"As they see the world as they know disappearing, we see them coping - sometimes in amusing and sometimes in awkward ways - the best that they can." "Gurney's characters find themselves in a similar situation," Howard said. "We all were impelled to deal with each new change to the best of our ability, but we also felt the need to maintain some semblance of normalcy. "The emergence of the COVID pandemic threw lives around the world into a pattern of constant and unpredictable change," Howard said. "The Dining Room," which premiered at the Studio Theatre of Playwrights Horizons in January 1981, was a finalist for the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The 10 actors change roles, personalities and ages as they portray a wide variety of characters sharing a mosaic of stories with a range of compassionate humor and abundant humanity, demonstrating that change is inevitable. Co-chair of the COD Theater Department and Buffalo Theatre Ensemble Managing Artistic Director Connie Canaday Howard directs.Ĭovering seven decades of upper middle class family life in New England, beginning in the 1930s, "The Dining Room" features 18 vignettes are all set around a dining room table over breakfast or dinner and reflect a variety of special occasions.
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