Alan Ayckbourn's Things We Do for Love Opening at Westport Country Playhouse

Alan Ayckbourn's delightful comedy, "Things We Do for Love," will open at the Westport Country Playhouse on Saturday, August 23. The Playhouse will present a special symposium on Sunday, August 24 with the director and a cast member.

Love will make you crazy. In this uproarious comedy by Playhouse favorite Alan Ayckbourn, fastidious Barbara's orderly, but solitary world is thrown into chaos when the arrival of her longtime friend Nikki and her fiancé ignites unexpected and violent passions. Replete with trademark Ayckbourn touches, this wickedly funny play will have you questioning just how sane any of us really are when it comes to love.

Westport Country Playhouse will present a Sunday Symposium on Playwright Alan Ayckbourn, following the Sunday, August 24, 3 p.m. matinee performance of Ayckbourn's romantic comedy, "Things We Do for Love," with guests Tony Award nominee John Tillinger, director, and Geneva Carr, cast member.

Tillinger has helmed previous Ayckbourn comedies at the Playhouse including "How the Other Half Loves" and "Relatively Speaking." On Broadway, he directed Ayckbourn's "Absurd Person Singular," among many other productions.

Carr has appeared in four Ayckbourn plays at Westport Country Playhouse, "Relatively Speaking," "Time of My Life," "How the Other Half Loves," and a Script in Hand playreading of "Bedroom Farce." In New York, she was most recently in "Hand to God."

The symposium will be moderated by David Kennedy, Playhouse associate artistic director. The Playhouse Sunday Symposium program, free and open to the public, provides the audience with guest speakers' in-depth insights and observations about the production, followed by an interactive dialogue. It is open to all, including those who attend a performance of "Things We Do for Love" at another time. The Sunday Symposium Series is supported, in part, by the White Barn Program of the Lucille Lortel Foundation.

In "Things We Do for Love," Carr plays fastidious Barbara, whose orderly, but solitary world is thrown into chaos when the arrival of her longtime friend Nikki and her fiancé ignites unexpected and violent passions. Replete with trademark Ayckbourn touches, this wickedly funny play will have the audience questioning just how sane anyone really is when it comes to love. Mature content; appropriate for age 16 and up.

Single tickets start at $30; buy early for best prices. Educators and students are eligible for 50% discounts. On the day of a performance, senior rush tickets are available at 50%. Flex Passes are also available, offering restaurant discounts and other subscriber-only benefits.

Playing from August 19 through September 7, "Things We Do for Love" performance schedule is Tuesday at 8 p.m., Wednesday at 2 and 8 p.m., Thursday and Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 3 and 8 p.m., and Sunday at 3 p.m. Special series feature Taste of Tuesday, Previews, LGBT Night OUT, Opening Night, Sunday Symposium, Open Captions, Thursday TalkBack, Together at the Table Family Dinner, Playhouse Young Professionals, and Backstage Pass.

"Things We Do for Love" Corporate Production Sponsor is Fidelity Investments; Production Partners are Carol and Peter Seldin.

For more information, call the box office at (203) 227-4177, or toll-free at 1-888-927-7529, or visit Westport Country Playhouse, 25 Powers Court, off Route 1, Westport. Tickets are available online 24/7 at www.westportplayhouse.org, or by using the new Playhouse App or mobile website. Stay connected to the Playhouse on Facebook (Westport Country Playhouse), follow on Twitter (@WCPlayhouse), or view Playhouse videos on YouTube (WestportPlayhouse).

 

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