Eureka College Theatre to perform “The Dining Room”
The Eureka College Theatre group is back with their fall play, directed by college theatre alumnus, Joel Shoemaker.
Dates:
Friday, October 20, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 21, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, October 22, 2:00 p.m.
Location:
Pritchard Hall, Eureka College
300 East College Avenue, Eureka, IL 61530
Cast:
Sofie Bressner
Baylor Cluver
Trevor Dare
Jaden Randall
Sean Sandrock
Mackenzie Thompson
Crew:
Director – Joel Shoemaker
Assistant Director – Kylei Anderson
Stage Crew – Madeline Petty
Tickets:
FREE, open to the public
Reservations strongly recommended.
“The play is set in the dining room of a typical well-to-do household, the place where the family assembled daily for breakfast and dinner and for any and all special occasions. The action is comprised of a mosaic of interrelated scenes—some funny, some touching, some rueful—which, taken together, create an in-depth portrait of a vanishing species: the upper-middle-class WASP.
The actors change roles, personalities and ages with virtuoso skill as they portray a wide variety of characters, from little boys to stern grandfathers, and from giggling teenage girls to Irish housemaids. Each vignette introduces a new set of people and events; a father lectures his son on grammar and politics; a boy returns from boarding school to discover his mother’s infidelity; a senile grandmother doesn’t recognize her own sons at Christmas dinner; a daughter, her marriage a shambles, pleads futilely to return home, etc. Dovetailing swiftly and smoothly, the varied scenes coalesce, ultimately, into a theatrical experience of exceptional range, compassionate humor and abundant humanity.”
“A brilliantly conceived and richly humorous theatrical tour de force (and Off-Broadway success) in which six (or more) performers portray a wide array of diverse characters as they delineate the dying lifestyle of wealthy WASPdom, and the now neglected room which was once a vital center of family life.”