by A.R. Gurney
April 26 – May 19, 2019
Directed by Carol MacLeod
Featuring
Studio Members, Patti Suarez, Judy Rollings and Jason Isaak
with Jamal Peters and Shannon Clark
Determined to donate almost everything she owns before her life of grace and privilege ends, wealthy widow Cornelia Cunningham’s plan hits a snag when an ambitious and ingratiating young man arrives to claim his alleged inheritance.
Peppered with wit and warmth (and the strains of Cole Porter), A.R. Gurney’s delightful play paints an incisive and charming portrait of the trials of class, family, legacy, race, and the power of a good story.
“Here’s a play that has a happy and virtuous ending, accentuated, perhaps not surprisingly, by a round of Cole Porter songs.
. . . Ms. Suarez excels in capturing Cornelia’s wit and wisdom, feistiness and cynicism, fatalism and joie de vivre. It is a role whose complexities she plays with aplomb, balance, and a perfect touch of class.”
— Herbert Paine, Broadway World
“As Cornelia, Patti Suarez is feisty, funny, and full of warmth. She beautifully embodies this strong woman who has realized late in life what she needs to do to try to make the world around her a better place and that she has the means to do her best to make it happen. Suarez is simply lovely in the part.”
— Gil Benbrook, Talkin’ Broadway