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 The scene is a holiday resort in the Catskill Mountains in New York State, the summer of 1959. Lili Adler is the troubled twenty-year-old daughter of a wealthy German-Jewish refugee. By the shore of a lake, she meets Nick Lockridge, a golden young man who looks to her as if “nothing ever happened to him”.
Over the summer, Lili comes to view Nick as her saviour and Nick’s fondness for Lili grows; but to Eva, Lili’s autocratic mother, Nick is an object of suspicion. The romance that blossoms between him and Lili is an unfortunate condition that must be indulged before it can be obliterated.
Eva knows she will find out something about Nick which will unmask his unworthiness. To find it she patiently manipulates Nick’s revelations about his past to prove him unfit for Lili.
By the play’s end, time, past injuries and the imperatives of history will conspire to bear out Eva’s dictum that happiness exists “but it’s for other people.” The play combines humour and pathos to tell the story of these remarkable characters. From those halcyon summer days of 1959 to the anti Vietnam war demonstrations 10 years later in New York City we are taken on a journey that could only have happened in that time and place. Award winning Director Geoffrey Leeder has chosen this dramatic play as a highlight of this year’s season of mainly light-hearted fare.
His cast of Amy Welsh (Pride & Prejudice) as Lili, Marsha Holt (A Passionate Woman) as Eva, Gareth Walsh (A Chorus Line) as Nick and Manuel Teaotonga (A Chorus Line) as Gil with Sidsel Brannick as Olivia bring a wealth of talent to this interesting play by a contemporary American playwright.
Performance Dates: June 25, 26, 27, 28*, July 2, 3, 4
Times: All shows at 8pm, *except Sunday 28 June @ 2pm.
Doors open 30 minutes prior to curtain
Tickets: $17 Full $13 Concession
Bookings: 9330 4565
More Info: www.tazentertainment.com.au
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Location: Melville Theatre, cnr Stock Rd & Canning Hwy, Palmyra
Contact: Bookings 9330 4565 |
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