Two actors reading/performing Love Letters at
Ferguson Library on Sunday April 21st
In this Pulitzer Prize nominated drama, two lifelong friends sit on chairs next to each other, never glance at one another and read from their scripts- the letters, notes and postcards they have exchanged over a lifetime.
The stage is bare but for the two characters: Andrew Makepeace Ladd III and Melissa Gardner.He is a staid accomplished lawyer and senator and she is a troubled, unstable recognition- seeking artist-- with a drinking habit.
Both are products of well- to- do families.
After meeting in second grade, they start their correspondence; then they are sent off to boarding school and continue writing from college, he from Yale and she from Briarcliff.
He goes on to become a successful lawyer, gets married and is elected to the US Senate. She attends a number of schools, gets married, has children and loses custody.
Their attempt at romance at first did not click; Yet, their letters spanning a period of 50 years is perhaps the one given constant in lives that are out of sync with one another. They share their emotions-poignant yet sensitive- their frustrations, failures and successes.
This play was staged by M&M Productions Acting Company which recently performed God of Carnage at the Ferguson. This performance of Love Letters starred Karen Quinn as Melissa and Frank Panzer as Andy.
Once again, thank you Ferguson for a most entertaining afternoon!
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