Literary Cabaret to perform benefit for new theatrical project

Aficionados of The Literary Cabaret will be delighted to hear that the trio will perform in their usual inimitable and irreverent fashion at a champagne extravaganza.

The garden party (complete with cucumber sandwiches) on the afternoon of Sunday, November 18, will take place at a beautiful country home in Candelaria, a short taxi ride from town, and will promote a hilarious original theatrical production at the Teatro Santa Ana this Christmas. Tickets are for sale at El Tecolote book store, Jesus 11, email rickandmal@yahoo.ca. Details in next week’s edition of Atención.

Playreaders plays The Gin Game
By Frank Simons

Theater
The Gin Game
Weds–Thurs, Nov.14–15, 7:30pm
St. Paul’s Church
Cardo 6
10-peso donation

Playreaders reprises The Gin Game by D.L. Coburn, a two-person tragicomedy in two acts that uses a card game as a metaphor for life. The play was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1978 and was nominated for four Tony Awards: Best Play, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Director.

The Gin Game is a powerfully bittersweet comedy, focusing on the relationship that develops between nursing home residents Fonsia Dorsey (played by Joyce Barnett) and Weller Martin (played by Jonathan Taylor) during a series of gin games. Though Weller is a more seasoned player, Fonsia consistently beats him and the more they play, the more frustrated Weller becomes. As the games progress, their ailments, misfortunes and losses are exposed in funny, honest and increasingly heated moments. What begins as a tentative friendship quickly turns into a battle of wills, but their need for companionship keeps the game going until all their cards are laid on the table. 

Larry Brewer is on lights and Frank Simons directs.