By A R Gurney
Directed by Lyn Lee
November 3 – December 2, 2023
FIVE DIFFERENT COUPLES, ONE AMAZING STORY
“Can you know someone more from their letters than you do in person?“
Love Letters is a play by A. R. Gurney that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play centers on two characters, Melissa Gardner and Andrew Makepeace Ladd III. Side by side the characters read letters and take the audience on a journey which spans almost 50 years. Though separated through most of this time, in these letters they share their hopes, dreams, disappointments and successes … theirs is a unique and complicated relationship that is often hard to define, but one that defines their lives.
The roles have been played by many well-known actors, including Mia Farrow and Brian Dennehy, Ali MacGraw and Ryan O’Neal (Love Story), Barbara Eden and Larry Hagman (I Dream of Jeannie), Alan Alda and Candice Bergen, Martin Sheen and Angelica Huston, to name just a few. It has frequently featured different casts in the same run.
The director, Lyn Lee, has chosen to cast five different couples to play the roles of Melissa and Andrew. They will bring diversity to the play, as each couple will bring a different perspective to their character. Audiences will have the opportunity to see the play more than once and experience the different interpretations, which each couple will bring to the roles as they bring the characters to life.
By Arrangement The Literary Property Trust of A. R. Gurney.
FULL CAST & INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE DATES
Dawn Pointon & David Pointon
3 November – 5 November
Glenda Kenyon & Greg Kenyon
8 November – 12 November
Maria Micallef & Brett Van Heekeren
15 November – 19 November
Christianne Brawley & Scott Brawley
22 November – 26 November
Jodi Burns & Nathan Farrow
29 November – 2 December
PRODUCTION TEAM
DirectorLyn Lee
Set Designer
David Pointon
Costume Coordination
Leone Sharp
Lighting Design
Roger Hind & Ruth Lowry
Music
Nikola Kovac
Stage Manager
Lee Wright
Assistant Stage Manager
Mary Abraham
Assistant to the Director
Anne McMaster
Sound & Light Operators
Malcolm Purves
Rachel Cutting