed by Judie Hanel
A man in his later years is losing his younger mistress to cancer. He visits a boutique to buy her a parting gift. The proprietress talks with him; in a series of vignettes they become the couple; she enacts the dying woman, reprising their love. It's impossible to accept the story on its surface value alone. Does the gift shop exist or is the whole encounter a construct of his own tortured mind? Is the proprietress a remarkable stranger, his mistress years after the event, or a phantom memory of her? In just 30 minutes, Miller masterfully undermines our sense of reality and leaves us in a realm where what matters most is emotional truth, not mere incidents or appearances.
Mr. Morton Waits for His Bus
By Warren Leigh
Directed by Tom Penchoen
An anxious rookie cop babysits a corpse on a Fourth of July weekend. Mr. Morton has died, and a rookie cop has been assigned to babysit the body. During the long wait, the cop snoops around, learns quite a bit about the deceased and engages in a lively (if one-sided) conversation. When he downs one of the old man’s percodans with a few shots of leftover bourbon, we learn more about the cop, his father and the father he might have had.
Crazy Eights
By David Lindsay-Abaire
Directed by Richard Parker
In this appetizing comedy, David Lindsay-Abaire presents a budding, off-center romance that may or may not be the beginning of a beautiful relationship. When Connie comes home late one night, she finds her parole officer waiting in her apartment with a torte and a long list of questions. The interrogation/courting dance that follows is complicated by the arrival of Connie’s charming card-playing buddy.
Date / Time / Tickets / Location
Dates / Times |
October 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, 25 at 7:30 October 19, matinee at 2:00 |
Tickets |
$15 General admission; $12 Seniors and students. Tickets available at Columbia Center for the Arts and Collage of the Gorge in White Salmon. |
| Location | Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River |