The Dining Room
A comedy of manners that takes place in a single New England dining room where 18 scenes from different households overlap and intertwine. The action is a mosaic of interrelated snapshots — some funny, some touching, some rueful — which, taken together, create an in-depth portrait of a vanishing species of the upper-middle-class. It was a finalist for the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Old Academy Players’ stellar cast (playing various roles) includes: Susan Blair, Norm Burnosky, Bonnie Kapenstein, Susan Mattson, Harrison Rothbaum, Jay Steinberg, and Michael Tarringer. Loretta Lucy Miller directs.
Old Academy Players’ production team includes: Randy Shupp, Producer/Sound Design; Joan Shupp, Producer/Tech; Jerry Jennings, Producer/Co-Stage Manager, Dramaturg; Janine Lieberman, Producer/Co-Stage Manager, Dramaturg; Helga Krauss, Costumer/Props; and Carla Childs, Set Design/Tech.
Ticket prices are: $25 per adult; $15 for Students under 25 with valid ID; group rate (15 or more) $21 each. Tickets can be purchased online at www.OldAcademyPlayers.org. Reservations and more information can be obtained by calling the Box Office at 215-843-1109. Advance tickets are highly recommended.
Old Academy Players is located at 3544 Indian Queen Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19129. Parking for all performances is free.
The Old Academy Players has provided continuous community theater entertainment since 1923 and is a non-profit community theater in the East Falls neighborhood of Philadelphia. Constructed in 1819, the Old Academy building has been the OAP home since 1932. Old Academy Players is a member of the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance. Most notable alumni include Tony Award-nominated actor Robert Prosky and Hollywood icon, Grace Kelly. Support is provided by the ""Philadelphia Cultural Fund"" and the ""Sylvia W. and Randle M. Kauders Foundation"".
