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On Wednesday, November 17, our series "Time and Memory" continues with
"Communicating Doors" (1994), by Alan Ayckbourn, "England's most prolific
playwright since Shakespeare" (Wall Street Journal). A blend of sex farce, crime
thriller, and science fiction, "Communicating Doors" follows a leather-clad
21st-century prostitute from her time to ours and back again. "[F]ast, funny, and
ultimately even quite moving" (Christian Science Monitor), it's "vintage
Ayckbourn," with "depth, despair and, finally, redemption" (Time Magazine).
Our meeting will feature director Nick Olcott, the only person in the history of the Helen
Hayes Awards to receive nominations in three different categories: actor, director, &
playwright. Olcott has directed or acted in six previous plays by Alan Ayckbourn. He's
associate artistic director of Round House Theatre, where his production of
"Communicating Doors" previews November 3.
We will meet at Delray Vietnamese Garden, 4918 Del Ray Ave., a few blocks N of Bethesda metro. Take both up escalators, turn left onto Old Georgetown Rd., walk up to Del Ray Ave. & turn right. Old Georgetown Rd., Del Ray Ave., & Cordell Ave. have cheap garages & parking lots. Dinner begins at 6:30 & our discussion at 7:30. Make reservations by calling 202-638-0444 or e-mailing [email protected]. Open "Doors" at Backstage Books, 2101 P St., NW, & for a discount at Super Crown, 11 Dupont Circle, Olsson's Books & Records, 1307 19th St., NW, & Politics & Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave., NW. .
On Sunday, November 21, at 3 p.m., Footlights will attend "Communicatin Doors" at Round House Theatre, 12210 Bushey Dr., between Randolph & Veirs Mill Roads & just W of Connecticut Ave. in Silver Spring. Tickets are $16. We must receive payment by November 14, also the refund deadline. Mail your check, payable to Footlights, to Robin Larkin, 5403 Nibud Ct., Rockville, MD 20852 (240-669-6300 & [email protected]). Robin will hand out tickets in the lobby just before the performance. Afterwards we'll have dinner at Dynasty, 11123 Veirs Mill Rd., Wheaton.
On Thursday, December 16, Footlights continues time-traveling with a play about the relentless forward motion of time & language: "On the Verge (or The Geography of Yearning)" (1985), by American playwright Eric Overmyer. "On the Verge" follows three Victorian "lady explorers" across space, time, & American culture from 1888 to 1955 & beyond. This is "word-play at its most playful" (Baltimore Sun), "a filigreed confection of theatrical brain food" (San Francisco Chronicle) "difficult to resist" (The New York Times). Our meeting will feature Catholic University drama professor Jackson Phippin, who directed the world premiere of "On the Verge" at Baltimore's Center Stage.
John-Josef Costondi is co-producing the upcoming Port City Playhouse production of Jean-Paul Sartre's "No Exit" (1944). "No Exit" will run November 5, 6, 12, 16, 19, and 20 at 8 p.m. at the Career Center Theatre, T.C. Williams High School, 3330 King St., Alexandria. Tickets are $9 ($7 for seniors). For reservations or further information, call 703-838-9303.
Footlights stays on only through the generous support of members like you. Send your check to John Glynn, 3741 Yorktown Village Pass, Annandale, VA 22003. You can also help by donating a few hours of your time. Help find us a bookstore in Maryland or a meeting place in Virginia, or help arrange theater trips or guest speakers. For more details, call 202-484-8303 or e-mail [email protected].
Wednesday, November 17, 6:30 p.m.: "Communicating Doors," Delray Viet Gdn
Sunday, November 21, 3 p.m.: "Communicating Doors," Round House Theatre
Thursday, December 16, 6:30 p.m.: "On the Verge," Luna Books
Monday, January 24, 6:30 p.m.: "Stop Kiss," Luna Books
Sunday, January 30, 2 p.m.: "Stop Kiss," Woolly Mammoth Theatre
Tuesday, February 15, 6:30 p.m.: "Three Days of Rain," Delray Viet Garden
Saturday, February 19, 3 p.m.: "Three Days of Rain," Round House Theatre