THE GRAND MANNER

by A.R. Gurney
November 12-14; 19-21; 27 & 28
Directed by TJ Firneno

This part of the story is true:  When playwright A.R. Gurney was 18 years old and in boarding school he attended a Broadway performance of Anthony and Cleopatra starring Katharine Cornell, “The First Lady of the American stage.” Gurney’s grandmother wrote a letter to Cornell (since they were both from Buffalo) and young A.R. was granted a brief introduction backstage.  Gurney writes, “And that’s pretty much all that happened.  But it stayed with me, and rolled around in my head for years, and I kept thinking that maybe, sometime, it might grow into a play.”  This love letter to the glorious heyday of the Broadway theatre is what happened when it grew into a play. Area premiere

Thursday, November 12 at 8:00 pm

Friday,  November 13 at 8:00 pm

Saturday, November 14 at 8:00 pm

Thursday, November 19 at 8:00 pm

Friday, November 20 at 8:00 pm

Saturday, November 21 at 8:00 pm

Friday, November 27 at 8:00 pm

Saturday, November 28 at 8:00 pm

Please contact the box office directly for groups of 20 or more: 724-745-6300.