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The Modern Drama Discussion Group
of Washington, DC

Now playing: August 22, 2010

In the Next Room or the vibrator play
 

Each month, 35-50 Footlights members meet over dinner with playwrights, directors, and scholars to discuss modern drama. We read the plays on our own, meet at inexpensive restaurants near Washington-area metro stations, and eventually attend performances of most of the plays we've discussed. You can attend our dinner-discussions, join our theater trips, or both. 

 Membership is free. We do ask that you read the plays for discussion in advance. A $5 donation at dinner-discussions to cover expenses is suggested. You pay for dinner and theater tickets. Footlights always gets group rates at local theaters. Contributions to Footlights are tax-deductible.

Footlights begins the new theater season with a dinner-discussion at Alfio's of IN THE NEXT ROOM OR THE VIBRATOR PLAY by Sarah Ruhl, which will be produced at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, August 23 - September 19.

From Woolly: "At the dawn of the electrical age, a new medical device is developed to pacify “hysterical” women, but it produces a shockingly different result. Pulitzer Prize-nominee Sarah Ruhl, creator of Dead Man’s Cell Phone and The Clean House, returns to Woolly with a richly textured comedy about marriage, motherhood, and the charged energy between our bodies."

Please join us on Sunday, August 22, 6 p.m. at Alfio's, located on the ground floor of the Willoughby Apartments at 4515 Willard Avenue in Chevy Chase, MD 20815 (phone 301 657-9133) - two blocks from the Friendship Heights metro station.  Street parking is limited but valet parking is free at Alfio's. The cost for dinner is only $13, for salad, bread, choice among six entrees, ice cream, and coffee or tea, and the price includes tax and tip.  We appreciate a $5 contribution to Footlights.

Director Aaron Posner is our guest speaker.

Mary Ann Wren is taking reservations again this month.  You can reach her at wjwren@erols.com or 301 770-4572.  Mary Ann will moderate our discussion on August 22.

Look for more news in our next newsletter (e-mail or postal) due out shortly.

Robin
240-669-6300