Elmwood Playhouse Presents: Boy Gets Girl

Elmwood Playhouse presents the provocative and unsettling drama "Boy Gets Girl" by Rebecca Gilman, directed by Kathy Gnazzo.

Theresa Bedell, a journalist for a New York magazine, The World, is set up on a blind date with Tony. They have a beer, then go out on a real dinner-date, but her heart isn't in it and Tony doesn't really do it for her, so she breaks things off before they ever really get started. Tony, however, sees things differently.
Tony sends flowers, Tony calls incessantly, Tony gets completely obsessed. Theresa says he should leave her alone, but he's not convinced. Although Tony eventually fades from the audience's view, he is always a menacing presence.
The question of misunderstandings between men and women -- what did she mean? is there a yes in that no? and the like -- and the uncertainty about what is acceptable behavior and what isn't dominate the play.

"We have one of the finest, most disturbing American plays in years. Gilman has a tragic vision of a society in which men and women cannot see each other as human beings. Yet her social comment grows organically out of credible, unexpected characters. Boy Gets Girl grasps at big ideas, but reaches the heart and the head with equal force." - Richard Zoglin, Time

The Cast:
Heidi Karlsen - Theresa
Rick Apicella - Tony
Earle Ziff - Howard
Luis Febo - Mercer
Emily Gardner - Harriet
Ralph Bower - Les Kennkat
Tracey McAllister - Detective Beck

Tickets are available at www.elmwoodplayhouse.com or by calling 845-353-1313.
Performances are Fridays & Saturdays at 8PM, Sundays at 2PM and Thursday, August 5 at 8PM