The Modern Drama Discussion Group
of Washington, DCNow playing: May 7, 2008
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.
To sign up on our Footlights list, go to
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/footlightsdc/join.
See Guidelines for our e-list.
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The Visit by Friedrich Durrenmatt
On Wednesday, May 7 at 6:30 p.m., Footlights will meet at Alfio’s with the Ushers theatre group to discuss THE VISIT, a tragi-comedy by the Swiss writer, Friedrich Durrenmatt. Michael Baron, Associate Director of Signature Theatre, will lead our discussion. Baron has directed over 40 productions at theatres across the country and has taught theatre and arts education at Brown University, Holy Cross College, Rhode Island College, and Unidade Universitaria in Brazil.
During the years of the cold war, arguably only Beckett, Camus, Sartre, and Brecht rivaled Durrenmatt as a presence in European letters. In THE VISIT, an old lady who becomes the wealthiest person in the world returns to the village that cast her out as a young woman. She offers riches to the town in exchange for the life of the man, now the mayor, who once disgraced her.
The
Footlights dinner discussion is scheduled for Wednesday, May 7, at Alfio’s,
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Reading & Seeing THE VISIT
You may order your copy of THE VISIT from Backstage Books (202-544-5744) or any other bookstore. THE SIGNATURE THEATRE PRODUCTION OF "THE VISIT" IS A MUSICAL VERSION OF THE PLAY FOOTLIGHTS WILL READ AND DISCUSS ON MAY 7. This drama of revenge and guilt has been set to music by John Kander and the late Fred Ebb with the book by Terrence McNally. We will join the Ushers theatre group at Signature Theatre on Sunday, May 18 at 2 p.m. to see Signature’s production starring Chita Rivera and George Hearn. Our group tickets for this performance are now sold out. You may contact Joel Markowitz to get on the waiting list in case of cancellations.
Make your reservations now!
Important: If you need to cancel, be sure to let Mark know by phone no later than noon on the day of our meeting.
See you at the Footlights!
This page was last updated on April 14, 2008.