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From the Director:

Velvet Ropes, a kooky yet complex comedy written by playwright Joshua Scher, is much more than it may seem. The play takes place entirely in an art museum and challenges the art observer to quantify what is and is not art. The play’s characters, EVERYBODY AND EVERYONE, are loosely based on the characters from the Absurdist play Waiting for Godot, by Samuel Beckett (Didi and Gogo). These two tramps find themselves lost or almost trapped in an imaginary place where word play, insults, acts of physical absurdity and vaudevillian style antics transpire. The playwright includes actual dialogue from Waiting for Godot in his Velvet Ropes scenes. In fact, Scher goes so far as to incorporate lines from an actual 1956 play review of Waiting for Godot by New York Time’s reviewer, Brooks Atkinson into the scenes. (“It is a mystery wrapped in an enigma”).

Bravo! Bravo!

To my wonderful, talented cast and crew- THANK YOU ALL  for your hard work and ability to adapt to so many changes! A special shout out to my awesome stage manager, Jacob Wilson, who with all of his post it notes, tape and planning sheets kept things running smoothly. Also, thanks to Zoe Gray for playing multiple roles as understudy and is the epitome of grace under pressure. Finally, a BIG thank you to my husband, Tom Roeger, for giving up his Saturdays to help build the set, move basketball goals and do whatever necessary to keep me sane.