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Lettice
and Lovage – Back by Popular Demand!
The comedy by Peter Shaffer
Audience Guide:
Appropriate for all audiences; young children may have difficulty
following the pace and humor of the dialogue.
TWO PERFORMANCES
ONLY: April 24 & 25, 8 pm!
Location/Parking: Tri-County
Performing Arts Center, 245 E. High Street, Pottstown, PA 19464. Click
here for directions and parking
information.
About Lettice
and Lovage
As if
history isn't exciting enough, two British women decide to "improve"
upon the facts. Lettice and Lovage follows the antics of
Lettice Douffet, a flamboyant and eccentric tour guide at a Tudor
mansion, and her straight-laced ex-employer Charlotte
“Lotte” Schoen. With a shared love for the aesthetics of
the past and mutual disdain for the dullness of the present, the two
forge an unlikely friendship as they decide to "spice up" some of
Britain’s most memorable historic moments, with near fatal
results! A funny farce looking at two kindred spirits in the modern
world trapped by their imaginations, Lettice and Lotte make a
formidable team dedicated to their crusade of “Enlarge, Enliven
and Enlighten! A great play for the whole family, this Tony Award
winning comedy by Peter Schaffer (Amadeus, The Royal Hunt of the Sun)
is sharp, witty and elegant!
Tickets:
Advanced
tickets encouraged or buy at the door. Special discounted rates for
groups of 10 or more.
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PERFORMANCE
DATE & TIME
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ADULTS
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SENIORS
(age 65+)
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STUDENTS
(with
ID)
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CHILDREN
(12 and under)
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Friday,
April 24
8
pm
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$17
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$14
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$14
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$12
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Saturday,
April 25
8
pm
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$17
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$14
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$14
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$12
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- Order Tickets by Mail: Download
the order form and mail in with a check, money order, or your
VISA/Mastercard information. Download here.
- Order
Tickets by Email or Phone: Contact our
Box Office Manager, Beth McGee,
at beth@villageproductions.org
or 610.323.6884. Please have your credit card ready.
- Buy
at the Tri-PAC: Please
call ahead at 610.970.1199 for Box Office hours or buy on the day of
performance. The Box
office opens 30 minutes before curtain.
Christine Emmert,
Director, has worked in theater as a playwright, director,
educator, and actress for more than 45 years. Her plays have been
produced throughout the USA, England, and Australia. This last summer,
Ms. Emmert taught a workshop in Political Theatre for The Playwrighting
Showcase of the Western Region in Denver. In Colorado where she lived
for 23 years, Ms. Emmert started Cedar Bear Productions which was
devoted to Native American Themes. Often working as a one-woman unit,
she has appeared (and directed herself) in Belle of Amherst, Red Rose (the life of Rosa
Luxemberg) and is presently working on Ding in Pittsburgh (about the
famous actress, Eleanora Duse). Ms. Emmert also did double billing in
various pieces at The Last Frontier Theatre Conference in Alaska,
debuting her play, Fishers of Men.
Ms. Emmert also has appeared in Invictus Films’ Production of The Judas Kiss, based on her
one-act play. Her stage credits in the Philadelphia area include Saint Joan, Nurse Nancy Goes to Hawaii,
as well as experimental pieces for the Brick Playhouse. For Village
Productions, Ms. Emmert has had lead roles in Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas
Binge, Quilters, and The Wendy
Chronicles (which she also conceived and directed).
Favorite roles include Thelma in Night,
Mother, Amanda in The Glass
Menagerie, and Mary in Long
Day’s Journey Into Night. This fall, she will be leading a
mini-series on the birth of the modern actress for the Forum at
Rosemont College.
CAST OF LETTICE AND LOVAGE (in order of appearance)
Lettice Douffet - Christine Emmert
Tourists to Fustian House - Linda Powell, Porter Eidam, III, Christine
Cieplinski, Richard Emmert, Andrea Hartman, Matt Samluck
Surly Tourist - Earl Boehmer
Lotte Schoen - Barbara Hannevig
Miss Framer - Christine Cieplinski
Felina, Queen of Sorrows - Snowbell
Mr. Bardolph - Porter Eidam, III
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