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The Cocktail Party Directed by Jennifer Shook March 26-April 23, 2006 Caffeine’s season of Plays by Poets continues with Eliot’s witty verse comedy, winner of the 1950 Tony Award for Best Play. A mysterious guest at a cocktail party leads a curious young socialite and a married couple on the rocks to depths beyond their urbane lives.
Evoking both the modern anguish of The Wasteland and the transcendence
of Four Quartets, The Cocktail Party has been hailed as a
“magnificent play, brimming with compassion, poetry, and
lightning wit … [with] a depth of understanding which makes it extraordinarily
moving and inspiring” (New York Daily News). Eliot received a
Nobel Prize for literature while writing this “authentic modern masterpiece” (New
York Post) about the choices that make life meaningful. Athenaeum Theatre, Studio 1 A free Coffeehouse Forum discussion will follow
Tickets are available at Ticketmaster outlets, by phone at
312-902-1500, on the web at ticketmaster.com or at the Athenaeum
Theatre box office Monday-Friday 3-7pm. Call 773-935-6860 for
information and same day sales hours. Buy tickets online at: All performances $15 For directions, parking, and area restaurants, visit http://www.athenaeumtheatre.com STAFF: Joshua D. Allard (Costume Design), Kevin Hagan (Scenic and Lighting Design), Andrew Hansen (Original Music and Sound Design), Kyle Kratky (Assistant Director), Sam Luchsinger (Stage Manager), Linsey Page Morton (Casting Associate) and Daniel Smith (Dramaturg). CAST: Jason Beck (Sir Henry Harcourt-Reilly), Jeff Duhigg (Peter Quilpe), Carol Enoch (Nurse-Secretary), Paul S. Holmquist (Edward Chamberlayne), Fannie Hungerford (Lavinia Chamberlayne), Marssie Mencotti (Julie Shuttlethwaite), Kelli Nonnemacher (Celia Coplestone), Scott Olson (Alexander MacColgie Gibbs), Ian Randall (Caterer’s Man). MEANWHILE-- ***********Reviews***********
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