Love Letters
A Performance Piece by A R Gurney. 

Repeated by popular demand, special benefit performances benefiting the Building Fund

A unique and imaginative theatre piece which is comprised of letters exchanged between two people who grew up together, went their separate ways, but continued to share confidences.  As the actors read the letters aloud, what is created is an evocative, touching, frequently funny but always telling pair of character studies in which what is implied is as revealing and meaningful as what is actually written down. 

LOVE LETTERS , an eloquent play by A R Gurney about a lifetime of love will be presented at 8 pm Friday May 13, Saturday May 14 and at 2 pm Sunday May 15 at the Francis Wilson Playhouse

These special fund raiser performances are for our new theatre.

Love Letters is a unique performance piece which portrays the depth of a lifetime friendship between two people.  You will be entertained by their revealing exchange of letters and the frequently funny, heartfelt characterizations of our actors; Nonie White and Stuart Janop.  Call our Box Office to pre-reserve your tickets so that you won't miss this exceptional production.

$15.00 per person
Contact our Box Office for reservations

THE STORY:  Andrew Makepeace Ladd III and Melissa Gardner, both born to wealth and position, are childhood friends whose lifelong correspondence begins with birthday party thank-you notes and summer camp postcards.  Romantically attached, they continue to exchange letters though the boarding school and college years – where Andy goes on to excel at Yale and law school, while Melissa flunks out of a series of “good schools.”  While Andy is off at war Melissa marries, but her attachment to Andy remains strong and she continues to keep in touch as he marries, becomes a successful attorney, gets involved in politics and, eventually, is elected to the U.S. Senate.  Meanwhile, her marriage in tatters, Melissa dabbles in art and gigolos, drinks more than she should and becomes estranged from her children.  Eventually she and Andy do become involved in a brief affair, but it is really too late for both of them.  However Andy’s last letter, written to her mother after Melissa’s untimely death, makes it eloquently clear how much they really meant and gave to each other over the years – physically apart, perhaps, but spiritually as close as only true lovers can be.