Brighton Beach Memoirs
Under the auspices of the City of Leavenworth Parks & Recreation Department, the River City Community Players presents:
BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy
Written by
Neil Simon
Summary as stated on Concord Theatricals website, "A portrait of the writer as a young teen in 1937 living with his family in a crowded, lower middle-class Brooklyn walk-up. Eugene Jerome, standing in for the author, is the narrator and central character. Dreaming of baseball and girls, Eugene must cope with the mundane existence of his family life in Brooklyn: formidable mother, overworked father, and his worldly older brother Stanley. Throw into the mix his widowed Aunt Blanche, her two young (but rapidly aging) daughters, and you have a recipe for hilarity, served up Simon-style. This bittersweet memoir evocatively captures the life of a struggling Jewish household where, as his father states “if you didn’t have a problem, you wouldn't be living here.”
River City Community Players Director: TBA
River City Community Players Producer: TBA
Auditions: TBA
Performances (at the Performing Arts Center):
- Friday, April 23 at 7:30 p.m.
- Saturday, April 24 at 7:30 p.m.
- Sunday, April 25 at 2:00 p.m.
- Friday, April 30 at 7:30 p.m.
- Saturday, May 1 at 7:30 p.m.
- Sunday, May 2 at 2:00 p.m.
Tickets will be available one month prior to opening day through Eventbrite (convenience fees apply), or call to reserve your seat at 913-651-0027.
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