Performances: July 14-30 2023, Fri,Sat 7:30 pm/Sun 3:00 pm
Location: Tualatin Heritage Center, 8700 SW Sweek Drive, Tualatin OR
Directed by Linda Morris Talluto
Location: Tualatin Heritage Center, 8700 SW Sweek Drive, Tualatin OR
Directed by Linda Morris Talluto
Photo by Beth Moore
PLEASE NOTE:
We ask that you either have been vaccinated against COVID-19 or have a negative PCR test result within 72 hours of attending a show. Wearing a face mask is strongly encouraged at all times when in the building. If you feel ill, please stay home and do not attend this show. COVID-19 protocols are still in place for this show BUT HAVE BEEN UPDATED - please review them here.
Summary
This winner of the 1978 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, which originally starred Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn and was later revived with Julie Harris and Charles Durning, uses a card game as a metaphor for life. Weller Martin is playing solitaire on the porch of a seedy nursing home. Enter Fonsia Dorsey, a prim, self-righteous lady. They discover they both dislike the home and enjoy gin rummy, so they begin to play and to reveal intimate details of their lives. Fonsia wins every time, and their secrets become weapons used against one another. Weller longs for a victory to counter a lifetime of defeats, but it doesn’t happen. He leaves the stage a broken man, and Fonsia realizes her self-righteous rigidity has led to an embittered, lonely, old age.
Please note that this show has some strong language and anger expressed by the characters, and it could cause discomfort with some audience members.
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Cast
Weller Martin Fonsia Dorsey |
Marc Berezin Kathleen Silloway |
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Crew
Director Production Mgr Asst Prod Mgr Set Design Set Construction Set Dressing Costumes Props Lighting Design Lights/Sound Media Guru Poster Design Program Box Office |
Linda Morris Talluto Peter Bolger Hertsel Shadian, John Knowles Linda Talluto, Cindy Zimmerman Cast & Crew Cindy Zimmerman Jodi Johnson & Cast Kathyrn Stevens George Mauro Rick Hoover, Steve Hotaling, George Mauro Beth Moore Jayne Furlong Peter Bolger Dwayne Thurnau |
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This project is supported by the Oregon Cultural Trust and the Cultural Coalition of Washington County and the City of Tualatin.
The Gin Game is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com