Late-in-life love story
April 12-28, 2024
7:30 PM — April 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, & 27
2:00 PM — April 14, 21, 27, & 28
Auditions: February 19 & 20
Retired schoolteacher Eleanor Bannister lives a quiet life alone in tiny Groverdell, Texas, set in her routines and secure in her position as the town’s most respected woman—until a hole in her roof draws the attention of Abel Brown, a smooth-talking drifter intent on renovating Eleanor’s house, and possibly her life. Can the unexpected sparks of late-life romance be trusted, or is there truth in the gossip that Abel isn’t all that he seems to be? Either way, the whole town is talking.
From the novel Eleanor and Abel by Annette Sanford.
Presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection.
Reviews
“…perfection…[a] beautiful and moving play…” — BroadwayWorld.com
“…winsome, warm…a charming, quiet love story [that will] warm the cockles of your heart.” — New Haven Register
“…Barber writes in the cadences of classic romance…a well-told story of tentative, late-life love.” — The Hartford Courant
“…Perfection…an absorbing piece of storytelling with vibrant characters experiencing a wide range of human emotion…a play that reminds us how great theater can be…” — Connecticut Arts Connection
About the Author
MATTHEW BARBER was born in Los Angeles and is a UCLA graduate. His stage play ENCHANTED APRIL premiered in 2000 at Hartford Stage and opened on Broadway in 2003, garnering the John Gassner Award for Outstanding New American Play and Drama League and Tony Award nominations for Best Play. With more than 500 international productions to date, ENCHANTED APRIL has become one of the most produced plays of the past decade.
Current work includes the stage play FIREFLIES, which premiered in 2017 at Long Wharf Theatre (Edgerton Foundation New Play Award), and two screenplays — the original historical drama INDEPENDENCE, and a film adaptation of his stage play ENCHANTED APRIL. Work in development includes the stage plays THE FORCES and DARK AGE, and a musical stage adaptation of ENCHANTED APRIL (with actor/composer Bruce Dow).
Matthew has been a participating playwright in Broadway’s 24 Hour Plays event to benefit Urban Playground, is the recipient of Wurlitzer Foundation and Art OMI fellowships, and is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America. www.matthewbarber.info
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