by Yasmina Reza
Winner of the Olivier and Tony Awards for Best Play
March 30 & 31 and April 6, 7, 13, & 14 at 8:00 PM; April 1 & 8 at 4:00 PM in the Black Box Theatre, Corvallis High School
Directed by Harriet Nixon
With Amaya Egusquiza, Robert Hirsh, Leslie Murray and Charles C. Prince
A playground altercation between eleven-year-old boys brings together two sets of parents for a meeting to resolve the matter. At first, diplomatic niceties are observed, but as the meeting progresses, and the rum flows, tensions emerge and the gloves come off, leaving the couples with more than just their liberal principles in tatters.
What the critics say:
“Elegant, acerbic and entertainingly fueled on pure bile. It’s Reza’s sharpest work since ‘Art’.” –Variety
“[A] streamlined anatomy of the human animal…delivers the cathartic release of watching other people’s marriages go boom. A study in the tension between civilized surface and savage instinct, this play is itself a satisfyingly primitive entertainment.” –NY Times
“Brutally entertaining…in another of Christopher Hampton’s exquisite translations, [Reza] cannily manipulates social observations that appeal to vast audiences and creates characters that bring out the best in actors.” –NY Newsday
“Reza has established herself as a master [of] magnificently constructed plays.” –Entertainment Weekly
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