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Deep
Dish Theater Company presents Deep
Dish is located in Chapel Hill’s University Mall, located on Estes Drive
and US 15-501. Thursday through Saturday performances begin at 8 p.m.,
with Sunday matinees at 3 p.m. There will also be a special early show at
7:30 on Wednesday, November 16. For reservations and information, call
968-1515. Tickets for all performances are $15, $13 for seniors, and
$10 for students. Thursday, November 3 is “Cheap Dish Night,”
when all tickets will be $6; no advance reservations will be taken for
that performance. Audience
discussions will follow the Sunday performances on October 30 (featuring a
conversation with the production’s design team) and November 6.
The Deep Dish Book Selection for this production is “You Just
Don’t Understand,” by Deborah Tannen, and a discussion of the book,
free and open to the public, will be led by David Carr and Evelyn Daniel
prior to the performance on Thursday, November 17. Perhaps
the crowning achievement of one of the theater’s great wits,
“Private Lives” introduces us to the wealthy and witty Amanda and
Elyot (Dorothy Brown and Mark Filiaci), who are reunited five years after
their divorce in a romantic French hotel.
Unfortunately, they’re each there on a honeymoon with a new
spouse (David McClutchey and Anne-Caitlin Donohue).
Sparks of all sorts are soon flying, as Coward explores, with great
comic insight, his quartet of passionate, private lives. Director Fred Gorelick is the acting coach and a production director at NC State’s University Theatre, where he most recently directed “Dial M for Murder” and will stage “The Laramie Project” this spring; he has also served as artistic director at Winston-Salem Theatre Alliance and Raleigh Ensemble Players. The design team for “Private Lives” includes Paul Stiller (sets), John McIlwee (costumes, assisted by Sue Sweezy), Steve Tell (lights), Deborah Coclanis and Danny Tauber (sound), and Devra Thomas (properties). Jennifer Bauer is the stage manager. “Alongside ‘The Importance of Being Earnest,’” says Gorelick, “‘Private Lives’ rates—to me—as the finest modern comedy of manners, with the addition of the sublime sizzle of sexual foreplay. The challenge is to balance Coward's brilliant verbal pyrotechnics with the lingering sadness just beneath the veneer.” “PRIVATE LIVES” PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
Thursday, October 27 8 PM Friday, October 28 8 PM Saturday, October 29 8 PM Sunday, October 30 3 PM (“Meet the Designers” discussion)
Thursday, November 3 8 PM (“Cheap Dish Night”) Friday, November 4 8 PM Saturday, November 5 8 PM Sunday, November 6 3 PM (discussion follows)
Thursday, November 10 8 PM Friday, November 11 8 PM Saturday, November 12 8 PM Sunday, November 13 3 PM
Wednesday, November 16 7:30 PM Thursday, November 17 8 PM (Book Discussion precedes) Friday, November 18 8 PM Saturday, November 19 8 PM
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